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I have been "fortunate: to acquire 2 DirecTV HD satellitte dishes w/ LNBs. The LNBs are different One is a SL3SWMPR1-WNC - It has one output. The other LNB is SL3PIG-WNC & it has 4 outputs. My question is, are the dishes the same? Can one of the LNBs be used on either dish?? Both dishes seem...

Lesson learned.......I will never have another home in a subdivision that has a HOA! This one SUCKS!!

The antenna will remain in the attic as the neighborhood HOA forbids an antenna being installed outdoors.....sad but true. I feel like..I pay them to tell me what to do.....Don't ever buy a house that is under the thumb of a HOA. It sucks! I have very good signal strength on this channel...

Please enlighten me on this issue. I am in the Greenville, SC-Spartanburg, SC - Asheville, NC area. I receive off air channels via an outside antenna from Greenville, SC (4.1, 4.2, 4.3__21.1, 21.2, 21.3__29.1, 29.2, 29.3), Spartanburg, SC (7.1, 7.2, 7.3__64.1, 64.2), Asheville, NC (13-1, 13.2...

I believe this is the converter for which I am looking......

I have inspected this converter......the description says it converts VGA to HDMI....I believe I need a converter that converts HDMI (from DirecTV recvr) to VGA (computer monitor)? Am I correct here?

I would like to re-peak my DirecTV HD dish. I want to use my HD receiver to connect to my computer monitor, so I can take them botth out to the dish.....as I have no satellite peaking meter. I believe the monitor has a vga input. Can I get a vga to hdmi converter to achieve this? I realize...

Both residences are in SC.....not a great distance apart! Maybe you can explain this 'dither method'....I think I may have a general idea what this is but am not positive. I have no problem peaking a SD dish but have never correctly peaked a HD dish. Any advise you can provide would be...

When I am at the house that has this dish, I will!! Have a safe and Merry Christmas & New Year's!!

Would a power inverter (PI-29) have to be used? No multi-switch will be used....just a single receiver!.......

I was going to add that the network adapter utilizes a USB connector........oh well!

No.....2 residences

Please help!!! Please inform me on the correct configuration to wirelessly connect my HR20 receiver to my wireless router. The receiver has RJ11/RJ45 (I forget which is which) connector not a USB connection. Does the connection on the receiver supply the 'antenna' with the voltage it needs to...

I have a DirecTV satellite HD dish that has 5 LNBs. My question is, can the 5 LNB configuration be replaced with the 3 LNB configuration on the present dish? This dish is only feeding one HD receiver (H24-700)...... It seems to be working OK...it is not peaked efficiently but will receive all...