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  1. Theater Guy

    LNB Trickery

    When I worked for Dish, and I had the dilemma of too many receivers and not enough outputs on the multi-switch, sometimes we would run two lines from the Quad LNB into the switch and the other two to the additional receivers. So we were able to run a total of 6 receivers from only a 4-output...
  2. Theater Guy

    Newbee Slimline 5 Install

    Yep, Patrick is still here and running. I think they have a very important wing of anti-terrorism here now since 9/11. Monopoles I try to use every time due to just the weight of the dish.
  3. Theater Guy

    Newbee Slimline 5 Install

    Woa! Heavy grease huh? Good idea. Yep, we service alot of the area near Patrick AFB thats on an island between the main land and Cocoa Beach, so alot of sea salt flyin around!
  4. Theater Guy

    Newbee Slimline 5 Install

    Mike, we nailed it today. I aligned the dish with the meter (which doesnt tell me what sat Im on) just to get a starting point, removed my meter, hooked receiver up to it,then set the receiver on 110, peaked it, then checked 119 and the signal was at 100%. Sounds good to me! Also about those...
  5. Theater Guy

    Newbee Slimline 5 Install

    You said to peak on 110. If the LNB's output all sats which is understandable, then I cant use a meter to peak off the dish, I should just use the sat meter on the receiver to peak 110, then adjust the skew to peak 119. Then double check 110 again. Thanks! :up
  6. Theater Guy

    Newbee Slimline 5 Install

    Thanks Mike. One thing, which port is which on the LNB?
  7. Theater Guy

    How to get Directv STB to work on PC

    Make sure in the settings of your tuner card in your PC that youre telling it to look for the S-Video/Composite/Component video input and not the Antenna or Cable input.
  8. Theater Guy

    Newbee Slimline 5 Install

    Ok, not entirely a newbie, I did work for Dish Network for 4 years. Here's my problem. I now work for a local Home Theater/Automation company and they sell DirecTv. I havent installed Direct in years. Im curious if there are any tricks of the trade to the slimline 5. I know there were some...