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Alright, you're using this as a reference. I think I understand where you're coming from now... The box in the diagram that the OTA antenna plugs into is the SWM8 switch I was talking about. Nowadays, if you get a SWM installation, you won't get one of those. DirecTV won't install a SWM8 in...

BTW, somebody correct me if I'm wrong on the SWM8 necessity. The last time I tried running OTA on a single line with two SWM diplexers, I was dropping transponders and had to run a SWM8 to make it work. That's been at least 6 months, so there may be a new diplexer out now.

The equipment you get when you order is pre-determined. In my area, if you order HD, you get SWM. The standard SWM setup that is installed now includes a SWM LNB, which means the switch is built into the dish. In order to get OTA with that setup, you'd need a dedicated line for the OTA...

I wonder if you can split the signal two ways before these without locking it first...

Yeah, it's in a cabinet on top of the Onkyo for now. When I upgrade the TV I'm gonna get a new stand with an open front. For now it's trapped behind a glass door. I thought it was a little warm, but I'm just curious if 127 can damage it.

Just got an HR23-700 and I noticed it's running at 127*F, although I'm currently downloading OD content and watching a recording of Flash Forward. Is this normal? The old DVR ran about 115*F on average.

True, but no amount of wind load short of a natural disaster can put more stress on a Ka/Ku dish in 5 years than my fat ass can put on a cantilever flat panel mount in 5 seconds.

What the hell ever happened to customer satisfaction? I've hung 150lb flat panel tv's on cantilever mounts anchored into cinder block and done pull ups from it to show the customer the stability. I know what I'm doing, and I've never had a problem. I don't care what DirecTV or the trainers...

Correct, as long as they have all HD receivers. Standard receivers can't see the 99/103 birds, so without a 72.5 dish, they won't get locals.

It'll probably be awhile. I don't think they would shut down 72.5 until every subscriber that currently relies on it has been upgraded. Imagine the complaints. There are still thousands in my area with the "mickey mouse" setup (2 18's)

I agree, it would be a simple software update, but 95% of the time HD boxes are used only for HD programming and I doubt they'll change it for the other 5%.

free HD service does no good without HD tv's, and removing the bbands would kill the 103 which carries the locals, which is the whole reason everyone gets an HD box.

unless there's a way to select all channels, then de-select only HD channels (with one click), that would be a royal pain in the ass.

I work in a DMA that gets locals on 103, so everybody has a Ka/Ku and HD receivers. When a customer who doesn't subscribe to HD selects a channel, the box wants to default to the HD version of the channel resulting in service calls when the customer sees a 721 code. I hate explaining this to...

PERFECT! Thanks!

TN

It has a list, but not an actual map. Good info though...

Does anybody know where I can find a map of the different DMAs? I'm just curious where the lines are drawn since my service area covers 3 of them.

How many times can you split the signal without locking/amping it? If all the tenants sign up, I'll need 3 SWM8's total.

Ive got a 6 unit apt building i'm wiring up for a single dish. We've got two apts hooked up on DTV already which maxed out the SWM lnb, and we've just sold to a third apt so it's time to expand. 1. Can I split a standard 5LNB with 4 dual power passing HF splitters into two SWM8's (or 1 SWM8...

UPDATE: I relocated the receiver for TV1 to a shelf just below the tv. It's still out of sight and the RF works perfectly. There's no place to put the TV2 receiver and keep it out of sight, except maybe in the drop ceiling, but for now it actually seems to have better reception. It's still a...

There are about 20 motion sensors surrounding the "good stuff" in the back of the pharmacy. They're all located between the two tv's and the receivers. ADT told me they operate at 340Mhz. DirecTV doesn't publish the frequency on the RF remotes (advanced tech support laughed at me, and even...

I hung a couple flat panels in a pharmacy last week and to keep it clean, I put the DirecTV HD receivers in the back on a rack with all the phone, network, and security equipment. I set the receivers up on RF. TV1 receiver only picks up the remote from less than 5 feet away (I verified it was...

nah we're already using the slimline 3's. this new dish is supposedly designed for use only with the 99/101/103. Apparently without the 110 and 119, you don't need all that surface area on the AU9 to reflect the signal.

There's a rumor going around the shop that no one can confirm. I really hope it's true. The first KA/KU's I did were down in Atlanta when they first rolled out. Those were the old square AT9 Dishes. I hated 'em. I came back home (northeast tennessee) and not only were we doing AT9's, we were...