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bitseeker
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Self install help please

Hi,

I'm new here. I sure wish I had found this earlier. I live in a remote area of Northern California, and I have not located knowledgeable suppliers.

I ordered, and have received a Hughes HR10-250 HD/Tivo Receiver and the associated Triple LNB, Four output LNB (California Amplifier Model No. 150946). The problem is that the installation company is 80 miles away, and will not be able to install for some time. I have installed a dual LNB system before, and believe I can install this with a little advice.

I have run new RG-6 cables from the mast where the dish will mount to the location of the receiver. I will be using only a single receiver. I don't know which of the four outputs on the LNB/Multi-Switch to connect to the Receiver. The Satellite-In connectors are labeled 1 & 2. The LNB output connectors are unlabeled. If someone can advise me, will you refer to them as A, B, C, & D, viewing into the connectors, with the receiving elements above the connectors.

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Hi Texasdiver & Neutron,

Thanks for the ideas.

I do have a plumb mast if the included bubble is correct. I'll verify with a machinists level.

I doubt that tree limbs are blocking the view. The dish is ~ 20' high, and the closest tree ~ 60' is 200' distant, and on lower ground, so given the 40-degree elevation angle, I think it would take some monster tree to be blocking the view.

Regarding the coax. It's new CommScope F660BVV (RG-6). Most of the run inside the attic is through conduit with nothing else in it, and it was an easy pull, so I'm sure there was no damage to the cables (4). F-connections are solid; I bought the industrial crimping tool at Radio Shack. I covered the outside connectors with StarBrite liquid tape. Anyway, I'm only using two of the cables, and the tests for the (B) satellite that I did get transponders for showed a high of 92, and a low of 84 for both of those cables. I do not know what to expect, but to me, that proved that there is no major problem on the cables or connectors I'm using. The other two cables are connected to the multiswitch at the LNB, and I just checked the unterminated ends of those for possible connection between shield and center, and they are fine.

I will contact DirecTV and give them my Lat/Lon to see if I can get another set of aiming parameters. Thanks for that idea.

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bitseeker:

The bubble level in the mast is just stuck in there by friction and pops right out. You might want to make sure that it is properly seated on the top of the mast and not crooked.

Since you have extra coax leads, you might try swapping coax cables around and see if it works using different cables.

Also, you didn't mention how far your coax run is. The DirecTV instal guide says not to go longer than 100'.

Other than that, I'm out of ideas.
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If you're still looking for ideas, you could take the whole dish apart and re-assemble it just to make sure there was nothing crooked or skewed the first time you put it together. And then go through the placement and aiming again.

I've also noticed that sometimes when I re-run the setup a 2nd time without even touching my dish it picks up the sats on the 2nd try when it didn't see them the first try.
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The suggestion to call DirecTV is proving VERY frustrating. I first talked to someone who said I had to telephone the National Rural Telecommunications System (or some such). I said all I wanted was aiming assistance and he refused, I asked for elevation, and got Myrah, a "Resolution Specialist" She asked the same questions over and over, and did not seem to remember I'd answered them before. I finally asked if the process would finally give me pointing azimuth, elevation, and tilt. She said no. I asked to be transferred to the technical department and she agreed. I was then cut off.
I have dialed back in, and am again in stage one, this time, with someone who does seem to understand the limited nature of my request, but who does not know to whom to transfer the request. Currently holding. I will try to map this path for others who may need this information.

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dishjockey
Try unplugging your reciever for a minute then plug back in. If you get the same results go into your menu change to a round dish .
the reciever wil now be looking for only 101, try aiming the dish again you may need to adjust the elevation a few deg. up or down to find it but you are in the right general direction if you got 119.
Once you get a lock on 101 go back into your menu and change back to oval dish 3 sat.
If you don't have a lock on the other 2 birds either your tilt is wrong or your recieving 101 on the wrong lnb.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
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I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
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it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
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If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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