I feel somewhat guilty for asking (what might be such) a simple question. However, I've searched the archives and not found anything that applies ... perhaps this is because of my limited knowledge.
Perhaps I should start by mentioning that my goal is to have a 2-dish 3 satellite system. I want to pick up 148 as well as 110 and 119. I only have one TV, so only need one receiver. A friend of mine gave me her old Dish Network satellite system parts, so what I have on hand is:
From what I've read, I gather that I should have the receiver feeding into the sw-21. From there, one coax feeds into the Quad LNB and the other into the dual on the other dish. Fine and dandy. I set that up yesterday. I even attempted to check the signal strength from 148 (I believe I aimed the 2nd dish about right) and think I have it pretty much in sight.
So, when running a switch check, I am told that I've got a quad LNB and that it is picking up 110 and 119. Not too bad, but I wanted all three satellites. If I disconnect the coax to the dual LNB pointing at 148, the switch test tells me I've got a "sw21 3-sat" configuration and that at input 1 I get both 110 and 119 but that at input 2 I don't have anything. This should be no surprise, considering I've got it disconnected. However, I am wondering ... why, when I've got a connection to 148, does it not notice the connection. The best I can guess is that the LNB I've connected to is dead or that it is not actually pointing at 148 so the switch test does not result in a 3 satellite setup being recognized. And, to prove my ignorance ... I should mention that I've tried both the regular and "super dish/129" switch test. I've found the best results (as indicated by the "sw21 3-sat") with the regular switch test.
So, now that I've described my problem and all of the details that I can think to mention, do any of you have any ideas to share?
Thanks and all the best...
Redrhino
Perhaps I should start by mentioning that my goal is to have a 2-dish 3 satellite system. I want to pick up 148 as well as 110 and 119. I only have one TV, so only need one receiver. A friend of mine gave me her old Dish Network satellite system parts, so what I have on hand is:
- Two "dish 500" dishes
- a Quad LNB (legacy)
- two dual LNBs (legacy)
- a SW-21
- a sw-21x (which I don't believe is needed, but I've got it)
- a dp301 receiver
From what I've read, I gather that I should have the receiver feeding into the sw-21. From there, one coax feeds into the Quad LNB and the other into the dual on the other dish. Fine and dandy. I set that up yesterday. I even attempted to check the signal strength from 148 (I believe I aimed the 2nd dish about right) and think I have it pretty much in sight.
So, when running a switch check, I am told that I've got a quad LNB and that it is picking up 110 and 119. Not too bad, but I wanted all three satellites. If I disconnect the coax to the dual LNB pointing at 148, the switch test tells me I've got a "sw21 3-sat" configuration and that at input 1 I get both 110 and 119 but that at input 2 I don't have anything. This should be no surprise, considering I've got it disconnected. However, I am wondering ... why, when I've got a connection to 148, does it not notice the connection. The best I can guess is that the LNB I've connected to is dead or that it is not actually pointing at 148 so the switch test does not result in a 3 satellite setup being recognized. And, to prove my ignorance ... I should mention that I've tried both the regular and "super dish/129" switch test. I've found the best results (as indicated by the "sw21 3-sat") with the regular switch test.
So, now that I've described my problem and all of the details that I can think to mention, do any of you have any ideas to share?
Thanks and all the best...
Redrhino