AU9 with 4 outputs and Accutrac III

[Kittie2171]

I am upgrading from a RCA tivo I had an 30in dish with original single lnb. I bought an HR21, on that dish now and get 90s on most transponders but all I get is 101 sat.

I got an slimline dish with an AU9 lnb. I used an Accutrac III to point it and get 50s on the sat meter for all five sats. But the HR21 shows no signal on any sat.

Questions:
My lnb has 4 outputs. Should my old RCA tivo be able to get a signal from the new lnb?

Do I have run all four outputs to some switch and then to the IRDs?

Is there something I have to do to HR 21 besides doing the dish setup?

If the cable works with the old setup will it work with the new lnb/dish?

Is it a bad LNB?

I ordered a SL3 SWM lnb for the new dish. Do I need an ASL-1 to point that?

Any help would be great?

 

[singkwan2004]

If you get only 50 on sat meter, that mean you are not lock on any satellite, if you can, use your receiver and a small tv to check the signal while you adjust the signal.

 

[peano]

Not true. Signal level of 50 is fine on an Accutrac III.

 

[webbydude]

To the OP...mid 50's are fine on the Acutrac III. Something to keep in mind, are you sure you're hitting the right birds? I typically will use the Acutrac, but will also verify that I have the 101 with my Birdog.

Another thought....are you using the BBC's on both inputs to your HR21?

 

[Kittie2171]

I only ran one line from the LNB to the receiver with a BBC. Do both turners need service?

 

[MikeinBaja]

I only ran one line from the LNB to the receiver with a BBC. Do both turners need service?

Except with a SWM LNB you need to run 1 line to each tuner and will need a BBC for each line.

Make sure you select Slimline 5 in the set-up menu on the HR.

 

[scarebear]

Except with a SWM LNB you need to run 1 line to each tuner and will need a BBC for each line.

Make sure you select Slimline 5 in the set-up menu on the HR.

No BBCs with SWM