Going from regular tv to hd....new to the site need some help please..

[popaki1]

Hey guys I am new to the site, and i appreciate all the knowledge I am reading about. It is amazing how much info is on here. I cant seem to find anything pertaining to some questions I have. If anyone can help....I would appreciate it ! lol Thank you!!!
Alright so I have regular tv, and I finally bought an hd tv...and bought an hd dvr receiver. I am getting the code 771 on my screen, and was told its because I dont have an hd satellite dish. Is that true? I cannot use my existing satellite dish to watch hd tv? I dont know what sat i have, but i do know that there are two cables coming out of it...and only one round "thing" pointing towards the dish. I used two cables for the dvr with b band filters. Any suggestions? I think i may need to realign the satellite dish? If it happens that i do need a new sat dish for hd channels....is it easy to install? I am a handy female... I have been reading online that that is the case. Seriously...any help is welcomed. Thanks guys!!!!

 

[raoul5788]

to Satelliteguys!

It sounds like you have the old style single lnb dish that only gets sd. You need a Slimline, probably with a 3 lnb. It sees the 99 and 103 satellites, which is where the hd channels come from. Your dish only sees the 101 satellite.

 

[Mr Tony]

yep raoul is right. You have the older style dish

You can (for the time being) watch the SD channels but the HD ones you will need a new dish. Give Directv a call and they can set you up for an appointment.
Side note I'm shocked when you called ot activate that HD DVR they didnt send a tech out anyways to put a new dish up...guess they assumed you had one

 

[popaki1]

raoul and iceberg....thank you!!! I went out and messed with the dish...lol and uhh...now i have nothing! I didnt want to pay installation....but it looks like im going to lol thanks again guys!

 

[joed32]

If you got the receiver from Directv the installation and dish would have been free, it still might be.

 

[texasbrit]

Call DirecTV and tell them you now have an HD box and need a dish upgrade. If you got the HD box from an "official" source (DirecTV or an authorized distributor) this should be free of charge,.