Hi everyone... I'm going on vacation for a couple weeks and I'm planning on taking my HR-21 receiver with me. The vacation home is equipped with the necessary dishes and wiring for HD service, but I have tried to set up my box there before and haven't been able to get it to work. The previous owner apparently had an HR-20. Basically, the last time I tried to set up my receiver there, the first problem I noticed was that there was only one line coming off the dish, so I didn't have two satellite inputs for my DVR. I didn't think this would be a problem and it would just mean that I couldn't watch one program and record another at the same time, so I just plugged the one available line into my HR21 and turned it on. It went through the whole startup routine and took a ridiculously long amount of time (like 15-20 minutes) to get going. Eventually it just gave me either no picture or consistently choppy picture with freezing... I was never actually able to get a normal picture (same deal with the sound, btw). I did try playing my saved DVR programs, and they worked just fine.
Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can get this to work (if that's possible)? I'm probably missing something really simple, so sorry if this seems like an ignorant question.
Does anyone know what the problem is and how I can get this to work (if that's possible)? I'm probably missing something really simple, so sorry if this seems like an ignorant question.
