Hi i need some help

[msone]

Hi



I’m new here and also new to directv. Forgive me if this is in the wrong section and move if need be.


I have a question about my signal. I have a 3 LNB dish and 2 receivers. One receiver is the H-20 and the other is the D-11. I think there is something wrong with my H-20 because it does not receive signals any were near the D-11 does. I have many friends that have more then one receivers in there house and the signal is off by 3 at the most for all the transponders between all the receivers. In my house there is a 20+ difference between the 2 receivers.


My set up is like this


I have the dish on my back wall with no more then 15 feet of cable to both receivers. When the guy put it in he said I had a 90 to 100% signal and this is true with the D-11 but not with my H-20. Below is what I get


H-20 - 600

1-8 76 69 76 78 74 72 75 70
9-16 75 73 74 82 71 74 77 70
17-24 76 100 77 15 77 72 77 74
25-32 77 81 76 41 82 76 77 73



D-11 - 500

1-8 92 88 92 96 90 90 91 92
9-16 91 90 91 97 86 93 92 90
17-24 92 100 92 95 94 93 94 93
25-32 90 100 93 46 95 91 93 94


Does this seem wrong to any of you? If so Is there any thing I can do to get my h-20 better signals? Any info would be great.

 

[mcbeevee]

Try hooking the H20 to the "satellite in" cable the D11 is using. If the signal strength numbers match what the D11 had, the problem is in the cable the H20 was using. Loose/bad connectors or bad coax can affect the signal strength. If it is not the wiring, it could be a bad H20 receiver. Call the installer or D* and let them know.

 

[msone]

Try hooking the H20 to the "satellite in" cable the D11 is using. If the signal strength numbers match what the D11 had, the problem is in the cable the H20 was using. Loose/bad connectors or bad coax can affect the signal strength. If it is not the wiring, it could be a bad H20 receiver. Call the installer or D* and let them know.

first let me say thank you for the help


i have done this and the signal with the D-11 on the same cable as i had the H-20 is still in the 90's

I have also taken the H-20 and put it on the cable that the D-11 was on and still got signals in the low 70's

 

[Proc]

Its been reported by many people on the forums here that the H20 displays significantly lower signal readings than the other D* receivers.

 

[Proc]

This thread disucsses a little bit of others getting lower readings on the H20:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=51831

 

[msone]

This thread disucsses a little bit of others getting lower readings on the H20:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=51831

Thank you very much I did not see that thread

 

[RIRWIN1983]

Thank you very much I did not see that thread

on average u'll see 15-205 LOWER reading on a H20 than a D11

 

[msone]

Anyone find out the reason why?


Do you guys think there is a big difference in picture with a 75 signal compared to a 95 signal?

 

[JustBob]

Do you guys think there is a big difference in picture with a 75 signal compared to a 95 signal?

Picture quality is not an issue with a digital signal like DirecTV. Either you have a picture, or you don't. As long as the picture doesn't break up and get choppy, you're getting the best you're going to get.

-JustBob

 

[Proc]

...I have the dish on my back wall with no more then 15 feet of cable to both receivers. When the guy put it in he said I had a 90 to 100% signal and this is true with the D-11 but not with my H-20. Below is what I get
H-20 - 600
1-8 76 69 76 78 74 72 75 70
9-16 75 73 74 82 71 74 77 70
17-24 76 100 77 15 77 72 77 74
25-32 77 81 76 41 82 76 77 73
D-11 - 500
1-8 92 88 92 96 90 90 91 92
9-16 91 90 91 97 86 93 92 90
17-24 92 100 92 95 94 93 94 93
25-32 90 100 93 46 95 91 93 94
Does this seem wrong to any of you? If so Is there any thing I can do to get my h-20 better signals? Any info would be great.

Just a followup. I bought an H20 last night to replace my H10. My signal reading on the H10 were all in the 90s. With the H20, it reads almost all in the 70s much like you.

FWIW, the H20 OTA reception is a ton better than the H10.

 

[mcbeevee]

Just a followup. I bought an H20 last night to replace my H10. My signal reading on the H10 were all in the 90s. With the H20, it reads almost all in the 70s much like you.
FWIW, the H20 OTA reception is a ton better than the H10.

Do you think you will have rain fade problems due to the low signal readings?

 

[johnjroy]

I just got upgraded to a H-20 from an old H-10 also. My readings went down on the h-20 which used the same line as the h-10. I thought an alignment issue was causing this due to replacing my 3-lnb dish with the new at9. My other receivers still are almost exactly the same as before, it just has something to do with the h-20. Possibly from the "b band filter", i am not sure, but i get all my channels!

 

[Proc]

Do you think you will have rain fade problems due to the low signal readings?

I just got upgraded to a H-20 from an old H-10 also. My readings went down on the h-20 which used the same line as the h-10. I thought an alignment issue was causing this due to replacing my 3-lnb dish with the new at9. My other receivers still are almost exactly the same as before, it just has something to do with the h-20. Possibly from the "b band filter", i am not sure, but i get all my channels!

I don't think rain fade will be an issue. I am still using my Triple LNB dish which was peaked to 90s on the signal strenth with the H10. I can't see how it would've degraded to the 70s with the H20. I am thinking its just the way the H20 reads it for some reason. It seems like most people are getting similar readings. We shall see though when it rains.

 

[msone]

Not sure what rain fade means in sat talk but if it means loss of signal do to rain then read below lol


When it was raining very hard one night my H-20 went from 75 to about 40 then lost the signal completely for about 2min. My other box (D-11) went from 95 to 75 and never went any lower then that.