Ok, I live in an apartment, and I cannot drill holes or anything of that sorts, but we are allowed to mount a dish on a pole.
So I ordered Direct TV from their website, We wanted one HD-DVR and one HD, for two tvs total. The Direct TV installer came, looked at our wiring, and said it was to complex for him to figure out. In each room, we have two coax jacks total, one has one output for cable, and the other jack has two coax outputs for sattelite. Now im am not 100% sure on where these go, but outside their is a Dish Network switch with a bunch of cables not hooked up / hookep up to it. On the jack for the sattelite outputs, there is a number to call to hook up sattelite tv, so the Direct TV installer called and asked if he could get the wiring layout, they told him no, its under thier contract. He then said he would be unable to install it.
We then called the sattelite installation company that could install it. First off the guy on the line is a huge a-hole. He is very rude and sounds like he doesn't know what he is talking about. He tells us due to the wiring in the apartment, the only way he can hook it up is with one HD box, not even HD-DVR, on one TV and the other HD tv can only get a standard box. I asked him to explain why this is, and all he would say is that it is complicated. Then he goes on saying that with Dish Network, he could get it to work, and that Direct TV requires special cabling.
Now I am not an expert in cabling for sattelite tv, but this sounds like a bunch of garbage to me.
Could you please help me out, If he is right, oh well, but I just want to make sure.
Thanks
So I ordered Direct TV from their website, We wanted one HD-DVR and one HD, for two tvs total. The Direct TV installer came, looked at our wiring, and said it was to complex for him to figure out. In each room, we have two coax jacks total, one has one output for cable, and the other jack has two coax outputs for sattelite. Now im am not 100% sure on where these go, but outside their is a Dish Network switch with a bunch of cables not hooked up / hookep up to it. On the jack for the sattelite outputs, there is a number to call to hook up sattelite tv, so the Direct TV installer called and asked if he could get the wiring layout, they told him no, its under thier contract. He then said he would be unable to install it.
We then called the sattelite installation company that could install it. First off the guy on the line is a huge a-hole. He is very rude and sounds like he doesn't know what he is talking about. He tells us due to the wiring in the apartment, the only way he can hook it up is with one HD box, not even HD-DVR, on one TV and the other HD tv can only get a standard box. I asked him to explain why this is, and all he would say is that it is complicated. Then he goes on saying that with Dish Network, he could get it to work, and that Direct TV requires special cabling.
Now I am not an expert in cabling for sattelite tv, but this sounds like a bunch of garbage to me.
Could you please help me out, If he is right, oh well, but I just want to make sure.
Thanks