Hi all,
I have had a home built, and I had the builder do all the in-house wiring -- so each room has two co-ax's, a phone line, and an ethernet line. Totaled, I have four HD DVRs and 2 HD receivers. The installer came out this past Saturday and was none-to-pleased with the amount of receivers I had going on. Once he saw that all the in-house wiring was already completed, he loosened up a bit. From what I could tell, the installation went smoothly. We did not actually move into the house until this past Wednesday, and I have had nothing but problems for the past two nights. I have called DirecTV and they are sending somebody back out tomorrow to troubleshoot. I'm hoping if I explain my symptoms here, maybe you all can help me help him
On Wednesday night, I hooked up the first HD DVR with no issues, everything went great. As soon as I connected the second HD DVR, but tv's started to pixelate real badly, like when a storm is in the area. I checked outside, and we had clear skies. I tried disconnecting the second HD DVR, and the first one cleared up immediately. I waited a couple of hours, tried hooking up the second one again, and everything was fine.
Last night, Thursday night, I finished connecting all the receivers. Around 8:00 PM EST, they all went out -- same thing -- the pixelating, searching for signal, etc. etc. I tried disconnecting all the receivers except for the first one, and that did not help this time. For the rest of the night, they channels would not come in. Around 10:00, I discovered that ESPN HD was coming in perfectly. This was the only channel I could find coming in with no issues.
I have a hunch as to what's going on, but wanted to get your thoughts about it.
I have had a home built, and I had the builder do all the in-house wiring -- so each room has two co-ax's, a phone line, and an ethernet line. Totaled, I have four HD DVRs and 2 HD receivers. The installer came out this past Saturday and was none-to-pleased with the amount of receivers I had going on. Once he saw that all the in-house wiring was already completed, he loosened up a bit. From what I could tell, the installation went smoothly. We did not actually move into the house until this past Wednesday, and I have had nothing but problems for the past two nights. I have called DirecTV and they are sending somebody back out tomorrow to troubleshoot. I'm hoping if I explain my symptoms here, maybe you all can help me help him
On Wednesday night, I hooked up the first HD DVR with no issues, everything went great. As soon as I connected the second HD DVR, but tv's started to pixelate real badly, like when a storm is in the area. I checked outside, and we had clear skies. I tried disconnecting the second HD DVR, and the first one cleared up immediately. I waited a couple of hours, tried hooking up the second one again, and everything was fine.
Last night, Thursday night, I finished connecting all the receivers. Around 8:00 PM EST, they all went out -- same thing -- the pixelating, searching for signal, etc. etc. I tried disconnecting all the receivers except for the first one, and that did not help this time. For the rest of the night, they channels would not come in. Around 10:00, I discovered that ESPN HD was coming in perfectly. This was the only channel I could find coming in with no issues.
I have a hunch as to what's going on, but wanted to get your thoughts about it.
