Hello,
Does any one have any insight to this problem. I have 2 receivers in my house. Family room is a DST-3000 Toshiba HDTV. Upstairs is a RCA Directv Tivo 70 hrs. I get great signal strength to my Tivo box, but down stairs I am having trouble pulling in SAT A. It has a peak of 41 on transponder 2. So I get some digital tearing on screen. Transponder 10 on a Sat peaks at 33. SAt B is peaking at 43 on transponder 24. What is the deal if I can get great signal upstairs but poor signal down stairs. I am guessing that the down stairs cable run is about 100ft. I tried switching inputs on the multi switch with on of the runs to the Tivo since I know it is good. Same poor signal downstairs. Do I need a booster? I have gotten up on the roof and wiggled the Azimuth and the elevation, no good same results. I go to Directv's website and they said I should be at a 133.1 elevation for my zip code (97124). When in realty my dish sits at 144. I moved it to 133.1 and no signal. This never was an issues when I was getting HBO HD and HD net for free way back when. I canceled when they started charging. Then I got the package again for the promotional free six months. HDnet is very spotty now when it wasn't before. So many variables. Obviously I am getting good signal with the results of my upstairs Directv Tivo. I signal booster seems the answer but I would like a couple of other ideas if any one has any. I don't think the multi switch is bad since I swapped cables and the upstairs was fine. Let me know thanks
Trevor
Does any one have any insight to this problem. I have 2 receivers in my house. Family room is a DST-3000 Toshiba HDTV. Upstairs is a RCA Directv Tivo 70 hrs. I get great signal strength to my Tivo box, but down stairs I am having trouble pulling in SAT A. It has a peak of 41 on transponder 2. So I get some digital tearing on screen. Transponder 10 on a Sat peaks at 33. SAt B is peaking at 43 on transponder 24. What is the deal if I can get great signal upstairs but poor signal down stairs. I am guessing that the down stairs cable run is about 100ft. I tried switching inputs on the multi switch with on of the runs to the Tivo since I know it is good. Same poor signal downstairs. Do I need a booster? I have gotten up on the roof and wiggled the Azimuth and the elevation, no good same results. I go to Directv's website and they said I should be at a 133.1 elevation for my zip code (97124). When in realty my dish sits at 144. I moved it to 133.1 and no signal. This never was an issues when I was getting HBO HD and HD net for free way back when. I canceled when they started charging. Then I got the package again for the promotional free six months. HDnet is very spotty now when it wasn't before. So many variables. Obviously I am getting good signal with the results of my upstairs Directv Tivo. I signal booster seems the answer but I would like a couple of other ideas if any one has any. I don't think the multi switch is bad since I swapped cables and the upstairs was fine. Let me know thanks
Trevor
