Yesterday...In hopes of getting a little better PQ out of my Toshiba I rerouted the coax away from the electrical wiring in my garage. As it WAS...The coax was running through the same holes as the electrical wire for a 30 foot stretch. MY PROBLEM ...I use the same piece of RG59 but only rerouted it. Now...I get an error message (I think 051) as it runs through different transponder #'s and a signal strength of Zero and a "not locked" message.
The fella at 800-Dishnetwork said that RG59 would not carry the satellite signal and I had to use RG6. The Dishnetwork manual said the same thing. I'm a little confused as to why it was previously working while using RG59...very odd. Will RG59 NOT carry the Dish signal???
Regardless...I'm going to get a 100' stretch of RG6 with factory installed ends this evening and run it again. Another factor would be that I'm not too confident on the screw on ends I put on (ie...no coax stripper).
Even if this solves my dillemma, I'd still appreciate someone explaining the RG59 issue to me. Thanks...
Brett
The fella at 800-Dishnetwork said that RG59 would not carry the satellite signal and I had to use RG6. The Dishnetwork manual said the same thing. I'm a little confused as to why it was previously working while using RG59...very odd. Will RG59 NOT carry the Dish signal???
Regardless...I'm going to get a 100' stretch of RG6 with factory installed ends this evening and run it again. Another factor would be that I'm not too confident on the screw on ends I put on (ie...no coax stripper).
Even if this solves my dillemma, I'd still appreciate someone explaining the RG59 issue to me. Thanks...
Brett