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HDGreg
03-18-07, 10:16 PM
I went to the A9 dish at home for mpeg4, and moved my old 3 sat dish to a cabin I have. Realigned the dish to the new coordinates,.....and Sat A comes in in the 70s, SatB, all transponders are 0, SatC I have 60s..... Anyone have an idea? Did they quit using B in the laqst 3 months? Help!

adb
03-19-07, 08:44 AM
Probably you don't have it aligned properly or something is blocking part of the signal.

mjones73
03-19-07, 08:48 AM
Make sure the mast is level, nothing is blocking your line of site and start over again. The manual has good instructions on how to aim it.

http://www.directv.com/learn/pdf/12429_00_AntennaManual_1D.pdf

HDGreg
03-19-07, 10:20 AM
Thanks for the responses. I have moved the dish twice, realigned it, and checked transponder readings. I just don't get it, as if I move the dish more than 2 degrees either up or down, I lose the other 2 sats (A&B)....Aargghh....I rechecked the tilt and angle and they are right on...and the mast is perfectly level and plumb.

HDGreg
03-19-07, 10:22 AM
Oops a correction, I lose sats A&C..

greywolf
03-19-07, 02:00 PM
The 3LNB dish centers on 110(C). Check channel 494 to make sure the transponder numbers you see are actually from SatC and not some other satellite. With the azimuth and elevation optimized for SatC and a blue banner appearing on channel 494, adjust the tilt to pick up A and B.

HDGreg
03-21-07, 10:55 PM
The 3LNB dish centers on 110(C). Check channel 494 to make sure the transponder numbers you see are actually from SatC and not some other satellite. With the azimuth and elevation optimized for SatC and a blue banner appearing on channel 494, adjust the tilt to pick up A and B.
Thanks Greywolf, I have been completely stumped....now I have hope again! :p