I've found a few threads on this, but none answered (at least in terms that were clear to me) my questions. I've got Dish Network and I'm adding an HD OTA antenna. I'd like to not have to run any additional cabling, or at least as little as possible so I bought a couple of diplexers from Lowes -- they are labeled "5mhz - 2.3ghz". When I got up on the roof to do a test run, everything got a whole lot less straight forward than I expected. And unfortunately I'm not 100% certain I'm getting any reception at all, not 100% certain I don't need to do any additional setup on the receiver, not 100% certain my diplexers are sufficient, and not 100% certain my wiring is correct, so troubleshooting at this point is a crapshoot.
In the threads, I read there is a multiswitch installed by the techs *somewhere*. I've followed the cables as best I can and have found no sign of it. Is it necessarily there somewhere? I'll continue as if it's not.
I had the output from the Dish 1000 labeled "1" fed to my diplexer, along with the antenna, and another diplexer at the receiver splitting the same way. I positioned the antenna temporarily without mounting it, ran in the house and scanned for local digital channels and found none. I tried the same with the first diplexer connected to each of the other outputs with the same results.
I then disconnected the coax from the output labeled "2" on the dish and connected that directly to the antenna. (I'm assuming at this point that 1 and 2 are for the first and second receivers, and I only have 1.) Inside the house, I connected the coax from the antenna and dish to the diplexer. Came up stairs and dish broadcasts were coming in correctly, scanned for local channels and again found nothing.
I have my own guesses as to what this all means, but I'd like to get input from someone that knows better first. Any tips?
In the threads, I read there is a multiswitch installed by the techs *somewhere*. I've followed the cables as best I can and have found no sign of it. Is it necessarily there somewhere? I'll continue as if it's not.
I had the output from the Dish 1000 labeled "1" fed to my diplexer, along with the antenna, and another diplexer at the receiver splitting the same way. I positioned the antenna temporarily without mounting it, ran in the house and scanned for local digital channels and found none. I tried the same with the first diplexer connected to each of the other outputs with the same results.
I then disconnected the coax from the output labeled "2" on the dish and connected that directly to the antenna. (I'm assuming at this point that 1 and 2 are for the first and second receivers, and I only have 1.) Inside the house, I connected the coax from the antenna and dish to the diplexer. Came up stairs and dish broadcasts were coming in correctly, scanned for local channels and again found nothing.
I have my own guesses as to what this all means, but I'd like to get input from someone that knows better first. Any tips?
