Okay, here's the deal. I just switched from E* to D*. I previously had a E* 6000 receiver and two dishes. I installed it all myself with no problems. So that makes my current problems with the D* stuff that much more frustrating.
I just got a Hughes E86 and the 18x24 dish. Wired it all up and mounted the dish. Mast is plumb. Wires were all connected with the system unplugged. I get NO signal strength. It says "0". What's the problem? I checked all my cables to make sure I have no shorts. None of the little wires are touching the center conductor in any of my connections. I even shortened one of my cable runs in case it was too long.
I checked all the places I have connections between the Multiswitch and the receiver. I took the multiswitch out of the loop and went directly to the receiver from one of the LNB's.
Can you have too many breaks in the cable? The cable runs from the Switch on the back of the dish to a diplexer. From there to a place in the attic where a splitter used to be, but that's just an "F" connector now. There to a wall plate. From the wall plate to a splitter, and then into the box. Is that too many breaks in the cabling? I'm at a loss. Someone help me?
I just got a Hughes E86 and the 18x24 dish. Wired it all up and mounted the dish. Mast is plumb. Wires were all connected with the system unplugged. I get NO signal strength. It says "0". What's the problem? I checked all my cables to make sure I have no shorts. None of the little wires are touching the center conductor in any of my connections. I even shortened one of my cable runs in case it was too long.
I checked all the places I have connections between the Multiswitch and the receiver. I took the multiswitch out of the loop and went directly to the receiver from one of the LNB's.
Can you have too many breaks in the cable? The cable runs from the Switch on the back of the dish to a diplexer. From there to a place in the attic where a splitter used to be, but that's just an "F" connector now. There to a wall plate. From the wall plate to a splitter, and then into the box. Is that too many breaks in the cabling? I'm at a loss. Someone help me?