Satelites Direct TV question

That's a great suggestion by Jea48. Like hunting down a problem with your audio system or trouble shooting a computer, go through a process of elimination.

By hooking each of the two receivers that are having reception problems in place of the HDTV unit that is working fine you'll be able to see if you just have a bad connection or if the problem lies with a malfunctioning or improperly set up receiver.

Good luck!

I will proffer a guess that you've split the cable without using a multiswitch. The DirecTV coax is not merely one way--there is some oddity about the selection of odd/even transponders. Are you just using a simple coax T-connection? If so, that is your problem. Go to RatShack and get something called a multiswitch...

Are you using a splitter for the feed from the dish? If so, that is your problem. You need to use a multiplexer. 1/2 of the channels go on one polarity, the other 1/2 on the other.

If he was using a splitter I don`t think he would get any cannels on the one receiver,he said he was getting half of the channels.Wouldn`t it also say, searching for sat.

Your boxes need to mirror each other, in order to do
this, you need a splitter for your PHONE jack,
that will allow your subscription to MIRROR each other.
Try that.