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    Recommendation for satellite signal meter for DirecTV

    Hello. I have had some problems with my satellite signal from the satellite. I have a DirecTV dish. Two coaxial cables go from that dish to my house. I have several DirecTivo receivers so I use a Terk switch to split them. One of the input cables from the dish to the house had a problem...
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    Is there a tool I can use to measure satellite signals?

    No, I don't have more than 16 tuners. Actually, since all of my DTV tuners require 2 jacks, the most I could hook up would be 8. But I only have 5 DTV receivers.
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    Is there a tool I can use to measure satellite signals?

    Thanx for the info Jared. It's less hassle for me to buy a signal testing tool than to move furniture/DTV receiver/TV around to test. Also, all of the switches are powered - both the Terk 6X16 and 5X8.
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    Is there a tool I can use to measure satellite signals?

    What feature on the meter would let me know that it can switch TPs? I'll try the DTV at another location and also try another receiver thru the same output (this weekend). Can't really try another output because I'd have to create two more 40 ft cables and run them thru walls (a big...
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    Is there a tool I can use to measure satellite signals?

    I doubt it's an LNB or misaligned dish because most of my DTV receivers do not have a problem. Just one DTV receiver does and it's different than the others because its input signals go thru two switches, not just one. The cable doesn't just go along the floor of the house but thru a...
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    Problem with DirecTV signal?

    If it's a hard drive problem, then there's no problem there. I have new HDs and an InstantCake CD that I can format a new HD for the receiver.
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    Is there a tool I can use to measure satellite signals?

    This is related to a previous post about a reception problem I'm having with one of my DirecTivo receivers. I want to test if the satellite signal coming thru a coaxial cable is OK. The purpose is to test if the coaxial cable is good or not. I've seen DirecTV installers test the satellite...
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    Problem with DirecTV signal?

    I'm having problems with a particular DirecTV receiver. It's actually a DirecTivo (DTV) receiver and requires two input cables from the satellite. I have a couple of these DTV receivers in different rooms. None of them have any problems except this one. The problematic one is located in my...
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    Any DTV subscribers in the SF Bay Area?

    Gbubar, These channels are the only two that I am consistently seeing this. I don't see this with other channels (like Showtime or TMC) when I record movies onto my DirecTivo boxes. I've experimented and have discovered that it happens in all receivers (I recorded a game on multiple...
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    Any DTV subscribers in the SF Bay Area?

    To those who are in the San Francisco area, if you have FOX Sports Bay Area (Channels 654 and 655) thru DirecTV, are you seeing pixelation problems? There are Warriors/Sharks games that I record and almost invariably, they will have times when during the playback, there are times when parts...
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    How long does an LNB last?

    I have two DirecTivo receivers. A Hughes HDVR-2 and a Hughes SD-DVR40. It's not the receiver. It was the LNB. I think it just went bad (on one receiver -- I still got signal from "satellite 2". What should I be worried about Dragon2002?
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    How long does an LNB last?

    I have a DirecTV 18"" satellite with a dual LNB. Well, in the last two days, I had problems picking up signals from "Satellite 1". All the even numbered transponders were showing no input strength. I poked around, trouble-shooted, tested the cables from the satellite to the Terk switch...
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    Question about multiswitches

    I'm specifically referring to this one: http://www.smarthome.com/77958t.html It's a 5 x 8 switch made by Terk. There are 5 inputs. 4 from the satellite, 1 from antenna. I currently use two 3x4 Terk switches. I have two cables coming out of the DirecTV LNB. They become inputs for the...