grydlok said:Have you lined up a dish like that?
Nope, but I can guarantee if installing Directv was how I earned a living I would at least know how to do it before hitting the field.
From where my dish was installed you can see the back of four other homes with a Directv dish. I had to point out to the installer that the other dishes were pointing in a different direction than where he was trying to find the signal. To me, that's ineptitude.
I'm sure that there are excellent installers out there, from what I have personally witnessed and read through this forum, it doesn't appear that Michigan Microtech cares enough to train them.
Years ago I installed a basic dual LNB dish, so I understand that there are a few variables that need to be perfect. The 5 lnb dish I'm sure is a challenge. My issue with the installer that came out to my house was that he didn't have a clue how to deal with this new dish, I wonder if he had any training at all before being sent to my house. As a matter of fact, he went through two cell phone batteries talking to people about how to set the system up.