Sat Signal Strength

[cableghost]

I am receiving signal strength of 75-85 for any transponders for sat pick-up...DirecTV Tech Support told me that the quality of the picture will be the same for all signals over 70...is this correct?

 

[dragon002]

where are you located?

who did the install?

signal SHOULD be 90 PLUS

 

[cableghost]

Coppel, TX a suburb of Dallas/Ft. Worth.

DirecTV did the install

90 Plus...okay, it sounds like I need them to come out and adjust the sat.

 

[dragon002]

what IRD do you have , the HD is ok at 80

 

[cableghost]

IRD...that's an acronym for what?

 

[damaged]

Integrated Receiver and Decoder

 

[HCI]

In layman's term receiver.

 

[cableghost]

H20

 

[duckydan]

i'm receiving an average signal of 75 with the H20 and thats after repointing... odd thing is my philips dvr in the bedroom is giving me a 95. The installer who had to come out because of another problem I had (first installer never bolted the dish down and I dropped to 0's) said the H20 reads the signal weird... dunno if it's true but based on the disparity between my 2 receivers it seems logical...

 

[HCI]

This also happens in Dishnetwork receivers. The signal will be higher on a 311 than it will be on a 322.

 

[bdrucker]

I have the same thing. Signal stengths on my H20 are in the 75 to 80 range. On my Phillips Tivo unit, all readings are in thev 90's. When we had a snow storm, the signal readings on my H20 dropped into the 30's and I lost my picture.

 

[pirkle]

I get about 70% on a couple sats and 90+ on the others. Here's a response from D* when I asked about this. FYI...I'm near Dallas in McKinney.....

Here's the response I got from Cust. Service..............

"Thanks for writing. I apologize for any confusion this issue has caused. The H20 receiver processes information slightly different than regular receivers. A reading of 60-80% on satellites 101, 72, 95, 110, 119 - if the dish is set up for these satellites, is normal. A reading of 95 to 100% on satellites 99 / 103 - if the dish is set up for these satellites is common.

 

[mcbeevee]

The signal strengths on the H20 receivers read about 20% lower than other models. Read somewhere on the board that it is a software issue and will be fixed in a future download.

 

[cableghost]

Thanks y'all, well explained.