sv-hd8000

[ramperf]

Hey guy's, I'm new to this and was told you are the guy's to talk to.
I just purchase a sv-hd8000 sonicview receiver and hooked it up via the intstructions. The satellite I have is a DTV unit that came with the house. Anyway, I went to menu to use the signal indicator and that was 68% but I do not get anything on the quality and a no tv channel error. Is this due to sat. direction (I tried changing it using the signal stat on the receiver)?
Thanks for your response,

 

[pro96]

well that DTV satellite dish will not work for ya.. U need a bigger dish like 30" or 36" with KU LNB

 

[ramperf]

Thanks for reply...I'll get one.

 

[1beertap]

Direct TV and Dish Network use a circular LNBF. Whereas, most of the dishes for FTA reception in America use a linear LNBF. You could use a circular LNBF for sat reception for the Atlantic region of the sky but as pro96 said you need a larger dish.