Can't get 119 on RCA HDTV receiver

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I visited a friend that ran a hifi shop and noticed that he had the HDTV unit hooked up. However,he wasn't getting any HDTV signals. I checked the signal for 119 and there was none. When I looked at the elliptical dish I noticed that the original installer had used a different multiswitch from the one that originally comes with the dish. I tried to help re-aim the dish but couldn't get a signal from 119. I've installed the exact same dish for a regular Plus system and there were no problems. I don't know why I can't get the signal so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[bemis]

I'm not an expert. However, I installed an elliptical dish for myself. At the time I didn't no that you can't diplex the signal with standard equip. Furthermore, the multi switch supplied is designed for the higher freq. of the 119 sat. Obviously you need a HDTV reciever, that goes without saying. What I did to test was run the 119 sat. coax directly into the receiver, eliminating the multi switch too isolate the problem. If you still don't receive the signal, recheck dish pointing or coax prob. Hope this helps.
bemis

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My two cents:

Directly cable the receiver to the lnb (as noted above)

Verify the aiming coordinates, make sure the mount is plumb & level. Be as accurate as possible with the rotation (tilt) value...it's a killer.

Check the mounting of the LNBs, the mounting system for the triple LNB is a little sloppier than the single systems and poor alignment is possible.

Verify that you have LNBs on the two outer-most positions...it's a three LNB mount, but there's four or five holes.

Make sure that the DTC100 has been set for two (or three) satellites.

Check clearence to the 119 bird...the perceived orbit is six degrees lower than the 101 bird.

With a regular IRD attached to the 119 LNB, you should still be able to get the NASA channel, and some spanish language programming.....there's also a banner ' Welcome to DirectTV's newest Satellite" something like that. Then hook up the DTC100 if he's not getting HDTV, maybe the receiver is faulty, or some necessary "feature" is not activated.

Good Lluck, hope this helps.


Scott

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I forgot to mention: the multiswitches have to be tone enabled...there should be a legend on the multiswitch, usually the "B" (and "C") ports referencing 22Khz....

Good Luck

Scott