DIRECTV Satellite 99 No Signal

This is what my dish looks like:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DIRECTV-4K-UHD-RB-SWM5-Reverse-Band-SATELLITE-DISH-Antenna-KIT-SWM-SPLITTER/160911282616?_trkparms=aid%3D1110012%26algo%3DSPLICE.SOIPOST%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20201210111451%26meid%3D6049b749bf394ef4a3a94929faa729fa%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D150935963547%26itm%3D160911282616%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DPromotedSellersOtherItemsV2WithMLRv3%26brand%3DDIRECTV&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219

It was installed in 2005, so I don't think it was 4K. Also, how do I test if I am actually getting 119. I know I am getting 103 because GSN, DIY Network, Sundance, TCM, etc. all in HD. There is probably a specific channel to test the 119 signal. 

OK, so I will buy a power inserter on eBay. That should either improve my signal on 99 and 103 or give me the answer to if I have a bad LNB or my dish needs to be aligned. The dish was installed by a DIRECTV friend in 2005 and I can have him come out because I know his contact information. 

I'm sorry to say your "friend" seems not have known how to do this install, so I would be very careful making sure it's done correctly this time. It's almost certainly dish misalignment, although a faulty LNB is possible.

This forum completely screws up the order of the posts, so I see you posted again after my "accepted solution".

4K does not enter into this discussion.

One you have the system configured correctly you can look at the 119 signals. But there is probably nothing for you on 119, it has all been moved to 99/103.

I just don't want to burn my LNB if I plug in the power inserter. Some people have said that the HR24-100 already generates enough power to operate the SWM LNB. This power inserter may have a possibility of burning the LNB or frying the receiver. I don't want to take that risk so I'll have my friend realign the dish on Friday and keep you posted.

If your dish has only one coax output and says "SWM", then you must have a SWM Power Inserter. The HR24 and HR44 can NOT power a SWM LNB. You also must have a SWM Splitter, not just a regular coax splitter. And it's important that the Power Inserter be connected via the "Power Passing Port" on the SWM Splitter. With that setup your HR44 and HR24 can use all of their tuners. And no B-Band converter is required. Fix that portion of your setup before anything else. 

If this still doesn't make sense, then it's time for a service visit. 

If his dish was installed in 2005 --he had a A-9 Dish with a side car LNB --The LNB lens is fractured from age and filled with water . He needs a NEW DISH --and if his current location of his dish is out on the middle of his ROOF--He is (Edited per community guidelines) unless it can be re-located 

@goldw1800 , agreed. I don't think that the OP has a SWM dish if it's really that old. Yet they insist that it's labeled "SWM". I think they need a service tech to visit. 

.Yes, I really don't know what he has. The info he is giving us is completely confused. All this stuff about frying the LNB..... And he does not seem to realise that until he sorts out his configuration there's no point in getting the dish aligned

I just sent a picture of my dish with the eBay link. I am not totally sure why my friend never installed the SWM Power inserter, but I think because he installed it in 2005 and the H20 was getting popular then and the D11-100 I had didn't need SWM. Ever since, I have upgraded to the HR24-100 and the HR44 and DIRECTV never installed a power inserter. The system has always worked until last week, when the 99 signal was gone. The 103 was low and the 101 and 119 were normal. Hope this clears things up ---

@cardboardguy401 , If that's your actual dish, then it is indeed a Single Wire Multiswitch dish. The D11 would not work with a SWM dish, so when did you get this dish? That dish has 5 LNBs and is designed to receive 99, 101, 103, 110 and 119ºW satellites. Note that DirecTV no longer uses 110 and 119ºW, so you could get by with a 3-LNB dish to receive just 99, 101, and 103. 

At any rate, your system should be wired as follows:

• Dish LNB output coax connects to input of SWM Splitter
• Power Inserter SWM/LNB Output connects to Power Passing port of SWM Splitter
• SWM Splitter Outputs connect to HR44 and HR24 SAT1/SWM inputs. No B-Band Converter. 

See, for example, the wiring diagram here:

https://www.satpro.tv/DIRECTV-4-Way-Wide-Band-Splitter-for-SWM-MSPLIT4R1-03.aspx

How are your dish, splitter and DVRs currently connected?

My dish has one wire coming down and there is a splitter that splits the signal for the two rooms. As said before, there is ONLY one wire coming to each room, so the HR24-100 has only a single tuner able to be used. The HR44 has all five tuners and detects the SWM just fine when I put in the B-Band Converter. My friend is coming soon to diagnose the system and possibly align the dish if needed. 

You are wrong about the single tuner, we'vwe told you several times. With SWM, one cable carries all the signals for multiple tuners so the cable to the HR24 will drive two tuners.

Go back and look at litzdog's post.

TexasBrit oh now that makes sense. I guess I don't have SWM set up but do have a SWM dish. I never knew that..