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DIRECTV Satellite 99 No Signal
My DIRECTV dish is a SWM 3 LNB and has no signal on 99 but ok signal on 103 and really strong signal on 101 and 119. Could that mean that the LNB is shot for 99 or is the dish pointed at 101, 103, and 119 instead of 99, 101, 103?? Thanks. Btw, I don't want to go on my roof and I am also only using a B-Band Converter with my HR24-100. I am not using a SWM Power inserter, which is supposed to make the signal stronger. If you need my signal readings on 101, 103, and 119 I can provide them. As said before, 99 has all zeros.
TexasBrit
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In his other thread he now posted he did not have an HR44, just two Hr24s. So everything looks like a conventional legacy system. And I suspect he does not have a splitter either (must have a multiswitch) , and has four cables from the dish not two (or one). So it looks like just an alignment issue.
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cardboardguy401
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My friend came today and replaced the broken LNB. Now I get all HD but still have single tuners. Is there a way I can buy a splitter that splits the signal so that the two tuners can be used for HR24-100 and the HR24-500? I don't want to change my setup too much. The one wire coming to each room, I want to split it right in the room for two tuners. Is that possible? I know that I need two B-Band Converters for each tuner. In total, I would need 4 b-band converters for the HR24-100 and the HR24-500..
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litzdog911
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@cardboardguy401
If your friend had replaced that dish LNB with a Single Wire Multiswitch (SWM) LNB and power inserter, then you would be all set. And you wouldn't need any B-Band Converters. That would be the easiest way to handle all four of your DVR tuners (2 in each HR24). With your current LNB, there's no way to feed both tuners with one coax cable. You can get that LNB from Solid Signal for less than $40. Even cheaper on eBay.
https://www.solidsignal.com/directv-slimline-3-swm-lnb-for-satellites-99-101-and-103-sl3-swm
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TexasBrit
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Read litzdog,s post. Replace your LNB with an SWM3 LNB. Then one cable from the dish will run to a power inserter From the power inserter to an SWM splitter. A 2x splitter will do, you can use a 4x splitter and leave two ports open , Then just one cable to each DVR. Then two tuners will work.
No b-band converters.
I'm surprised your friend did not suggest this.
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TexasBrit
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Further comment. Reading the various posts, you probably have the old oval dish not the dish you are posting. That would mean you can't use an SWM LNB. Still not a problem. Use the four cables from the dish to an SWM 8 multiswitch (like this one https://www.ebay.com/p/1000536008?iid=154315372399) with associated power inserter (like this one https://www.ebay.com/p/1000536008?iid=154315372399 .). Must be the 29v one. Discard your existing "splitter" Then run one cable from the SWM8 to each of your DVNow you will have two yuners in each DVR.Rs.
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cardboardguy401
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I feel that at this point, the best option would be to not worry about SWM and just get the two tuners working. Can I take the one cable coming to each room from the Legacy LNB and split it to two signals, which can go into the two tuners for the HR24-100? I was thinking of getting this splitter: https://www.amazon.com/GE-Amplifiers-Compatible-Connectors-33526/dp/B0054EILOE/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=satellite+tv+splitter&qid=1614528213&sr=8-3
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cardboardguy401
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I don't want to go up on my roof, remove the LNB, run 2 more wires to my house, all just for an extra tuner. There is definitely an easier solution. My friend said that because I have shielding on my house that was put up in 2012, it is nearly impossible to wire anything from the dish anymore. I am working with what I already have wired.
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TexasBrit
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No, we've told you you can't split a cable with a legacy system. Read my last post. Keep your dish, four cables to the house (that's what you have now), replace the multiswitch (the thing you call the splitter) with an SWM multiswitch with power inserter. Then you can take one cable to each DVR. The "split" for multiple tuners on any DVR happens inside the DVR.
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litzdog911
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@cardboardguy401 ,
You're not understanding how SWM works. You will NOT need to run more cables from the dish. You can just use one of the existing cables with that new SWM LNB. As pointed out several times, you CANNOT split the existing cables with that old-style dish LNB. You would need a multiswitch, which is considerably more work than replacing the dish LNB and using one of the existing coax cables. Your knowledgeable DirecTV-savvy friend should be able to take care of this for you.
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TexasBrit
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I don't know why this is so hard.
What he has now (as far as I can tell, in all this confusion) is a dish with a legacy LNB (which he tells us has been replaced) with four cables (not two, it might look like two if these are dual cables) going into the house. In the house he has a legacy multiswitch (not a splitter) with a cable to each DVR. That gives him the ability to use only a single tuner in each DVR. Or maybe he has two cables to one DVR and one to the other, so one DVR will only work single tuner. Then he has BBCs on each cable.
By far the simplest solution is to replace the legacy multiswitch with an SWM8 multiswitch and power inserter. That "converts" his system to SWM. Then he just uses one cable to each DVR. No BBCs. That gives him two tuners per DVR. No change to the dish or LNB, no more cables from the dish. In fact no need to go anywhere near the dish at all.
He needs to show our posts to his directv :friend"
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