Satellite Dish installation question......

[BamBam215]

I moved and instead of opting for the professional installation done by DishNetwork, I found myself another dish (left the old one at the old complex) and plan to install the darn thing myself. This particular dish I have is actually a DirecTV dish but I was told it makes no difference as long as I point it in the right location. It has dual LNB. My question is how would I go about connecting the dual LNB to one receiver?

As far as I know, one LNB is for 110 and the other one is the 119. So in order for me to receive all the channels I subscribed to, I NEED to connect both LNBs to my receiver right? Would a simple Y switch from radio shack be sufficient?

 

[jfall]

You only need to use one of the connections on the LNB, the other would go to a second receiver

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: jfall
You only need to use one of the connections on the LNB, the other would go to a second receiver

I'm looking here

and it shows to connect both LNBS to a switch?

 

[Wolfsraider]

I used to install them as well.

Jfall is correct two lmb's are for two seperate recievers

if you only have one reciever and hook it up to one lmb it will work...
easy way to tell would be four hook ups on the lmb then, if you only have 2 it should not need the sw switch

mike

 

[jfall]

Right... you do not need the other connector on the LNB nor the switch, just a coax from the LNB directly to the receiver will do the job.

 

[cambre]

If it's a Dish 500 dish which it really sounds like, you need both LNBs and a SW21 switch to combine the feeds into one cable. Whey you say dual LNB, most people think of an LNB with two outputs. In your case, you have two LNBs and if you want all of the channels you need them both.

Pointing wise, you'll need to point the dish between the 110 and 119 satellite. Hook up the 119 LNB to your receiver first and point it. Then hook up the 110 to your receiver. If you point it correctly, the 110 LNB should be pretty close. If you got good signal on both, throw your switch on there, tell your receiver to check for the switch and you're good to go.

EDIT: nevermind about the Dish 500 thing, you said it was a directv dish. I'm not familar with directv dishs that point to 110 and 119. If it only has one LNB then you have to pick one satellite or the other, probably 119.

 

[Pepsei]

Yeah, you probably need SW21 switch.