Satelites Direct TV question

I think standard for most cable/coax applications is RG59, whereas everything I've been seeing for satellite has been RG6. I never realized using RG59 could drop half the channels, it seems odd to me. But definitely give that a try, as to rule out any possibilities.

That's a great suggestion by Jea48. Like hunting down a problem with your audio system or trouble shooting a computer, go through a process of elimination.

By hooking each of the two receivers that are having reception problems in place of the HDTV unit that is working fine you'll be able to see if you just have a bad connection or if the problem lies with a malfunctioning or improperly set up receiver.

Good luck!

My two different generation Sony boxes are set up the way Isellstuff suggests, with a splitter at the phone jack, and everything is fine. Two different GUIs and one has Tivo while the other doesn't, but the exact same programming.

I wanted to avoid the multiplexer thing so I just used both LNBs at the satellite dish for hookup. I'm using the 6 year old dual LNB round dish because I just couldn't the new oval dish with the 4 LNBs to see all the satellites. Someone I know uses the multiplexers for multi-room feeds and it works great.

Oooopps!!! Thanks for the quick correction Edesilva!!