I ordereded a slimline 3 last night with SWM before I saw the post on the legacy. I have a 5th wheel, and wonder where is the best place to locate the power inserter for the cable? Outside near DSS port, or inside in cabinet? If inside in cabinet, I guess that would put power through the park cable line too. Also, do you need a special signal finder for the slimline?
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I don't know what tripod you are using but be aware the new HD dishes require a larger support tube/pipe - 2 inch as I recall.
A number of people have recommended this guy HERE as a source for tripods and other accessories for the Slimline dishes.
I went with the Winegard SK3005 automatic dish and am very happy with it. I still carry the old 18 inch dish and tripod so I can have TV if trees get in the way. That will be SD only but historically I have only needed it once a year or so. I can live with SD for a night or two.
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You do need a special meter with SWiM!!
You don't with legacy (non-SWM) setup. Much less involved.
If it were me I would change my order??
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I have no dog in this fight but adding HD to the Direct TV systems seem to have gotten quite involved. Not as simple (or cheap lol) as just aiming a 18" dish.
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I hear you Lantley, I think I am about ready to throw in the towel on HD, just stick with non HD, little 18" sat dish, little tripod, everything is easy and works fine. Anybody want to buy my brand new DIRECTV H25 High Definition MPEG-4 HD Set Top TV Receiver H25NC-500 NIB... for $100? I payed $150 for it last week.
If you have an H25 receiver I believe the SWM system is required and the 18" dish is no option. I would look for a way to run a dedicated RG6 coax out from your receiver. I drilled and ran permanent cable with barrel connector out through the bottom of the slide where my entertainment center is located. This is cleaner and simpler than getting involved with the cable input, antenna amps, etc. The power inserter is located right near the receiver. I would even try it without the PI if you only have one receiver. I've seen it work.
You can't use a regular signal strength meter with SWM unless you use it with a ASL-1 adapter (about $30). If you use a meter the PI cannot be connected to the receiver during the search. All you need to do is preset the tilt/skew on the dish and forget about it. Search for the 101 satellite just like with the 18" dish. The HD, 99 and 103 satellites will be there.
The alternative is, of course, to set everything up and watch or have someone watch the tv screen.
You know you won't be happy until you get this worked out.
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powderman426 wrote: $100 meters, tripods, switches, messing around aiming. Not me.
After I saw how easy it was to setup the Tailgater, there is no way I would mess with all that crap.
The procedure went like this.
Plug cable into tailgater, and drop it on the ground aimed somewhere towards the southwest, plug cable into trailer, turn on tv, watch tv.
It doesn't get any easier than that.
OK, if you're happy with SD. I still have an old collection of 33 RPM records but I don't care to go back and listen to that scratchy sound very often.
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