Sat C Kit

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Steve K. wrote:

> http://www.directv.com/imagine/pdf/MultiSatC.pdf
>
> Have any of you done this yourself? Any tips or was it pretty easy?

Piece of cake. A screw and a couple of cable hook-ups. The most
difficult thing is likely to be simply getting to the dish, depending
on where it's mounted. I put mine on the railing of my back deck, so I
can work on it without ladders or anything.

There's a piece of plastic covering the gap in the LNB control arm where
the Sat C LNB will go. If I remember correctly, you have to temporarily
loosen one of the existing LNBs in order to get that out. Not a big
deal--the LNBs don't require delicate alignment. They're held in the
correct position by the mounting screw.

The Sat C kit DirecTV sent me was missing the mounting screw. I just
went to the hardware store and got one of the right length and diameter
and secured it with a regular hex nut. Worked fine.

- Ernie http://home.comcast.net/~erniew

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"Marlin Singer" <marlin.singer@verizon.SPAMDAM.net> wrote in message
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> Steve K. wrote:
>> I am considering adding the Sat C Kit to my Dual LNB Oval Dish for the
>> additional HD programming on DirecTV. DirecTV said they would send the
>> dish to me free plus an $8 shipping fee. From the look of the
>> instructions it looks pretty easy. Install it and set the receiver to
>> use 3 LNB's instead of two. No adjusting the dish is necessary.
>>
>> http://www.directv.com/imagine/pdf/MultiSatC.pdf
>>
>> Have any of you done this yourself? Any tips or was it pretty easy?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Steve
> You are going to find that the toughest part of the install is feeding the
> cable thru the arm. Everything else is a piece of cake.

I soldered an F+ barrel connector to a 2ft piece of stiff wire. That made
the job easy

Pat

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>> Have any of you done this yourself? Any tips or was it pretty easy?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>> Steve
>
>This is very easy to do. The LNB just plugs in and you have to tighten one
>bolt. It only has one fitting on it, unlike the other two LNB's, so it is
>not as snug a connection. It may not be on center so make sure you have
>your signal meter on to tell when it is in place. Murray