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Tailgate question. DirecTV setup?
Posted on 8/7/12 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 8/7/12 at 12:45 pm
I live in thibodaux. Been trying to bring my dish out to tailgate setup. Can never get it right on campus. Is there something i'm missing or is it impossible since it is a different zip code. Some special convertor I need. any help needed.
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Posted on 8/7/12 at 12:49 pm to buford4LSU
assuming you don't have tree issues it's just an alignment issue. just do sat setup on the receiver, it will give you the settings after you put in the BR zip code. I think there is an iphone app that locate's the sats as well.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 12:54 pm to buford4LSU
Alignment is best with two or more people.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 1:35 pm to buford4LSU
We set up a dallas based Direct TV receiver on the parade grounds every game with no problem. How close are you to any buildings or trees.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 1:49 pm to buford4LSU
What about just using a laptop with a 4G air card and HDMI or VGA output? Not sure how many games will be online though.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 6:56 pm to buford4LSU
We just use the signal meter in the menu
Posted on 8/7/12 at 7:12 pm to buford4LSU
You are not alone with this, as I see people struggling with this ever single game. Seen a few. People get so mad that they tore all of the equipment up!
Posted on 9/5/12 at 6:28 pm to buford4LSU
Can anybody who uses the older Multi-satellite(see pic) to tailgate tell me what they have the elevation and tilt set at? We had no issues with the dish until the last game of last season. I thought it might be the dish/switch since it was old and beat up, so I swapped it out with an identical dish. I'm using a receiver that I know works, but I can't get it above a 0% signal on the receiver's meter. I ordered a cheap signal meter that should be here before saturday, but it's pissing me off not being able to get it to work. 
ETA: Never mind, I swapped the coax around on the multiswitch and it's seems to be getting a signal now. Just have to fine tune it.
ETA: Never mind, I swapped the coax around on the multiswitch and it's seems to be getting a signal now. Just have to fine tune it.
This post was edited on 9/5/12 at 6:36 pm
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