Connecting an existing box to another satellite - Canadian TV, Computing and Home Theatre Forums

sickboy_xl · 2011-01-22, 03:52 PM

Forgive me if this topic has already been covered but I haven't been able to find anything. I have 4 bell boxes and smart cards in my house at the moment. I just fixed up a guest house in my backyard and want to take one of the boxes and put it in there. Rather than run 100m of coaxial cable underground and destroy my lawn, I heard that I could connect this box to another dish (which I have), granted that my smart card was still activated with my original connection. I put the dish up and ran the box over, and it just keeps doing the "Please Standby for the satellite signal. Thank your for your patience" cycle for ever. I heard that this is easy to do. What am i missing?

Pinza · 2011-01-22, 04:03 PM

Sounds to me like you have not aimed the 2nd Dish correctly.

What Signal Strength do you see when you press, MENU, 6, 1,1.

sickboy_xl · 2011-01-22, 04:16 PM

signal strength is at 0. i have a friend here with me. we set it up the same way we set up the other ones. all the co-ordinates seem to be the same.

sickboy_xl · 2011-01-22, 04:28 PM

Son-of-a....... We moved that thing half a millimetre and she's up and running. Thanks for the tip Pinza. Sometimes my own stupidity is my worst enemy.

Pinza · 2011-01-22, 04:35 PM

Glad to assist, even it if was only a nudge in the right direction.....lol

MaxHeadroom · 2011-01-23, 11:21 PM

Just don't ever tell Bell that you have this set up. There was another thread some time ago where another member got grief about "account splitting" from Bell about having a second dish on his workshop building, on the same property as his home.

hugh · 2011-01-24, 07:54 AM

MamHeadroom, can you point out that thread? I find it hard to believe a Bell Employee did that on our forum and would like to investigate.

MaxHeadroom · 2011-01-31, 11:34 PM

It didn't actually happen here on the forums, only the story was told after the fact.

2011-01-22, 03:52 PM	#1
sickboy_xl Rookie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	Connecting an existing box to another satellite Forgive me if this topic has already been covered but I haven't been able to find anything. I have 4 bell boxes and smart cards in my house at the moment. I just fixed up a guest house in my backyard and want to take one of the boxes and put it in there. Rather than run 100m of coaxial cable underground and destroy my lawn, I heard that I could connect this box to another dish (which I have), granted that my smart card was still activated with my original connection. I put the dish up and ran the box over, and it just keeps doing the "Please Standby for the satellite signal. Thank your for your patience" cycle for ever. I heard that this is easy to do. What am i missing?

2011-01-24, 07:54 AM	#7
hugh Member #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 47,492	MamHeadroom, can you point out that thread? I find it hard to believe a Bell Employee did that on our forum and would like to investigate. __________________ As of January 2012, I am no longer the owner of the Digital Home website. If you have questions about the operation of the site, please contact VSAdmin. For personal inquiries contact me at the Hugh Thompson website.

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2011-01-22, 04:03 PM	#2
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,572	Sounds to me like you have not aimed the 2nd Dish correctly. What Signal Strength do you see when you press, MENU, 6, 1,1.

2011-01-22, 04:16 PM	#3
sickboy_xl Rookie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	signal strength is at 0. i have a friend here with me. we set it up the same way we set up the other ones. all the co-ordinates seem to be the same.

2011-01-22, 04:28 PM	#4
sickboy_xl Rookie Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3	Son-of-a....... We moved that thing half a millimetre and she's up and running. Thanks for the tip Pinza. Sometimes my own stupidity is my worst enemy.

2011-01-22, 04:35 PM	#5
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,572	Glad to assist, even it if was only a nudge in the right direction.....lol

2011-01-23, 11:21 PM	#6
MaxHeadroom Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Russell, Ontario Posts: 301	Just don't ever tell Bell that you have this set up. There was another thread some time ago where another member got grief about "account splitting" from Bell about having a second dish on his workshop building, on the same property as his home.

2011-01-31, 11:34 PM	#8
MaxHeadroom Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Russell, Ontario Posts: 301	It didn't actually happen here on the forums, only the story was told after the fact.