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jimbo9999 · 2012-06-18, 09:10 PM

I am scratching my head. While I was away, my wife moved the tv upstairs, and the downstairs tv stopped working. Then I tightened the coax cables on both and the downstairs still did not work and the upstairs did. Then I switched the input cables and now both don't work.

I am lost HELP!! I know nothign is broken, I just need a sequence and what to check.

jdevlin · 2012-06-19, 10:06 AM

You need to explain more about your setup and what you did when you moved the TV. You can not use splitters like for cable TV on a satellite feed.

monkeyhunk · 2012-07-02, 11:40 PM

HA!

Tell some people that and they look at you like you got six heads.

Pinza · 2012-07-03, 05:53 AM

You can use splitters but it is only in very specific ways. General rule of thumb for the homeowner, do NOT use them.

m3repair · 2012-07-03, 08:22 PM

I have a feeling this op is not going to come back, if he does we need to know what type of LNBF(S) he has and if he has a switch or not, because I have a feeling that if it was only a switch in wiring then perhaps the power inserter for the SW44 wasn't left at its original location (Just a thought/hunch) It will be up the original op to provide those details so we can offer further assistance

2012-06-18, 09:10 PM	#1
jimbo9999 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1	Lost Signal on Both recievers I am scratching my head. While I was away, my wife moved the tv upstairs, and the downstairs tv stopped working. Then I tightened the coax cables on both and the downstairs still did not work and the upstairs did. Then I switched the input cables and now both don't work. I am lost HELP!! I know nothign is broken, I just need a sequence and what to check.

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2012-06-19, 10:06 AM	#2
jdevlin Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wainfleet Posts: 495	You need to explain more about your setup and what you did when you moved the TV. You can not use splitters like for cable TV on a satellite feed.

2012-07-02, 11:40 PM	#3
monkeyhunk Join Date: May 2012 Location: ON Posts: 398	HA! Tell some people that and they look at you like you got six heads.

2012-07-03, 05:53 AM	#4
Pinza Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: GTA Posts: 8,684	You can use splitters but it is only in very specific ways. General rule of thumb for the homeowner, do NOT use them.

2012-07-03, 08:22 PM	#5
m3repair Join Date: May 2011 Location: Etobicoke, ON Posts: 378	I have a feeling this op is not going to come back, if he does we need to know what type of LNBF(S) he has and if he has a switch or not, because I have a feeling that if it was only a switch in wiring then perhaps the power inserter for the SW44 wasn't left at its original location (Just a thought/hunch) It will be up the original op to provide those details so we can offer further assistance