Direct TV Question ???

[James]

I looked for a more proper group to post this in, but could not find a
better group. I figured some folks here would know about Direct TV
antennas.

Ok, first I know next to NOTHING about satellite tv and antennas, so
please be patient. I live near Atlanta, Ga, and I use Direct TV and it
works great. But, I have a fishing cottage on a lake about 30 minutes away,
and I would like to take one of my receivers there and get Direct TV when I
am there on some weekends.

I picked up a 21 inch by 18 inch dish at a garage sale. It came with an
LNB, identified as:

Eagle DTVP3
Triple-Feed, Multi-Satellite LNB
Built-in Multi-switch with 4 outputs

This unit has three mushroom looking pods on it (which point into the dish)
and FOUR coax connection points.

(I only aim at one satellite, about 215 deg azimuth, and about 40 degrees
elevation, if any of that makes a difference.)

I just need to feed one tv receiver at my very small lake cottage. Here are
my questions:

1. Do I just run one RG6 cable, from any one of the 4 ports to the Direct
TV receiver ? In other words, is that all there is to it?

2. How is this LNB powered ??? I would have thought it was powered by
the coax-feed, from the receiver ???? Is that right ??

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Thanks for any other tips in helping me get this to work. I want to go up
there next weekend, and if I need anything else I would like to know now.

Thanks Again !!

JJ

[RoadDawg]

One cable from one of the 4 ports to the receiver. Doesn't matter which one.
The LNB is powered by the receiver.

"James" <jnipp...@nospamfdn.com> wrote in message
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[James]

Ok, many thanks RoadDawg !! It looks like I am on the right track !!

JJ