Question for DirecTV HD users...

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Hi,
I am using a 3 LNB oval dish and an H-10 HD receiver. Picture quality is quite variable lately and this evening I went into setup and ran the self-test. It came back with an over-all signal strength of 83% and 84% (ran the test twice). Seems to me it should be higher. Does anybody know if this measurement is important? I realize that I can measure each transponder for each satellite and get much more data, but since I have no way of associating which particular channel corresponds with what transponder/satellite, it seems meaningless. It is also VERY time consuming, but when I play with it in a sort of shotgun approach, the signal strength meters nearly always read in the upper 90% range.
One other thing -- the test also indicates an LNB failure, but I cannot figure out how to get more information on this (from the test screen, that is).
Any thoughts are welcome.
Cheers, Joe
PS My set is a 1-week-old SONY KDS-55A2000 SXRD, being fed by HDMI from the H-10

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Topic - Question for DirecTV HD users... - JoeLip 22:08:28 09/28/06 (2)

Re: Question for DirecTV HD users... - dbphd 12:56:58 09/29/06 (1)

Re: Question for DirecTV HD users... - JoeLip 10:30:40 10/01/06 (0)

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