Thanks again for everyone's help with this. Got my parts this weekend, installed and it's working just great.

Thanks for the input. I have no technical skills whatsoever so I'm going to have someone take a look at it. I'll have all of your input so hopefully I will get a plausible solution from the installer. I'll let you know how it goes. Living without tv for a week has been hard! I didn't pay for...

Thanks for the help. Glad that the solution is pretty straight forward, I think. Is the SWM SL3 LNB relatively easy to switch out? I have zero experience with this one. Are there any useful tutorials to follow? Thank You!

I'm looking for help with my direct tv service. I have had regular direct tv service for a few years now and was recently given an HD receiver, H25-100. The receiver doesn't seem to work with my current dish, SL5PIG-WMC. I get the error code 771a. I ran further diagnostic tests and the...