DishPro Plus 44 Switch Review

**jstroup** · 09-15-2005 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by farmsatguy

As an installer, I've gotta know what type of fittings you used when you cut the Radio Shack cable from 100' to 75'? Please tell me you didn't use those twist on connectors with DP equipment - if I had $10 everytime I rolled up to someones trouble call and relaced those fittings, I could retire for a year! I prefer PPC compression fittings (Gilberts are OK but sometimes won't test for "fire" when checking for a signal with a small tester).

Have you tried running one length of cable straight from the DPP44 to the receiver area (through a window maybe for testing purposes); hook in the separator then use your 2 two foot jumpers to the 921? 75'...100'...doesn't matter at this point. Is all the cable swept tested for 2150? It MUST be at this rating. Doing this will bypass (temporarilily) any other problems that may exist such as a bad ground block, a wall plate with a low rated barrel, bad cables, crappy fittings, etc... IF you do this and still have a problem then...well, I'm stumped too. I don't see it as being the receiver as you can put the separator a foot away from the 44 and it works!

i was thinking along the same lines myself, and have had luck when faced with mysteries irrational by being irrational myself. i would cut a foot off one of the cables, and 18 inches off the other, replace the fittings with DigiCon Green and retry. one really odd one i had to troubleshoot was fixed that way because the problem was standing wave or harmonics (no scope, but had to be one or the other) and differential lengths solved it immediately.

**SimpleSimon** · 09-17-2005 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by ocnier

Try rebooting the switch, the 44's actually have chip components to them. Simply unplug the power converter and wait 15 seconds. Then do all your switch checks.

You ALSO have to unplug the receivers on ports 2-4 to make sure ALL power is gone.

Originally Posted by nini0000

is anyone using Dish Pro + 44 switch with 2700, 2800, and 3900 receivers please let me know how you guys install this switch because i install this and i am geting this massage (Unknown switch and I get X in all box) so please let me know thank you

IIRC, you must have at least one DishPro receiver hooked up to the DPP44.