Thread: 61.5 LNB drift

Was reading -7 LNB drift on my 61.5 dish. I replaced the LNB and I'm still showing -7 LNB drift on the 61.5 position. As a last resort I'll cal Dish. Anyone with a sugestion would be helpful.
Thanks

Mine was reading an LNB drift of -8 on 129. An installer came out to deliver a 722K to me and when he was here I told him about the LNB drift. I assumed the 129 LNB was bad so he changed it. The LNB drift reading remained so he changed out the dual LNB for 110/119. Once he did that the LNB drift reading disappeared. You might need to change another LNB even though it's indicating the 61.5 location. The installer said he thought it was probably the switch in the 110/119 dual LNB which the 129 LNB plugs into.

LNB drift = bad LNB. Get it replaced.

Originally Posted by magnum2066

LNB drift = bad LNB. Get it replaced.

Words of wisdom? ( LNB drift = bad LNB. Get it replaced )
Thats what I did got it replaced but problem remained. But I did one other thing after the bad reading came up again, I rebooted the 722 and no more drift is indicated. All is well with LNB's

Remember, guys and gals, when you first open signal strength screen it will show results from the last checkswitch. Do another one after changes. Also, you can remove sat. in cable, do a checkswitch and clear results. Once it shows x's where sat. readings should be, hook sat. line back up, checkswitch again. This will give you the true reading.

LNB drift is not an issue anymore unless you have legacy rcvrs. Dish Pro rcvrs and Dish Pro Plus rcvrs, basically anything that is not a 4 digit rcvr like 2900 or 4000, has software that searches an unlimited frequency variation for each channel. this is built into their software now, so if you have signal problems check the regular line of sight or alignment

Originally Posted by jlo

LNB drift is not an issue anymore unless you have legacy rcvrs. Dish Pro rcvrs and Dish Pro Plus rcvrs, basically anything that is not a 4 digit rcvr like 2900 or 4000, has software that searches an unlimited frequency variation for each channel. this is built into their software now, so if you have signal problems check the regular line of sight or alignment

So your saying if you have say a VIP722 drift will not be an issue but will show up on the info screen? I never realined the dish and my line of sight is good. But after the reboot the -7 drift went away after putting on a new LNB. a little Confused here. Was talking to an installer and he said he has never heard of anything like what you said

Originally Posted by Larrykay

So your saying if you have say a VIP722 drift will not be an issue but will show up on the info screen? I never realined the dish and my line of sight is good. But after the reboot the -7 drift went away after putting on a new LNB. a little Confused here. Was talking to an installer and he said he has never heard of anything like what you said

He's saying it's a non issue. That the tuners now can follow the "drift" of the LNB.

Originally Posted by bobl

Mine was reading an LNB drift of -8 on 129. An installer came out to deliver a 722K to me and when he was here I told him about the LNB drift. I assumed the 129 LNB was bad so he changed it. The LNB drift reading remained so he changed out the dual LNB for 110/119. Once he did that the LNB drift reading disappeared. You might need to change another LNB even though it's indicating the 61.5 location. The installer said he thought it was probably the switch in the 110/119 dual LNB which the 129 LNB plugs into.

This sounds more like what happened with me. I had a bad LNB indicator. Guy that came out, with father in tow, replaced both LNBs (500 for 110/119 & another 500 for 61.5, for 2 ViP722 & 1 508), just to be sure. Problem went away.