My parents have been complaining about signal loss for a few months. I rarely saw it except during storms. But, this weekend I'm visiting and it has been outrageous. It's overcast and no trees are blocking the satellite. But, both receivers continue to have random blue screens that signal was lost. It will say the channel name, whether it be some HD movie channel or local channels, and that it is satellite 129.
I checked the Point DISH and see that 110 and 119 (I think) have 60+ signal strengths consistently. But, 129 goes from 19 to 50 with great variance.
Any thoughts on what would cause just one signal to be lost? To me it wouldn't be a pointing error if the other two SAT's are doing fine.
We don't have a switch on the system. The SAT has three direct lines going to three separate rooms. Two have been used, and the third was just hooked up this morning with an old receiver for a Slingbox...
I don't feel like calling India to hear nothing informative, so any input is welcome.
From reading other posts, I saw issues with OTA. They have OTA hooked up. I deleted all OTA channels from the DVR and all OTA channels with less than 60 strength from the other.
The two affected Dish receivers are a 211K and a DVR 612. The recently installed receiver is an older 211 (grey model). But, the third shouldn't be relevant as this crap has been going on with the other two for some time.
I checked the Point DISH and see that 110 and 119 (I think) have 60+ signal strengths consistently. But, 129 goes from 19 to 50 with great variance.
Any thoughts on what would cause just one signal to be lost? To me it wouldn't be a pointing error if the other two SAT's are doing fine.
We don't have a switch on the system. The SAT has three direct lines going to three separate rooms. Two have been used, and the third was just hooked up this morning with an old receiver for a Slingbox...
I don't feel like calling India to hear nothing informative, so any input is welcome.
From reading other posts, I saw issues with OTA. They have OTA hooked up. I deleted all OTA channels from the DVR and all OTA channels with less than 60 strength from the other.
The two affected Dish receivers are a 211K and a DVR 612. The recently installed receiver is an older 211 (grey model). But, the third shouldn't be relevant as this crap has been going on with the other two for some time.
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