Patchen said:I figured out my other question...what I meant is this. If I hook one of the wires coming off the roof into the satelitte for tv 2, there would be no picture on TV 2 at all.
Read my above post, I think it has to do with the receiver itself now.
Patchen said:I think I'm officially screwed, I left my dish unplugged all night plugged it in and got this gigantic error, saying that one of the switches is bad, blah blah blah. It was a full page error that was all text.
I noticed something when I started my Box this morning though, my DVR sounded like it was going to explode. I think I managed to “jostle” it correctly in the 14 foot march across my living room that I screwed up my DVR 522 box.
I’m going to assume Dish is going to want me to pay for a whole new box to have TV back. It’s a wonderful world.
While I carry a meter, it's not the first tool I use. The same SatBeeper I use for primary aiming works just fine to determine if there's any voltage from the receiver, and is faster to use.inwo said:The first thing tech will check is +21vdc on the cables at the dish (or switch).
This will tell him that cables are ok.
Actually, it means that it's looking throught the various Legacy configurations.ITK said:It sounds as if the line that you plugged into is not connected to a switch/LNB. When its running a 1 of 50 (which seems strange to me, should be 38) it means that the reciever is not detecting any switch or LNB configuration.
SimpleSimon said:Actually, it means that it's looking throught the various Legacy configurations.
And the 50 over 38 has to do with selecting "Alternate" (I think).
Frank Jr. said:Just curious, Patchen did you unplug the receiver from your electrical outlet prior to disconnecting the coax cables from the receiver and reconnecting the coax cables prior to plugging the receiver back in? If not done in this order it is possible to short out the the power supply for the switch located in the receiver.