I'm hoping that someone from DIRT could help me out with a problem, while saving everyone the trouble of a service call.
Problem description:
My ViP 722 is saying 61.5 has LNB drift on 61.5 (e -13). A few days ago it instead showed LNB drift on 72.7, I think it was (o +14), but I'm only positive about the 14 part, and I've only seen that once so far.
Symptoms:
I've had a lot of signal loss and breakup issues recently, both on channels from 72.7 and 61.5, and they've been getting progressively more common in the last few weeks.
A few months ago I started having issues recording from OTA, but I could watch OTA live fine as long as I wasn't recording anything concurrently. I wouldn't think that's caused by LNB drift, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Also, I've recently started having instances where the 722 is very unresponsive, taking seconds to catch up to remote commands. Again, not sure if this is related to the LNB drift, but it seems to have started around the same time I started noticing the signal issues.
Hardware:
ViP 722 (note: not 722K). Dish 500 with DPP twin picking up just 72.7 (used to be for 110/119, tech just swung it around for EA), and a Dish 500 with a DPP-single. The DPP-single's output is hooked into the DPP-twin's input as normal. Both outputs from the DPP-twin go straight to the 722, no switches, diplexers, or separaters.
Request:
My understanding is that for LNB drift, the first course of action is to replace the LNB. Replacing LNBs and repeaking is soething I'm perfectly capable of doing, and I'd much prefer to do it myself. Waiting around for a tech to come is a giant inconvenience for me, and I'm sure a large cost for Dish. Would it be possible for the LNBs to just be shipped to me? I'd be happy to ship the old ones back.
Note, since I once saw it report 72.7 as having bad drift as well, that the DPP-twin needs to be replaced as well as the DPP-single. I'm guessing that the 722 only reports whichever reads worse at the time? Further clarification on that is welcome.
Any suggestions on ways to verify it is indeed the LNBs that're the problem (rather than something else) would also be appreciated. Of course if there's any other info I can provide, just let me know.
Thanks,
-- Dave
Problem description:
My ViP 722 is saying 61.5 has LNB drift on 61.5 (e -13). A few days ago it instead showed LNB drift on 72.7, I think it was (o +14), but I'm only positive about the 14 part, and I've only seen that once so far.
Symptoms:
I've had a lot of signal loss and breakup issues recently, both on channels from 72.7 and 61.5, and they've been getting progressively more common in the last few weeks.
A few months ago I started having issues recording from OTA, but I could watch OTA live fine as long as I wasn't recording anything concurrently. I wouldn't think that's caused by LNB drift, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
Also, I've recently started having instances where the 722 is very unresponsive, taking seconds to catch up to remote commands. Again, not sure if this is related to the LNB drift, but it seems to have started around the same time I started noticing the signal issues.
Hardware:
ViP 722 (note: not 722K). Dish 500 with DPP twin picking up just 72.7 (used to be for 110/119, tech just swung it around for EA), and a Dish 500 with a DPP-single. The DPP-single's output is hooked into the DPP-twin's input as normal. Both outputs from the DPP-twin go straight to the 722, no switches, diplexers, or separaters.
Request:
My understanding is that for LNB drift, the first course of action is to replace the LNB. Replacing LNBs and repeaking is soething I'm perfectly capable of doing, and I'd much prefer to do it myself. Waiting around for a tech to come is a giant inconvenience for me, and I'm sure a large cost for Dish. Would it be possible for the LNBs to just be shipped to me? I'd be happy to ship the old ones back.
Note, since I once saw it report 72.7 as having bad drift as well, that the DPP-twin needs to be replaced as well as the DPP-single. I'm guessing that the 722 only reports whichever reads worse at the time? Further clarification on that is welcome.
Any suggestions on ways to verify it is indeed the LNBs that're the problem (rather than something else) would also be appreciated. Of course if there's any other info I can provide, just let me know.
Thanks,
-- Dave