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Bob Haller said:

One of my 722s have done that.

It was so bad I removed the OTA line to the second receiver since it was driving my roomate nuts.

If they arent recording something today I will try swapping the OTA modules.

if my problem moves perhaps its a OTA module problem, since its new it should be under warranty., and since the fee increase I will likely sell everything and dont want to sell a problem.

although many 722s appear to get a annoying lost sat message if the OTA drops. I have near 100% on all active OTA channels. using a 4 foot UHF beam antenna currently ty wrapped to my chain link fence.

I believe the drop outs are caused by airplane flutter.

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whatchel1 said:

"Airplane Flutter" is a type of multipath that is only produced when a plane comes by with all the reflections from the plane.

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Don Landis said:

PROBLEM resolved!

Score another to sloppy professional installers!

I decided to pull the 722K from the rack and instead of pulling out the OTA module, pulled the black cover first. Now I have no idea how this installer managed to do this but he inserted the OTA module in such a way that it looked cocked in the slot and was not making solid contact with the circuit board connection. On the back panel I saw the installer had put in one black screw but the opposite corner where another screw was supposed to go, the bracket was about an eigth of an inch sticking out and would not push in. I had to use a screw driver to pry the OTA module out of the slot. Once out, I easily slid the module back all the way in and now the module looked squarely in place. Put the cover back on and found another screw to add to the back plate and remounted the 722K in my rack and booted it up.

All the goofiness is gone and it works as expected, perfect.

First test I did was try to record two OTA programs at the same time. Worked perfectly.

Second test- recorded an OTA channel while surfing other channels including trick play and all worked fine.

Neither of the above worked before reseating the OTA module. For the rest of the evening the 722K and OTA module performed properly with not one lost OTA channel signal error message.


I would be a very happy camper if I NEVER had another so called professional Dish installer ever enter my house again. in ALL cases they left me with more work than they performed. While this case wasn't as catastrophic as the previous "installer" there really wasn't much for him to do that a 12 year old child couldn't do.

I wish we here in Florida would pass a law requiring ever installer pass a qualifications test and be annually licensed to do satellite, and cable installations. My wife has to qualify every year to renew her licenses to do her job. I have to renew a license as well. It's time all installers be regulated by the state with passing a test and being licensed.

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