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I have a VIP 622 HD receiver and dp plus turbo hd dish. I can get regular channels but no longer HD channels. It started acting up about 2 weeks ago and gradually got to where no HD channels work. I noticed it gets hung up on satellite 129 when acquiring satellites. 110, 119 and 129 all have around 75% signal. 129 is green at 75% and then turns to red and says " wrong sat echostar 110 west but still shows 75%.

Dish tried to tell me it the line in my house. I tested with a toner and multimeter...line is good all the from sat to receiver. I then swap receivers and the other receiver worked just fine, however it is a non HD receiver so it did not completely narrow out which was the problem...the receiver or the dish.

I called dish and told them I swapped receivers and the other receiver worked just fine. At that point I did not know it was only HD channels not working. If I accept the new receiver and they dont find anything wrong with the old, there is a clause stating Im responsible for the full amount of the new receiver. I called them back to ask more questions and they said it was too late the other receiver has already been sent.

I would like to do some more troubleshooting to try and determine if it may be the dish that has something wrong with the HD portion before the receiver arrives.

Im fairly mechanically and electrically inclined, however, my knowledge of LNBs is 0 from 1-10.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!
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TheKrell
In general, the non-HD receiver should still be able to tell you if it can "see" all three sats. If it can, then your 622 went bad. Which SD receiver do you have? If it's a dual-tuner receiver, then that's even a better test since it can verify the DishPro Plus switch in your Dish LNB assembly.
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In general, the non-HD receiver should still be able to tell you if it can "see" all three sats. If it can, then your 622 went bad. Which SD receiver do you have? If it's a dual-tuner receiver, then that's even a better test since it can verify the DishPro Plus switch in your Dish LNB assembly.

I was just playing with dish pointing. The 622 was giving me real inconsistent results. The other receiver (non hd) was giving consistent results and sees all 3 satellites.

It is a dual tuner. When I run a check switch, input 1 stays on 1 of 4, while input 2 runs right through.
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Its looking more and more like the receiver. The only way it will pick up even regular channels is to go from input 1 on dpp separator to input 2 on the reciever. Odd. The other receiver goes from dpp separator 1 to receiver 1 and dpp 2 to receiver 2.

I even swapped the separators to see if that had something to do with it. Same results on both.
TheKrell
It is a dual tuner. When I run a check switch, input 1 stays on 1 of 4, while input 2 runs right through.
The SD receiver is a dual-tuner receiver? Which model is it? Your second clause is presumably describing what you see on the 622.
Its looking more and more like the receiver. The only way it will pick up even regular channels is to go from input 1 on dpp separator to input 2 on the reciever. Odd. The other receiver goes from dpp separator 1 to receiver 1 and dpp 2 to receiver 2.
Everything is bandstacked these days. The separator will split out the upper band and (normally) send that to tuner 2. This means that if you lose high frequencies for some reason, then your tuner 1 should still work but tuner 2 will not see anything. I don't think those are the symptoms that you describe, but these symptoms do seem pretty bizarre.
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dishstaller
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Don't know if any of you have watched this series yet, it would be interesting to see if you feel this review was accurate. It was very humorous to listen to however.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsDO3y8I2c
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KAB
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
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What a "pile of slop" review! I liked the show.
If the review is like the article, oi! Eighteen paragraphs into the review and... all they've done is not really talk at all about the actual thing they are reviewing.

Halfway into the "written" review, I know more about how the writer "thinks" than I do about what they are writing about. I understand their politics, their self-overestimated understanding of film, their inability to be funny.

Takes about 22 paragraphs to get to one that starts "Anyway, the story kicks off...". Talk about Slop! 😂
K
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Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Season 2 order already in hand:

'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' Renewed for Season 2, Tatiana Maslany to Guest Star in Season 1

I've not been optimistic about this show based on what I've read so far. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience. Interesting though that Tatiana Maslany will have some sort of role.
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K
I'm sure I will watch at least the first episode but I am not optimistic.
Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
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Here i am over a year later and just finished season 1. Not great but not as bad as I was expecting. Did not care for the barefoot captain stuff but overall ok. Actually looking forward to see what they did for season 2.
Yeah, the foot stuff was just nasty. I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less. Funny, I love being shoe less at home and never wear shoes indoors in my home for long, but seeing her laying on all her furniture with her bare feet hanging out just kind of grossed me out.
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harshness
I kept thinking of how dirty her feet would get traipsing around shoe-less.
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
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MikeD-C05
Where would this "dirt" come from? Dead skin and dandruff?
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure. So walking around the station like she did she would get stuff on her feet. I am sure the robot vacuum is still going to miss stuff, with all those different alien species running around there.
harshness
There would still be dirt ,dust in the future I am sure.
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
MikeD-C05
Where is it going to come from -- specifically?

Why do you think cleaning technology won't improve in the next few hundred years? HEPA filtration was invented as part of the Manhattan Project.
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
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osu1991
I don't know, but I still don't like her walking through the station or the academy with out her shoes. It looks unprofessional and very "hippy like" for someone of her status and I personally don't get off to feet, so there is that. ;)
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
MikeD-C05
Stay out of my office. I rarely have shoes or socks on in the office. My office and business is at home though :clapping
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
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Jimbo
Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
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long_time_Dish
Well, look at the way she sat in the Captain's Chair. I didn't say the show should have been called "Captain Chair-Whore" for nothing...
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primestar31
Say, I don't wear socks or shoes in my house either. But for a captain in Star Fleet it looks bad to be walking around the academy with no shoes. Gives off 1960 Hippie vibes.
star trek GIF by HULU


Just sayin...
MikeD-C05
You say that like it's a Bad thing or something ... :biggrin
For a whole generation of adults it was in the 1960s and 1970s.

All In The Family Nostalgia GIF by Sony Pictures Television
All In The Family Singing GIF by Sony Pictures Television
harshness
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
long_time_Dish
Females wearing any clothing is unthinkable on Ferenginar.
Was never a huge of the Ferengi-centric episodes in Trek...
Scott Greczkowski
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One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

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Gondoliers, Shakespeares, Overseers, Playboys and Bums - Norman Greenbaum
Bobby
I Wish I Was Eighteen Again - George Burns
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I Wish - Stevie Wonder
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Lonesome Road -- The Wonder Who?
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Lonesome Loser - Little River Band