I've suffered from the constant signal problems that have plaged the echostar 4 satellite at 129 for the last 18 months or so since I put up my dish. Most of the time I have just dealt with it as the green pixelation, and signal drop outs were usually borderline bearable. Unfortunately, tonight Dish has exceeded my threashold on what I would consider acceptible. Tonight while watching Desperate Housewives (no jokes, the wife likes it and as such so do I) on WSB Atlanta channel 2 via the 129 bird, I experienced 7 instances of green/multicolored pixelation and 12 blackouts (signal dropouts) with each instance lasting about 3 to 20 seconds. Brothers & Sisters was slightly better at 5 instances of green/multicolored pixelation and 8 blackouts (signal dropouts) with each instance lasting about 3 to 14 seconds.
Before anyone asks, it was clear with no rain and there is nothing obstucting the view of the Dish.
When I went to the System Info screen, I got the infamous LNB Drift detected message with a reading of 0x07, 0xa7, 129 (e -6). I called Dish to express my joy with having a disgruntled wife and a faulty LNB and they refused to authorize replacement of the LNB because it was within the acceptible threshold which isn't breached until the Drift reading reaches 0x08 and offered to charge me for it. After some heated persuation, they finally agreed to replace it under the warranty.
My signal levels are decent: ( I hate the 622s new signal meter)
501 P365: 119=115, 110=98, 129=72.
622 L445: 119=80, 110=72, 129=53.
I don't know if replacing the LNB will do anything to improve my signal loss situation but when I call up complaining about excessive signal loss on only this one satellite combined with the fact that I am receiving lnb drift readings that are one digit below the tolderance threshold, give me the friggin benefit of the doubt and replace the dang thing under the warranty that I pay such good money for each month. Heck, I don't even want them to replace it, just ship it to me.
Alright my rant is over. Was anyone else in the Atlanta area experiencing similar issues last night with the 129 satellite or am I suffering from a possible LNB failure?
P.S. I just checked my other 622 and its LNB Drift readings were far worse at 0x0d, 0xa1, 129 (e -6). Next time I'll check both receivers readings before calling in about a drift message.
Before anyone asks, it was clear with no rain and there is nothing obstucting the view of the Dish.
When I went to the System Info screen, I got the infamous LNB Drift detected message with a reading of 0x07, 0xa7, 129 (e -6). I called Dish to express my joy with having a disgruntled wife and a faulty LNB and they refused to authorize replacement of the LNB because it was within the acceptible threshold which isn't breached until the Drift reading reaches 0x08 and offered to charge me for it. After some heated persuation, they finally agreed to replace it under the warranty.
My signal levels are decent: ( I hate the 622s new signal meter)
501 P365: 119=115, 110=98, 129=72.
622 L445: 119=80, 110=72, 129=53.
I don't know if replacing the LNB will do anything to improve my signal loss situation but when I call up complaining about excessive signal loss on only this one satellite combined with the fact that I am receiving lnb drift readings that are one digit below the tolderance threshold, give me the friggin benefit of the doubt and replace the dang thing under the warranty that I pay such good money for each month. Heck, I don't even want them to replace it, just ship it to me.
Alright my rant is over. Was anyone else in the Atlanta area experiencing similar issues last night with the 129 satellite or am I suffering from a possible LNB failure?
P.S. I just checked my other 622 and its LNB Drift readings were far worse at 0x0d, 0xa1, 129 (e -6). Next time I'll check both receivers readings before calling in about a drift message.
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It has been too unreliable to keep the 129 feed hooked up. My OTA is rock solid so not a big deal for me but wish they would move it off of "weak" 129.
