New 722 Can't Find OTA's -- Fixed
Had an 811 to 722 Upgrade Today and now I have OTA issues.
On the 811: I got NBC, PBS, FOX and CBS local HD Digitals just fine. Signal strengths were NBC and PBS in the low 90's and FOX and CBS in the 80's. No dropouts on any of them.
On the 722: A scan will normally find only NBC with signal strength about 61 but seems solid enough. Occasionally a scan will find FOX but never PBS or CBS. FOX is unwatchable due to dropouts.
All cabling is the same as what the 811 had. I have a large UHF/VHF antenna in the attic. Its probably about 10 years old but in perfect shape. All cable thats hooked to it is good quality RG6, it is split out to multiple locations.
Whats going on with my OTA HD? I need to fix this quickly since being able to record OTA HD was my main reason to upgrade.
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Unrelated to the OTA problems, but how are these Dish signal levels?
The installer replaced my old DP-500 with a 1000.2 dish and after the latest software load here are my signal readings:
Satellite - Transponder - Strength
129 --- 30 --- 47
119 --- 11 --- 72
110 --- 11 --- 59
Are these numbers acceptable, good or great?
Other transponders show different readings, which should I be using on each satellite to get a reading?
Thanks for any and all advice especially on the OTA issue.
Had an 811 to 722 Upgrade Today and now I have OTA issues.
On the 811: I got NBC, PBS, FOX and CBS local HD Digitals just fine. Signal strengths were NBC and PBS in the low 90's and FOX and CBS in the 80's. No dropouts on any of them.
On the 722: A scan will normally find only NBC with signal strength about 61 but seems solid enough. Occasionally a scan will find FOX but never PBS or CBS. FOX is unwatchable due to dropouts.
All cabling is the same as what the 811 had. I have a large UHF/VHF antenna in the attic. Its probably about 10 years old but in perfect shape. All cable thats hooked to it is good quality RG6, it is split out to multiple locations.
Whats going on with my OTA HD? I need to fix this quickly since being able to record OTA HD was my main reason to upgrade.
__________________________________________________________
Unrelated to the OTA problems, but how are these Dish signal levels?
The installer replaced my old DP-500 with a 1000.2 dish and after the latest software load here are my signal readings:
Satellite - Transponder - Strength
129 --- 30 --- 47
119 --- 11 --- 72
110 --- 11 --- 59
Are these numbers acceptable, good or great?
Other transponders show different readings, which should I be using on each satellite to get a reading?
Thanks for any and all advice especially on the OTA issue.
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