Okay. I have a 622 and a recently installed 211 (that replaced an old 508) and a Dish 1000 (110, 119, 129). A little over a week ago I woke up one morning to find the "Acquiring Satellite" message and it wouldn't acquire the satellites - it just kept going from one transponder to another on the same satellite over and over. Checking the 211, I found the same thing. Checked the dish - looked fine. Checked the switch outside (DPP44) - looked fine, no chew marks or pulled wires. The boxes just couldn't see any satellites for some reason. After scratching my head for a few minutes I unplugged the power inserter (DPP44 as well) for about thirty seconds and plugged it back in. Voila! - I had reception. However, I had already called Dish to have a tech come troulbeshoot the problem. I cancelled the technician.
Now. This afternoon all of a sudden the darned thing did it again. But this time I couldn't get the power inserter trick to work. The first time I unplugged it I did get a black screen and I was able to pull up the guide, but I couldn't get a picture. I ran a check switch and it found no sats. I've done a soft reboot and a hard reboot and I've uplugged the power inserter twice and plugged it back in. No joy. Could it be just a bad power inserter or do I have a more insidious problem?
Now. This afternoon all of a sudden the darned thing did it again. But this time I couldn't get the power inserter trick to work. The first time I unplugged it I did get a black screen and I was able to pull up the guide, but I couldn't get a picture. I ran a check switch and it found no sats. I've done a soft reboot and a hard reboot and I've uplugged the power inserter twice and plugged it back in. No joy. Could it be just a bad power inserter or do I have a more insidious problem?