Primestar LNB warm-up

[dunnsept]

I had my primestar disconnected yesterday to move the RG6. Last night when I hooked it back up to watch RTN, I found that after power-on it takes at least 5 minutes for a picture to come in. Like the LNBF has to warm-up.
is this normal for these?

when I first turned the pansat on, no picture at all. Got the message that the channel was scrambled. Q was around 29%.
Over the next five minutes, the Q slowly climbed up to about 50% and then finally the picture came in.

When hooked up to the BUDs Corotor, I never have to wait for the pic to come in like that.
Is this normal for a primestar LNBF or am I going to be replacing it soon?

TIA

 

[bubba108]

I got eight Primestars and never experienced that warm-up period before. It could have been something with the box.

 

[tvropro]

Don't sound right to me. My P* powers down all the time and springs right into action on command.

 

[Mr Tony]

same here. When I had 2 P* LNB"s on my dishes they fired up right away

 

[eurosport]

same here. When I had 2 P* LNB"s on my dishes they fired up right away

I'll have to agree with the others here. My Primestar LNBs always fire up immediately when powered back up.

 

[Techfizzle]

power makes heat, so if there is a bad solder joint, the heat will expand the lead into the hole in the pcb, id look for loose solder joints

 

[Keith Brannen]

Check some of the other channels/transponders on that bird and see if they do the same, if they don't, then may be it was the Video 1 / RTN "fight", as documented here:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/free-ai...ew-event-regarding-rtn-feeds-83w-amc-9-a.html

 

[dunnsept]

I had color bars on the video 1, but the Q was also very low on that TP. I think in the 35% range. over the 5 minutes both TPs quality came up. So I think it might be something with the LNBF itself.

 

[Keith Brannen]

I had color bars on the video 1, but the Q was also very low on that TP. I think in the 35% range. over the 5 minutes both TPs quality came up. So I think it might be something with the LNBF itself.

Sounds like it, but since the two seem "connected" and both fluctuate in strength, try the main colour bars screen at 11775 H 4232, as that one is always strong and rarely fluctuates.