I have a VIP 222 receiver with two TV's. The #2 TV reception is in black and white with no sound. The Dish Network system was installed about 3 mo. ago and worked fine. One day when the #2 TV was turned on, the problem began. The disk is oblong with 3 LMB's and I have 1 DPD2 splitter outside and 1 inside with a 123254 separator. I spoke with Dish technical help and they sent me a new VIP 222 receiver. That didn't solve the problem. I think that I might have a splitter or separator problem, but don't know how to check .
Problem with Second T.V.
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You don't say how the signal is getting to TV2, but I'll bet it's the RF output and your TV got switched to an adjacent channel.
Try a different tv if you havent. I persomally have never seen a reciever do this, usually customers tvs are going bad. Wont be the separator as that doesnt control sound or video.
Go to your menu, press the menu button on the remote, select option 6 - system setup, option 1 - installation, and option 5 - modulator setup. Under the TV 2 Out channel column, select a different channel #. If you are currently on 60 or 73, select another channel # such as 65 or 80. I've fixed a few rcvrs that did the same thing just by changing the channel out. You'll also need the change the channel # on your tv2 also. Sometimes it has not worked. But it's worth a shot if it helps you avoid replacing a tv or rcvr.
I've seen this before, if it was sudden it is most likely a bad diplexer or triplexer that decided to fail.
Edit: That isn't a splitter beechjet, that is a diplexer. Two different pieces of hardware.
Edit: That isn't a splitter beechjet, that is a diplexer. Two different pieces of hardware.
