Reception problems. in Portland oregon

[trehutch]

I am having some problems with my toshiba DT-3000 receiver. A bunch of my channels keep breaking up ESPN, ESPNHD, some music channels, half of the NFL HD games. Here's the thing in my bedroom upstairs I have a Directv tivo unit. No issues at all with the signal. I have been on the roof and calibrated the dish to my heart's content. I am now thinking that maybe the length of cable is affecting my signal. I never had this problem before, and now all of a sudden in the last two months I am getting low signal on the Toshiba. I have lived at my house for over 3 years. I bought one of the inline amps to see if this wil solve the problem, but I haven't installed it yet because I have not received it in the mail yet. If this doesn't work does anyone know of a reputable outfit that I can call in Portland, Oregon to fix this. Directv wants to charge me $70 for a house call and I want to see if I can deal with a local installer. Any thought would be appreciated

 

[DIGITAL~DAN]

trehutch , I also have the Toshiba DST-3000 receiver and have had no problems with mine. I have a friend that was having the same problem that you are having and it turned out to be the tuner inside the receiver. HE called Toshiba and talked to them about this problem and they had him send the receiver to them and they replaced the tuner and it solved his problem. I think he said that it cost about $100.00 to replace the tuner but it was well worth it. I really don't think the inline amplifier is going to help you, they are designed for cable runs of 100 feet or more. The reason that the tuner goes bad inside of the receiver is because the DST3000 gets really hot and eventually causes the unit to have heat related problems. Well I hope this solves your problem and let me know the outcome, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO SATELLITEGUYS.US........................DIGITAL~DAN

 

[trehutch]

Protection plan

I ended up getting my receiver swapped. They sent me a sr-hd5 Mitsubishi. I was shocked they didn't send the new RCA HD deck. Needless to say I was very happy since I didn't have to change any of my Pronto settings for my remote, they are the same IR codes . Protection plan well worth it. Plus in trying to diagnosis the problem I got my dish replaced.

 

[boba]

I ended up getting my receiver swapped. They sent me a sr-hd5 Mitsubishi. I was shocked they didn't send the new RCA HD deck. Needless to say I was very happy since I didn't have to change any of my Pronto settings for my remote, they are the same IR codes . Protection plan well worth it. Plus in trying to diagnosis the problem I got my dish replaced.

The Mitsu and Toshiba must have the same actual manufacturer with the same remote codes, provide plenty of air circulation for that new receiver or it may develop the same problem.

 

[charper1]

they are the same unit.