Signal goes out on random lines.

[thinkdiff]

Here's my setup:
2 Dual LNB Dishes hooked up to 2 regular hughes boxes and one DTivo(2 Line). Randomly, signal wil go out or get messed up on one or two lines at a time. Usually only one at a time. And it happens at random times, usually around 6-7PM (today it happened at exactly 7:01PM on one of the lines).

So as of right now, I have absolutely no signal on one line, and on another line half the channels (odd transponders) are choppy and very pixelated, the other two lines are perfect. I have no idea how the lines are set up, but I think the TiVo is on it's own dish and the two other boxes are on the second dish. For about 2 weeks, only one line on the tivo was having this problem (choppy and pixelated), so if it is a problem with the LNB, it's both dishes, not just one, which seems very strange.

So what do you think I should do? DTV wants to charge me like 100 dollars for a service call, will the dish be extra if it needs to be replaced?

Also, The put up the second dish when I got my TiVo, which was in May.. is that still under warranty (the dish)?

 

[thinkdiff]

Anybody? *bump

 

[Neutron]

Sounds like either your LNB or multiswitch (if you have one) is bad.

Why do you have two seperate dishes?

 

[thinkdiff]

Sounds like either your LNB or multiswitch (if you have one) is bad.

Why do you have two seperate dishes?

That's something I would like to know. I think when the installers came to put in the TiVo (3 weeks late), they only had a dish on the truck.. not a multiswitch.