Yesterday we had a pretty good thunderstorm, it had a lot of lightining and thunder. I had all of my equipment (tv's, audio receivers, fta equipment, DirecTV equipment, etc..) unplugged from the electical outlets and from the LNB in. There was one receiver, a HR21-PRO that I own, that I had failed to unhook from the LNB input. When I went and plugged everything back up after the storm, I kept getting the no signal error on all of the DirecTv receivers (HR34, HR24-200, HR24-100, and HR21-P200). I went and changed out the LNB, as I keep an extra for occasions such as this, and I got the same result. All I can figure is some way the SWM-16 switch is messed up. I can get a few odd transponders on 101 but I dont seem to be able to get anything from 103 or 99w. The HDMI output on the HR21-PRO does not work anymore, and it seems to have messed up the HDMI input 1 on my Sony Bravia TV that it was hooked up to, HDMI inputs 2 and 3 still work on that TV, so I can use those. I have the protection plan from DirecTV, and they are supposed to come out on Wednesday to find out what the problem is. Does anyone have any ideas about if a nearby lightining strike could have caused the switch (SWM 16) to fail, and the HDMI out on the HR21-P to mess up? Also, since the HR21-P is marked as owned in DirecTV's system, will they replace it with another HR21-P? I have read that if you have the protection plan, that an owned receiver is replaced with other equipment, it is considered owned as well, is that the case? I have tried to read the fine print of the Protection Plan, but I could not find out anything as far as owned vs leased equipment. Your help and suggestions will be appreciated.
