So, I recently upgraded to an HR-22 100, current software rev 0x4d1, I am located near Detroit. My old setup was a slimline 5 with a RG-6 cable run of about 85 feet, the cabling has not changed. I purchased a SWM-8 switch along with the PI-29. The system worked great for about a week. Although, during the initial setup with the SWM the receiver could not detect the SWM-8 switch. I then selected the "view signal strength" option and when the transponder numbers came up, I went back to the setup menu and the switch was detected by the receiver. After about a week or so I experienced all sorts of issues.
The first one is error 771A, and from researching other posts on that subject, I have checked the voltage to the switch (it's a solid 29Vs), loose cable ends (none found), and checked for corrosion (none present) at all the terminals. Everything looks solid. The PI-29 has the power outlet all to itself and it is plugged in directly into the wall. The switch is 25 feet from the LNB, the PI-29 is 12 feet from the switch and about 40 feet from the receiver.
I also get error 771 "searching for signal on sat 2 in" This seemed odd because the receiver is set to the SWM setting so why would it be looking for a signal from the second sat IN? B-Band converters are not used. I also get a strange situation occasionally where I will tune to a channel, let's say HBO and CNN will pop up choppy and then the system goes nuts. This has happened twice with different channels, it seemed completely random. I have done resets, in fact, that is the only way to get the receiver working again. When it does work again the next time to a failure is random, sometimes it goes for days other time for minutes.
When I have the receiver check the satellite settings I get a big fat red X on sat 103 18V even. The receiver says the error is on both tuners.
Here are my sat numbers, they are the same for both tuners.
Sat 101
All are in the mid 90's except for transponder 18, it reads 51 and transponder 28 which reads 0
Sat 110
All are N/A except fro transponders 10 and 12 which read 95 and 91 respectively
Sat 119
All are N/A except for transponders 22 to 32 which read in the high 80's to mid 90's, there is one transponder on this sat, 23, that reads 60
Sat 99c
All available transponders read in the mid 80's to high 90's
Sat 99s
transponders 1 to 6 read 0, transponders 7 and 8 are unavailable
transponders 9 to 14 are unavailable, transponder 15 reads 66 and transponder 16 reads 95
17 to 24 read: 0,0,95,96,91,90,74,64
25 to 32 are all N/A
Sat 103s
Trans 1 to 8 read: 0,82,81,0,0,0,N/A,N/A
Trans 9 to 14 are N/A , Trans 15 reads 95 and Trans 16 reads 0
Trans 17 to 24 read: 79,70,0,0,0,0,97,95
Trans 28 to 32 are all N/A
Sat 103ca
Trans 1 to 8, all are N/A
Trans 9 to 24 are all in the mid 80's to mid 90's
Trans 25 to 32 are all N/A
Sat 103cb
Trans 1 to 14, all are in the mid 80's to lower 90's
Trans 15 to 32 are all N/A
SWM Sat
Trans 1 to 9 are all in the upper 90's
Trans 10 to 32 are N/A
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Do i just have a bad switch? A bad PI? Both were purchased from solid signal. Could the LNB be the issue? Is this a software issue?
Should I call a technician or an exorcist? Please help!
The first one is error 771A, and from researching other posts on that subject, I have checked the voltage to the switch (it's a solid 29Vs), loose cable ends (none found), and checked for corrosion (none present) at all the terminals. Everything looks solid. The PI-29 has the power outlet all to itself and it is plugged in directly into the wall. The switch is 25 feet from the LNB, the PI-29 is 12 feet from the switch and about 40 feet from the receiver.
I also get error 771 "searching for signal on sat 2 in" This seemed odd because the receiver is set to the SWM setting so why would it be looking for a signal from the second sat IN? B-Band converters are not used. I also get a strange situation occasionally where I will tune to a channel, let's say HBO and CNN will pop up choppy and then the system goes nuts. This has happened twice with different channels, it seemed completely random. I have done resets, in fact, that is the only way to get the receiver working again. When it does work again the next time to a failure is random, sometimes it goes for days other time for minutes.
When I have the receiver check the satellite settings I get a big fat red X on sat 103 18V even. The receiver says the error is on both tuners.
Here are my sat numbers, they are the same for both tuners.
Sat 101
All are in the mid 90's except for transponder 18, it reads 51 and transponder 28 which reads 0
Sat 110
All are N/A except fro transponders 10 and 12 which read 95 and 91 respectively
Sat 119
All are N/A except for transponders 22 to 32 which read in the high 80's to mid 90's, there is one transponder on this sat, 23, that reads 60
Sat 99c
All available transponders read in the mid 80's to high 90's
Sat 99s
transponders 1 to 6 read 0, transponders 7 and 8 are unavailable
transponders 9 to 14 are unavailable, transponder 15 reads 66 and transponder 16 reads 95
17 to 24 read: 0,0,95,96,91,90,74,64
25 to 32 are all N/A
Sat 103s
Trans 1 to 8 read: 0,82,81,0,0,0,N/A,N/A
Trans 9 to 14 are N/A , Trans 15 reads 95 and Trans 16 reads 0
Trans 17 to 24 read: 79,70,0,0,0,0,97,95
Trans 28 to 32 are all N/A
Sat 103ca
Trans 1 to 8, all are N/A
Trans 9 to 24 are all in the mid 80's to mid 90's
Trans 25 to 32 are all N/A
Sat 103cb
Trans 1 to 14, all are in the mid 80's to lower 90's
Trans 15 to 32 are all N/A
SWM Sat
Trans 1 to 9 are all in the upper 90's
Trans 10 to 32 are N/A
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Do i just have a bad switch? A bad PI? Both were purchased from solid signal. Could the LNB be the issue? Is this a software issue?
Should I call a technician or an exorcist? Please help!
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