I had a dilemma this past weekend and I am looking for some help. I have an HR24-500 that I take in my RV. When I turned it on, I could only get signal on tuner 2. Nothing on tuner 1. Thanks to the inability of telling the receiver to only use tuner 2 (it uses tuner 1 in single mode), I was unable to watch anything. I am disgusted Directv gives you no options to select the tuner to use, or that the software is not smart enough to use the tuner that actually works. Even the guide download after redoing SAT setup, never budges from 0%. I tried everything I could to fool the receiver, but I am the fool. I suspect the LNB has checked out, but being 3 hours from civilization made it impossible to make a call or get a new LNB. Anyone know how to fool the system?
SWM Tuner Troubles
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OP, seeing tuner 2 worked and tuner one didn't (thats actually odd) what happened when you swapped it at the DVR from tuner 2 to tuner one on the back of the DVR ?
Right ...
I wasn't sure if he had the old LNB ... if he was upgraded to the swm ...
Guess it depends on if the SWM was the original set up for him or not.
I upgraded from the old 1 cable, 1 tuner setup, which was bullet proof for camping. Used it for years. I changed to SWM, to eliminate the receiver reconfig when it is moved back into the house. I cannot remember if I saved the old LNB or not. I will look when I get home.
Even if you had it, it probably would not help. The DirecTV boxes need tuner 1 in order to boot up, all the startup data comes to tuner 1. Without tuner 1, it's dead....
If this happens a lot, why would DTV not allow the system to boot up using one of the available tuners, rather than locking it to tuner 1? Sounds like some poor programming.
Sounds like I should buy 2 SWM LNB's, so I have a spare or haul around my old LNB and B-band converter.
Sounds like I should buy 2 SWM LNB's, so I have a spare or haul around my old LNB and B-band converter.
It just reads "no signal detected". Had a D12 do it just the other day. Only fix is to swap out the receiver
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It does not happen often....If this happens a lot, why would DTV not allow the system to boot up using one of the available tuners, rather than locking it to tuner 1? Sounds like some poor programming.
Sounds like I should buy 2 SWM LNB's, so I have a spare or haul around my old LNB and B-band converter.
So if you have a working set up and get No Signal on Tuner 1, thats usually a bad recvr .... I learned something ....
If you have SWM...So if you have a working set up and get No Signal on Tuner 1, thats usually a bad recvr .... I learned something ....
Of course if you have a legacy system that's usually a cable issue, which you can check by swapping the cables....
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