First a little background.... my VIP211k looses it's signal sometimes. I have trouble holding the 110 and 61.5 satellites sometimes. I generally have a signal of about 52-53, but I also have to shoot through some trees that are about 100' away. I can live with the lost signals (I think it is just my location with so many trees around) except for this problem....
When I loose the satellite signal, the screen on the TV says that it is trying to find the signal again. The problem is that it never does automatically. I have to manually press the "recall" button on the remote which switches the channel, and then recall again to go back to the original channel. I never have an issue re-establishing the signal this way, so it's not like I cannot reconnect to the satellite. But I'd like it to happen automatically. It's not a big deal when you are sitting there watching TV, but the problem is that is kills any future DVR recordings until someone manually hits the recall button on the screen. This could be a day or more before anyone actually decides to watch live TV. So I regularly loose LOTS of shows due to this "Lost Signal" problem.
Any suggestions on how to make the box automatically reconnect to the satellite without changing channels or is that the typical experience? If it is the typical experience, then why does the screen say it is trying to reconnect?
Thanks,
When I loose the satellite signal, the screen on the TV says that it is trying to find the signal again. The problem is that it never does automatically. I have to manually press the "recall" button on the remote which switches the channel, and then recall again to go back to the original channel. I never have an issue re-establishing the signal this way, so it's not like I cannot reconnect to the satellite. But I'd like it to happen automatically. It's not a big deal when you are sitting there watching TV, but the problem is that is kills any future DVR recordings until someone manually hits the recall button on the screen. This could be a day or more before anyone actually decides to watch live TV. So I regularly loose LOTS of shows due to this "Lost Signal" problem.
Any suggestions on how to make the box automatically reconnect to the satellite without changing channels or is that the typical experience? If it is the typical experience, then why does the screen say it is trying to reconnect?
Thanks,
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