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Contributor

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Friday, November 11th, 2011 10:26 AM

no signal

woke up this morning with no signal 771

ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

13 years ago

Do you have other Receivers/DVRs?  Are they working OK?

How's your weather?

What model Receiver do you have?  Look for the label on the rear panel or behind the front panel access card door. 

Teacher

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29 Messages

13 years ago

didnt your area have snow in the over night hours?

Contributor

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3 Messages

13 years ago

yes we had snow, so does this mean every time it snows we will not have signal. I live in michigan.



Teacher

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29 Messages

13 years ago

not necessarily, have you checked the dish to see if there's snow on the dish

Contributor

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13 years ago



ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

13 years ago

Once the snow melts, check your signal readings and post them back here.  A poorly aligned dish can lose signal at the slightest bad weather.  

 

Please post back with your signal readings for each satellite's transponders (and both tuners if applicable).  You'll find these readings under "Menu" -> "Setup" -> "System Setup" -> Satellite -> "View Signal Strength".  Note the "+" and "-" symbols next to the "Satellite" and "Tuner" entries where you can toggle the readings between the various satellites and both DVR tuners. 

 

Fill in your readings for each satellite and tuner using these examples.  A properly aligned dish will show 80-90s on most of the relevant transponders (although some will be low or zero):

 

 

Satellite transponders (32 total at 101º)

[Most of your standard definition channels are beamed from 101ºW]

1-8    #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

9-16   #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

17-24  #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

25-32  #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

 

Satellite transponders (3 total at 110º)

[Not present with Slimline3 dish. No channels are currently beamed from this satellite]

1-8    NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  #

9-16   NA  #   NA  #   NA  NA  NA  NA

 

Satellite transponders (11 total at 119º)

[Not present with Slimline 3 dish. Local SD channels for some cities, Spanish package]

17-24  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  #   #   #

25-32  #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

 

Satellite transponders (16 total at 99º(s)) [or 99º(b)]

[Local HD channels for some cities]

1-8    #   #   #   #   #   #   NA  NA

9-16   NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  #   #

17-24  #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

[Note: these can be very slow to appear]

 

Satellite transponders (14 total at 99º(c)) [or 99º(a)]

[National HD channels]

1-8    #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

9-16   #   #   #   #   #   #   NA  NA

[Note, these can be very slow to appear]

 

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(s)) [or 103º(a)]

[Local HD channels for some cities]

1-8    #   #   #   #   #   #   NA  NA

9-16   NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  #   #

17-24  #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

[Note, these can be very slow to appear]

 

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(ca))

[National HD channels beamed from D12 satellite]

1-8    NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA

9-16   #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

17-24  #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

 

Satellite transponders (14 total at 103º(cb)) [or 103º(b)]

[National HD channels beamed from D10 satellite]

1-8    #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

9-16   #   #   #   #   #   #   NA  NA

17-24  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA

 

Satellite transponders (9 total at SWM)

[You'll only see this if you have a Single Wire Multiswitch (SWM) dish]

1-8    #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #

9-16   #   NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA  NA

 


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