922 acting up

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Time for the shop, but hoping against hope:

922, battery fine, takes hits, serial number is ok after unplugging,
etc. (I replaced battery in August last year, no probs til now)
VCII board/battery check out ok. Cleaned the terminals.(new bat in
Aug, too)
No problem with service (subscribed channels come in fine, when they
do)

I have 2 C-band dishes, 10 and 12 foot. (separate wiring, of course)
Same on either dish .... so i know its in the receiver.
(10 footer for mpeg, no fading with that receiver on either dish)

Digital and Analog channels: quality varies constantly:
ie: Signal:100, Quality:94 -- from morn/afn/nite: Signal:100,
Quality:1 (no pic, of course, same sat, channel, not moved if day)
(as well, the analog channels aren't even reliable -- sig is there or
not).
Guide disappears every time i cut it off.
Started about six weeks ago first with losing guide randomly.

As i watch the screen, the Signal meter goes 100, 26, 100, 34, 100, 14
constantly, changing every 5 seconds, avg. If the channel is in,
it stays in even with the low sig/quality numbers.

Any thoughts on what's happening? I know its needing to be sent to the
shop,
but one last hope holds out it might have an easy fix. (its winter, i
need tv).

thanks for anything,
rik

 

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I would suspect problems with either the LNB or the cable to the LNB. Either that or
some sort of T.I.


"rik" <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote in message
newspa1v0h08p17stjfuc5m7ag7n3v4cci5qq@4ax.com...
| Time for the shop, but hoping against hope:
|
| 922, battery fine, takes hits, serial number is ok after unplugging,
| etc. (I replaced battery in August last year, no probs til now)
| VCII board/battery check out ok. Cleaned the terminals.(new bat in
| Aug, too)
| No problem with service (subscribed channels come in fine, when they
| do)
|
| I have 2 C-band dishes, 10 and 12 foot. (separate wiring, of course)
| Same on either dish .... so i know its in the receiver.
| (10 footer for mpeg, no fading with that receiver on either dish)
|
| Digital and Analog channels: quality varies constantly:
| ie: Signal:100, Quality:94 -- from morn/afn/nite: Signal:100,
| Quality:1 (no pic, of course, same sat, channel, not moved if day)
| (as well, the analog channels aren't even reliable -- sig is there or
| not).
| Guide disappears every time i cut it off.
| Started about six weeks ago first with losing guide randomly.
|
| As i watch the screen, the Signal meter goes 100, 26, 100, 34, 100, 14
| constantly, changing every 5 seconds, avg. If the channel is in,
| it stays in even with the low sig/quality numbers.
|
| Any thoughts on what's happening? I know its needing to be sent to the
| shop,
| but one last hope holds out it might have an easy fix. (its winter, i
| need tv).
|
| thanks for anything,
| rik
|
|
|

 

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I've changed LNB's but nothing new. Same problems.
And -- happening on both sats, different ribbon cables
installed years apart, i am holding out on that.

I'd never thought of TI == but being on the East Coast
just hours from DC, i wouldn't doubt that.

thanks,
rik




On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:36:50 GMT, "DRLev" <fake@ddress.tv> wrote:

>I would suspect problems with either the LNB or the cable to the LNB. Either that or
>some sort of T.I.
>
>
>"rik" <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote in message
>newspa1v0h08p17stjfuc5m7ag7n3v4cci5qq@4ax.com...
>| Time for the shop, but hoping against hope:
>|
>| 922, battery fine, takes hits, serial number is ok after unplugging,
>| etc. (I replaced battery in August last year, no probs til now)
>| VCII board/battery check out ok. Cleaned the terminals.(new bat in
>| Aug, too)
>| No problem with service (subscribed channels come in fine, when they
>| do)
>|
>| I have 2 C-band dishes, 10 and 12 foot. (separate wiring, of course)
>| Same on either dish .... so i know its in the receiver.
>| (10 footer for mpeg, no fading with that receiver on either dish)
>|
>| Digital and Analog channels: quality varies constantly:
>| ie: Signal:100, Quality:94 -- from morn/afn/nite: Signal:100,
>| Quality:1 (no pic, of course, same sat, channel, not moved if day)
>| (as well, the analog channels aren't even reliable -- sig is there or
>| not).
>| Guide disappears every time i cut it off.
>| Started about six weeks ago first with losing guide randomly.
>|
>| As i watch the screen, the Signal meter goes 100, 26, 100, 34, 100, 14
>| constantly, changing every 5 seconds, avg. If the channel is in,
>| it stays in even with the low sig/quality numbers.
>|
>| Any thoughts on what's happening? I know its needing to be sent to the
>| shop,
>| but one last hope holds out it might have an easy fix. (its winter, i
>| need tv).
>|
>| thanks for anything,
>| rik
>|
>|
>|
>

 

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Have you checked the output voltage and put a real signal meter on it?
bumblebee

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 04:21:02 GMT, rik <pepo@pipeline.com> wrote:

>Time for the shop, but hoping against hope:
>
>922, battery fine, takes hits, serial number is ok after unplugging,
>etc. (I replaced battery in August last year, no probs til now)
>VCII board/battery check out ok. Cleaned the terminals.(new bat in
>Aug, too)
>No problem with service (subscribed channels come in fine, when they
>do)
>
>I have 2 C-band dishes, 10 and 12 foot. (separate wiring, of course)
>Same on either dish .... so i know its in the receiver.
>(10 footer for mpeg, no fading with that receiver on either dish)
>
>Digital and Analog channels: quality varies constantly:
>ie: Signal:100, Quality:94 -- from morn/afn/nite: Signal:100,
>Quality:1 (no pic, of course, same sat, channel, not moved if day)
>(as well, the analog channels aren't even reliable -- sig is there or
>not).
>Guide disappears every time i cut it off.
>Started about six weeks ago first with losing guide randomly.
>
>As i watch the screen, the Signal meter goes 100, 26, 100, 34, 100, 14
>constantly, changing every 5 seconds, avg. If the channel is in,
>it stays in even with the low sig/quality numbers.
>
>Any thoughts on what's happening? I know its needing to be sent to the
>shop,
>but one last hope holds out it might have an easy fix. (its winter, i
>need tv).
>
>thanks for anything,
>rik
>
>