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More info?)
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:56:03 -0700, "PhxGrunge" <noname@qwest.net>
wrote:
>My 905 did not get a green light until I called my program provider and had
>it initialized by them. Then, while still talking to them on the phone. the
>light went green. Until it gets a hit grom G0, it will not receive
>anything.
>
The red/green light indicates signal regardless of the receiver's
authorisation status.
>"Phil" <philj@xxspearnet.net> wrote in message
>news:Xns95176B850E285pj12345pjpj@216.196.97.132...
>> This seems to be more complicated than it needs to be.
>>
>> I did all these things. The cable is directly connected
>> to the 905 when I was troubleshooting the problem. I use
>> an Aspen C/Ku lnbf (same as before when the problem did not exist)
>> and connect the DVMPEG directly to the dish/lnbf when verifying
>> the operation of the dish/lnbf. Either receiver can control the
>> polarity of the lnbf when directly connected. (Actually, I tried
>> the lnb(f) out of the DVMPEG receiver too with the same results.)
>>
>> I really have gotten past the point of basic troubleshooting and
>> only the reset issue remains. The question remaining is, is there
>> any problem in the firmware, etc. that can cause the red light to
>> come on even with a valid input signal and can this problem be
>> fixed by any flavor of reset.
>>
>> Think I'll just try the master reset and hope like heck it works...
>>
>> phil
>>
>>
>>
>> "Valdivar" <rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:fO2Ec.7566$Ax1.412820@news20.bellglobal.com:
>>
>> > ie: tune the sidecar to G0-101 and the analog receiver to any G0
>> > odd # channel and if the sidecar is working ok you should get a
>> > green LED.
>> >
>> > You didn't mention whether the sidecar,or the analog receiver is
>> > controlling polarity(this is the way most of us have our systems
>> > set up...along with a splitter on the dish line with 1 port
>> > going to the mpeg-2 fta rcvr)...
>> >
>> > "Phil" <philj@xxspearnet.net> wrote in message
>> > news:Xns9516C8ACD3783pj12345pjpj@216.196.97.132...
>> >> I have just been playing with a 905 sidecar I bought 6 months
>> >> or more ago and have developed a new problem (it was sitting
>> >> unused in the closet for several months.)
>> >>
>> >> The signal light (LED on left side of front panel) is now red
>> >> and never goes green. A DVMPEG receiver using the same dish
>> >> setup receives FTA Outdoor Channel just fine indicating to me
>> >> that the dish and Lnbf are working.
>> >>
>> >> Can the red light be cured by a reset (master or otherwise) or
>> >> is it strictly an RF / digital stream indicator (meaning I have
>> >> a real problem)?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks in advance for any information.
>