522 and 61.5 problem

[jlabsher]

Got a 522 last week and now everytime I turn it on it brings up the diagnostics screen and says it can't find 61.5 sat, the 110 & 119 are O.K.

When I go to pint dish, I get a 110 + signal on the 61.5, the 61.5 channels are there and if I run a check switch, it finds the 61.5 just fine.

Has anyone else encountered such an anomoly and is it worth doing anything about?

 

[duggan]

I've been having some problems with 61.5 on my 522. Dish added a new local channel to transponder 31 a couple days ago and I can't get it on my 522. My 921 shows it fine and with a signal over 100%. When I check the signal on the 522 for transponder 31, it is always 0. I moved my 522 next to my 921 and used the same cables and I still get no signal on the 522. The weird thing I can get a couple other local channels from 61.5 but the signal strength for some of the other transponders is very low compared to my 921.

I have a DPP-44 and am using seperators. I tried it without seperators and had the same problem.

I guess the next step is to call Dish. I'm not sure if the newer software will fix it as I'm still at 235.

- Dave

 

[Mr Tony]

Duggan
I am assuming you are in the Boston DMA? (only thing added recently was WMUR-9 and it is on TP31, which has alot of the minor NY channels there too)

 

[duggan]

Yes, I am in the Boston DMA.

 

[philhu]

Speaking of Boston DMA, I do not see anything on 61.5 except the Pentagon Channel, a few others, the voom stuff, etc.

No WCBS-HD (National east cbs), or other locals, like WMUR

Shouldn't I see them with the guide showing them in red?

 

[n0qcu]

No, you cannot see any "local" channels in red. You can only see them in the guide if you subscribe to them.