Background:
DirecTV International package (101W and 95W)
36" Round Dish
2 LNBs (One is a standard "FTA" LNB pointing to 95W, the other is the dual 13V/18V DirecTV LNB pointing to 101).
One Receiver: D10-300
Zinwell 6x8 multiswitch. (FTA LNB is in Flexport #1.)
Problem:
Everything was set up and was working fine for over a month. Suddenly, the receiver cannot find the 95W signal and says "Searching for satellite signal..." whenever I go to an international channel. All of the standard DirecTV channels (off of 101W) work fine.
I went into setup and looked at the signal strength of the TPs on 95W. All TPs were zero, so I assumed that my dish got bumped a little, since 95W is tougher to pull in here than 101W. (TP signal strengths for 101W were all above 85.)
To realign the dish I unplugged the standard LNB from the switch and ran it directly into my Traxis 3500. I tweaked the dish until I was getting all of the correct channels off of G3C (and quality of 70+ percent on all TPs) and then plugged the LNB back into flexport #1. (I also tried Flexport #2 as well as a different output port for the cable running into the house.)
When I turn on the D10, I get the same thing as before. Under the D10 setup, the signal strength for the 101W TPs are all over 90. The 95W TPs still show zero (although tp22 jumps a little). Next I figured I'd try tweaking the dish with the D10 hooked up, starting from where the Traxis got good reception. When I move the dish west a little tp22 jumps up to 95 percent in signal strength but nothing on the other TPs. (I'm thinking this might even be a different bird giving the high strength on tp22, since this same dish position gets nothing from the Traxis.)
I've swapped out the cables. I've tried a D11 in place of the D10. I took my D10 to a neighbor and everything works fine. The only thing I haven't tried is swapping the switch, since I don't have a spare. However, does this sound like a switch problem, given that 101W works fine and I can get a high signal strength on tp22?
From what I've been told (and verified at my neighbor's place) only TPs 1, 15 and 22 (on 95W) need a signal for everything to work properly. As a final bit of troubleshooting, I tried to enter the Lyngsat TP/SR numbers into my Traxis for 1, 15 and 22 to see what I got bypassing the switch. However, the Lyngsat numbers don't seem to work and none of the TPs that my Traxis finds on a blind scan match up to the numbers on Lyngsat for 1, 15 or 22.
Somebody please help. Thanks in advance.
FT
DirecTV International package (101W and 95W)
36" Round Dish
2 LNBs (One is a standard "FTA" LNB pointing to 95W, the other is the dual 13V/18V DirecTV LNB pointing to 101).
One Receiver: D10-300
Zinwell 6x8 multiswitch. (FTA LNB is in Flexport #1.)
Problem:
Everything was set up and was working fine for over a month. Suddenly, the receiver cannot find the 95W signal and says "Searching for satellite signal..." whenever I go to an international channel. All of the standard DirecTV channels (off of 101W) work fine.
I went into setup and looked at the signal strength of the TPs on 95W. All TPs were zero, so I assumed that my dish got bumped a little, since 95W is tougher to pull in here than 101W. (TP signal strengths for 101W were all above 85.)
To realign the dish I unplugged the standard LNB from the switch and ran it directly into my Traxis 3500. I tweaked the dish until I was getting all of the correct channels off of G3C (and quality of 70+ percent on all TPs) and then plugged the LNB back into flexport #1. (I also tried Flexport #2 as well as a different output port for the cable running into the house.)
When I turn on the D10, I get the same thing as before. Under the D10 setup, the signal strength for the 101W TPs are all over 90. The 95W TPs still show zero (although tp22 jumps a little). Next I figured I'd try tweaking the dish with the D10 hooked up, starting from where the Traxis got good reception. When I move the dish west a little tp22 jumps up to 95 percent in signal strength but nothing on the other TPs. (I'm thinking this might even be a different bird giving the high strength on tp22, since this same dish position gets nothing from the Traxis.)
I've swapped out the cables. I've tried a D11 in place of the D10. I took my D10 to a neighbor and everything works fine. The only thing I haven't tried is swapping the switch, since I don't have a spare. However, does this sound like a switch problem, given that 101W works fine and I can get a high signal strength on tp22?
From what I've been told (and verified at my neighbor's place) only TPs 1, 15 and 22 (on 95W) need a signal for everything to work properly. As a final bit of troubleshooting, I tried to enter the Lyngsat TP/SR numbers into my Traxis for 1, 15 and 22 to see what I got bypassing the switch. However, the Lyngsat numbers don't seem to work and none of the TPs that my Traxis finds on a blind scan match up to the numbers on Lyngsat for 1, 15 or 22.
Somebody please help. Thanks in advance.
FT
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