Pull up an easy chair, this is a long one.......
I've been having a problem for quite a while with not being able to easily view Ku channels on my setup.
I emphasized easily because I have figured out how to get them, they just don't usually appear when they are first selected.
Example: I drive my Ku dish to 123W and when it gets there let's say it was on WNGS last time, so that is the channel that is selected when the dish stops moving......no picture. Flip through other channels/tps on the same Ku satellite....no picture. A while back I discovered that I could get the picture sometimes by flipping back and forth from TV/Radio with the remote...and sometimes I could get it by selecting the Cu sat that I had my BUD pointed at, then going back to my selected Ku sat.
Well, last night I discovered something that has worked every time (so far at least)......by doing a soft On/Off power cycle with the remote, the selected Ku channel comes up immediately. But then if I go to another channel...no picture...do a soft power cycle.....yes picture. !sadroll
Here's a few more clues:
1.) Don't think I have ever had this problem on C-band
2.) It doesn't always happen on Ku but does probably 90% of the time.
3.) This has been happening for several weeks, last week I completely tore down my receivers and cabling in the house to redo them for a entertainment center swapout.......no change.
4.) At one time I thought that this problem seemed to be worse on weaker tps but that doesn't seem to be consistent. You can go the the signal search menu when this happens and see a very viewable quality level indicated, then exit out of the menu and.....nothing.
5.) I only have 1 switch in my entire setup (Ecoda), tried swapping it out for a new one that I had....no change.
6.) I bypassed my Ku dish motor (DG380) to see if I was getting some signal loss there....no discernible loss, no change.
7.) Wondered if my Visionsat was just getting gummed up with too much data but I haven't tried doing a factory reset, wasn't sure what I would lose and didn't want to start over unless I had to (and without some coaching).
I don't do a lot of blind scanning but I occasionally add some new stuff, when I do blind scan I always delete the scrambled channels or stuff I know I won't watch just to save memory.
All of the above is controlled by my Visionsat, have a Toshiba analog box to move/change polarities on my BUD, Ku all comes from my .9 meter 3ABN dish.....my dishes are picced in my avatar, more hardware clues in my sig.
Like I said, I can make it work, it's just very annoying, and hoping you all might give me some clues as to things I might look at to cure this, thanks.
I've been having a problem for quite a while with not being able to easily view Ku channels on my setup.
I emphasized easily because I have figured out how to get them, they just don't usually appear when they are first selected.
Example: I drive my Ku dish to 123W and when it gets there let's say it was on WNGS last time, so that is the channel that is selected when the dish stops moving......no picture. Flip through other channels/tps on the same Ku satellite....no picture. A while back I discovered that I could get the picture sometimes by flipping back and forth from TV/Radio with the remote...and sometimes I could get it by selecting the Cu sat that I had my BUD pointed at, then going back to my selected Ku sat.
Well, last night I discovered something that has worked every time (so far at least)......by doing a soft On/Off power cycle with the remote, the selected Ku channel comes up immediately. But then if I go to another channel...no picture...do a soft power cycle.....yes picture. !sadroll
Here's a few more clues:
1.) Don't think I have ever had this problem on C-band
2.) It doesn't always happen on Ku but does probably 90% of the time.
3.) This has been happening for several weeks, last week I completely tore down my receivers and cabling in the house to redo them for a entertainment center swapout.......no change.
4.) At one time I thought that this problem seemed to be worse on weaker tps but that doesn't seem to be consistent. You can go the the signal search menu when this happens and see a very viewable quality level indicated, then exit out of the menu and.....nothing.
5.) I only have 1 switch in my entire setup (Ecoda), tried swapping it out for a new one that I had....no change.
6.) I bypassed my Ku dish motor (DG380) to see if I was getting some signal loss there....no discernible loss, no change.
7.) Wondered if my Visionsat was just getting gummed up with too much data but I haven't tried doing a factory reset, wasn't sure what I would lose and didn't want to start over unless I had to (and without some coaching).
I don't do a lot of blind scanning but I occasionally add some new stuff, when I do blind scan I always delete the scrambled channels or stuff I know I won't watch just to save memory.
All of the above is controlled by my Visionsat, have a Toshiba analog box to move/change polarities on my BUD, Ku all comes from my .9 meter 3ABN dish.....my dishes are picced in my avatar, more hardware clues in my sig.
Like I said, I can make it work, it's just very annoying, and hoping you all might give me some clues as to things I might look at to cure this, thanks.
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