Joey Signal Loss but plays DVR just fine

[athek]

I recently moved my Joey to another room. Upon first powering up/rebooting the Joey I can view any channel just fine until I change the channel. Once I change the channel it says channel signal loss, however I can watch the DVR just fine.

Do you think I have a faulty wiring? I checked the connections and they look fine, I am starting to wonder if a cable is bad. If I wait 5-10 minutes the channels re-appear in full HD.

Would the DVR recordings work fine but not the Satellite channels?

On the diagnostics page it says that the Moca1 and Moca A2 node quality is good.

Anything else I should check?

 

[ChadT41]

On the main viewing screen, press your red hot key. What do your three tuners say?

 

[athek]

It says watching Tuner 1, and the other 2 tuners are available.

 

[ChadT41]

And can you do the same from your Joey?

 

[athek]

That was from the Joey, the Hopper works without any issues.

 

[ChadT41]

When you did that, did you also get channel sig loss?

 

[athek]

When you did that, did you also get channel sig loss?

No signal loss, it seems to be working fine. I think this is an intermittent issue.

The unit wouldn't cause anything like this would it?

I would think that if its a wiring issue it would either work or not?

 

[ChadT41]

Honestly, I'm thinking cabling or node, or both.

 

[athek]

I went upstairs to check the hooper and it's having the same issue, looks like 119 isn't coming in.

I have a second hopper and it's getting 119 and everything is working fine.

I have 2 HWS, 1 Joey.

 

[ChadT41]

That just makes me beleive even more cabling or node. Or both

 

[athek]

Would the node not affect the second HWS?

 

[ChadT41]

It's possible for just 1 or two tuners to be affected through the entire system is node or cabling.

 

[athek]

Is there any easy way to check the node? The cabling has worked fine for the last several years.

 

[ChadT41]

What kind of cable goes from dish to node and node to hopper?

 

[athek]

Whatever the dish guy uses, they are some 18 guage wires. I'm starting to think if I should buy a duo node. Looks like they are under 30$. I do recall not seeing tuner 3 on the Joey for a brief time last night. I just checked and I can see it again.

 

[lucky86]

Nodes rarely fail

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[ChadT41]

Except for almost every first gen duo nodes

 

[lucky86]

I think that statement is a little exaggerated. If it didn't have a black dot on it, then yes, higher probability of issues, when paired with specific lnbs. Cold weather affected them but they would function normally when moved inside or into a warmer location.

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[ChadT41]

Aka. Almost all first gen duo nodes would fail. Because of the cold weather.

 

[athek]

What are the odds of doing damage to either the duo node or Hopper by incorrectly hooking up a joey? It looks like I just plugged the Joey into another location without redoing any of the wiring.

I still am losing 119 on one hoper but receiving it on the other one.
I am still losing tuners on tuner 1 and 3 intermittently.

I'm at the point where I pay the $95 tech visit or getting the protection plan, not sure what option yet.