Losing 129 Sat Signal, returns after going to Guide.

[mthr1]

Hello.

The last couple of days, I have been having problems watching some HD channels without intermittently losing sat 129 signal. I will get the "Lost Signal, Satellite 129-Transponder xx" screen.

If I leave it alone, after several mins, it will not re-establish signal by itself and return to a picture. However, any time this happens, if I go into the channel guide, the signal returns instantly. Afterwards, the signal may be good for a few mins or quite a while. Each time the error takes place, a simple press of the guide snaps the signal back and picture returns normally. I haven't really noticed it doing this on my premium channels (HBO & Max), but standard HD lineup channels, yes.

I've had no issues prior to the last few days. Weather has been nominal.

Any ideas would be appreciated. I've done all the standard stuff...warm and cold reboots, switch checks, temp checks, etc. All appear normal.

EDIT: Sorry, I think this topic would be more appropriate on the GENERAL Forum. My mistake.

 

[n0qcu]

You didn't say what receiver but your post sounds like the known problem where the loss of OTA signal causes the lost sat signal screen to appear. Next time this happens to you change your OTA to a good channel and then go back to what you were watching.

 

[mthr1]

Well, I took the advise of a different thread with the OTA issues and tuned into a strong OTA and then returned to the standard sat channels. Initally, the problem returned and didn't appear to change things. Then, after reading an additional post on the same thread, I did the tune again and afterwards, pulled the power of the DVR for 30 secs and re-powered and rebooted.

So far, it's okay...granted, it has only been 30 mins. However, the problem would have re-occured within 30 mins.

So, I'm hoping this resolved the problem.