My Pansat 3500s Needs Resetting a Lot

[dirtyshame]

This question is mainly for iceberg but others are welcome to jump in:

Every day or two my Pansat 3500s receiver quits working. I can change channels but the dish does not move if I am supposed to be changing birds. If I choose the bird that I was last on there is no signal. I can reset it by turning off the switch in the back for a few seconds, then back on, and it works normal again. It happens a lot and we have had no thunderstorms for a long time. Is this normal for that model Pansat?

Another problem: When I turn on the power with the switch on the front panel it comes on for a few seconds then shuts itself off.


Old John

 

[Mr Tony]

the second part is normal. When you power the unit on from the back, the power light goes on, then off, then on again

As for the first part, I haven't run into that issue before. Only time I had to power switch it is when I remove/add switches/lnbs

 

[n4bbq]

I have a 3500S and it rarely ever needs a reboot. You might try reflashing the thing with the latest factory firmware.

http://www.pansatusa.com/download/3500S/3500S.zip