Receiver needs to be cycled to get signal

[kymics]

I moved my 90cm dish from IA-5 to G11 last night (my first unassisted move). I have it running into 4-to-1 diseqc that also feeds Echo7 and Echo8.

Since the move I've noted a strange behaviour. Any feeds that I pull in on G11 display fine. If I move to GolTV, it comes in okay but if I go immediately back to the same channel on G11 it says "no signal". If I soft power off/on the Pansat 3500SD, the signal returns instantly.

Seems like a diseqc issue, but I didn't notice this while I was pointed at IA-5 the other day. No changes to the cabling apart from temporarily unplugging the house coax from the dish to connect it directly to the receiver when I was pointing the dish. Each diseqc number is set for the three birds.

Any thoughts?

 

[Mr Tony]

I assume the diseqc switch is between the motor and the LNB's and not between the reciever and the motor?

 

[kymics]

Sorry dude, no motor yet.

90cm stationary and Dish500 running into ports 1, 2 and 3 and then to the receiver.

 

[Mr Tony]

oh ok

it does sound like a Diseqc issue. I would try and swap ports (make sure to power off the box with switch on back before removing) and see if that helps.

 

[Hermitman]

I have a 2700A connected to a Diseqc like yours. I've found that when switching both satellites and polarity at the same time, I sometimes get a "No Signal" message for 10 to 15 seconds then the program pops up normally. When I switch satellites or polarity by itself, no problems. I'm not sure if it's the software sending a switching signal, coupled with the voltage change, that confuses the switch momentarily since the switch uses the receiver's voltage or if something else is causing the problem. But it's something I can live with till it dies completely. Good luck and have fun.

 

[rdel]

Same thing happens on my fortec na unit, if anyone figures it out please let me know how to fix it
I did notice that it happens a lot when I switch from nasa channel back to other channels. I wonder if it has to do with the large amount of signal (signal strength) were getting from 119?

 

[rdel]

Same thing happens on my fortec na unit, if anyone figures it out please let me know how to fix it
I did notice that it happens a lot when I switch from nasa channel back to other channels. I wonder if it has to do with the large amount of signal (signal strength) were getting from 119?

 

[kymics]

I never tried waiting for a several seconds. In my case, it seems that if the channel is from a circular satellite, that the signal will come back up after about 10 seconds. I don't think the same thing is happening though when I wait on a linear satellite, it just says 'no signal' until I cycle the power.

I'm really thinking the problem is a faulty diseqc because this morning it didn't seem to have that problem when switching between the three sats.

More investigation to follow.