SHAW hddsr 605 random reboot

[msav]

My receiver just started continually rebooting. sometimes it stays on for 10 mins sometimes 2 min but can never watch for more that 10 min without it rebooting. details below

I have a hddsr 605 receiver.
I have a 75cm dish with a quad LNB
I have 95 signal on SAT B and 93 signal on SAT A
This happens without changing any channels or any remote action

It worked fine a week ago. yesterday was trying to watch the Football game and it keeped rebooting. Could never watch more than 10 min at a time. sometimes it would reboot after a couple of mins.

Things I have tried. Replaced the entire coax Cable from Lnb to receiver. Tried all LNb outputs. Tried Different Receiver Power supply. Tried different A/V outputs on receiver.

Problem Still exists. Please help.

 

[DJdish]

Have you tried :
-unplug for 5 minutes then plug in
-plug it directly into the wall outlet instead of the surge protector

Other than that and what you have done I think it´s worth a call to Shaw directly and see if a hard reset solves the problem or if they offer another solution to the problem.

 

[msav]

I gave up yesterday. and unplugged it from all power. so it has been sitting since yesterday without power. I will try it when i get home from work. I had tried to plug it directly into the wall as well but that did not work.

I would have to call my Broker to get this remedied via shaw so I will do that if that does not work.

 

[showtime]

Before you plug it back in disconnect the cable going to the dish. Plug it back in and just see how long it stays on without re-booting. If it still re-boots the receiver is probably bad. If it stays on then check your cable ends for a small piece of the braid shorting out to the center wire. If they are ok, and you have the cable stapled to the wall check for a staple that may have pierced the cable as a dead short will cause the new 600 series receivers to re-boot all the time. If left powered up like like for some time it will fry the tuner.
I had a customer leave a 630 like that for 2 weeks before he called in and tuner 1 was toasted.

 

[msav]

ok I hooked it up and whiting 10 min is rebooted again. I had already replaced the entire cable and I did not staple it as it was just loose fro testing. And it still reset. I tested the cable between center and the threaded barrel and there was 0 ohms so It should not be the cable. Could the LNB be triggering a reset of the tuner. I noticed that it will also keep resetting every 10 min with the receiver off. a couple of times it will reset and a dash on the display will go back and forth for a bit and then the entire display will light up, then go back to the dash going back and forth, does this cycle a few times then will come up and flash nor and then say 4:00 after about 3 min it will show the correct time, then in about 6 more min it will reset again.

My broker is calling shaw and we will go through the diagnostics with them. Perhaps a hard reset of the box. But it sounds like a hardware failure somewhere.

 

[msav]

Update!


replaced lnb with brand new xku Lnb. Had broker call Shaw. Had receiver reset had them change the settings on the receiver to be compatible with new xku lnb. Did a 2 factory resets on the receiver. After all of that the reciever still reboots on Any Hd channel. Standard def is fine. I have 91 on channel 700 and 97 on channel 252.

Seems the receiver only has a year warranty and my year was up in September of 2012. Can't justify $300 for a receiver to last only a year.

Looks like I will be saying goodbye to Shaw after 7 years.

 

[catamount]

My 605 receiver only rebooted about 3 times, always when it got hot from baseboard heater behind it. Has not rebooted in the last year. I emailed ask jim a few years back and got my two 605's for $49 each, no trade-in. After that I got two 600's from Dell for $49 each.

Too much profit for your broker, as far as I am concerned!

Catamount