So Who's Having OTA Problems on Their Joeys?

[Jim5506]

My breakups are not as bad as they were, but I'm still getting audio blips and occasional minor video stuttering.

 

[Jim5506]

The longer I watch the worse it gets. Video and audio breakups every second or two.

I'm 5 miles from the transmitter with an original CM 4228.

Single tuner USB adapter.

 

[Peter Parker]

I followed the advice of crodrules who suggested I do my OTA scans on the single tuner adapter, then unplug the receiver and swap for the dual. Working flawlessly so far. Of course, this requires you to have both devices (old single and new dual dongles). However, this way, I won’t have to worry about burning out the old single tuner.

Seems too good to be true---but I guess it is worth a shot.

 

[Jim5506]

I tuner the Hopper 3 to the same channel OTA and the video and audio hiccoughs stopped.

 

[pattykay]

I followed the advice of crodrules who suggested I do my OTA scans on the single tuner adapter, then unplug the receiver and swap for the dual. Working flawlessly so far. Of course, this requires you to have both devices (old single and new dual dongles). However, this way, I won’t have to worry about burning out the old single tuner.

Seems too good to be true---but I guess it is worth a shot.

To be clear, I only have Wally and Hopper Duo, no Joeys. So, I don't know if the above trick helps with Joeys. I just know that it worked on my Wally, when I still had a single-tuner adapter.

 

[Peter Parker]

I tuner the Hopper 3 to the same channel OTA and the video and audio hiccoughs stopped.

Does kind of defeat the purpose of multiple tuners though.

 

[pattykay]

Does kind of defeat the purpose of multiple tuners though.

The Hopper 3 and the Joey would both be using the same OTA tuner. The other OTA tuner would still be available for recording something else, or watching live from another Joey.

 

[Jim5506]

I only have the single tuner OTA module (two of them) but when I placed the H3 on the OTA channel then, changed channels on the Joey to another OTA channel (there was a warning that the other viewer would be interrupted) the Joey still was stable on OTA. Curious.

 

[Peter Parker]

The Hopper 3 and the Joey would both be using the same OTA tuner. The other OTA tuner would still be available for recording something else, or watching live from another Joey.

True but you still cannot watch to different programs on those two TVs as you might expect to do.

 

[pattykay]

True but you still cannot watch to different programs on those two TVs as you might expect to do.

See the post directly above. The Hopper 3 only has to be on an OTA channel briefly, to stabilize the OTA on the Joey.

 

[Peter Parker]

Well I just tried joining the OTA tuner ona joey while it was tuned (From the hopper) on an OTA channel. No dice.

 

[Jim5506]

that's what I did and it worked fine.

 

[NTIMID8]

Figured I have been dealing with this for a year I would drag it back to top.
Hopper 3, does it with both single and dual tuners...

 

[Cypresstree]

Figured I have been dealing with this for a year I would drag it back to top.
Hopper 3, does it with both single and dual tuners...

Replace your tuner with the new unit being offered by dish or air tv. Problem solved.


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[Jim5506]

My $29 dual tuner AirTV USB tuner has apparently fixed all the OTA Problems I've had.

 

[NTIMID8]

Replace your tuner with the new unit being offered by dish or air tv. Problem solved.


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I will give it a shot, that was the reason I upgraded a long time ago but it didn't help.
Will let you now how it works out.
Thanks

 

[JS_racer]

we have the dual, from last time network dispute was around. my wife mentioned a show live on the antenna was breaking up on the J4k , signal is 100% and no issues on the hopper 3.
is this a case i should unplug the ota tuner, box reboots, good stuff happens, or is the OTA adapter in need of replacement, or is this its just not a great system ??
antenna is in the attic, Winegard UHF Yagi Style or similar,
thoughts, opinions ?? thanks for the time

 

[pattykay]

we have the dual, from last time network dispute was around. my wife mentioned a show live on the antenna was breaking up on the J4k , signal is 100% and no issues on the hopper 3.
is this a case i should unplug the ota tuner, box reboots, good stuff happens, or is the OTA adapter in need of replacement, or is this its just not a great system ??
antenna is in the attic, Winegard UHF Yagi Style or similar,
thoughts, opinions ?? thanks for the time

Which dual adapter do you have? If it is the one with the detachable USB extender cable, that is a Hauppauge, and it is known to have issues. Getting a newer Lark (or the cheaper one from AirTV) might help you with this problem.

 

[KAB]

we have the dual, from last time network dispute was around. my wife mentioned a show live on the antenna was breaking up on the J4k , signal is 100% and no issues on the hopper 3.
is this a case i should unplug the ota tuner, box reboots, good stuff happens, or is the OTA adapter in need of replacement, or is this its just not a great system ??
antenna is in the attic, Winegard UHF Yagi Style or similar,
thoughts, opinions ?? thanks for the time

That problem has been going on since August 2017. Go with the cheaper dual AirTV option.

 

[lynnjohn13]

I've been dealing with this issue for a long time. I've been on the phone with Dish about it too several times. I remember doing a total system reset that seemed to fix it for a short while, but it always comes back. What are the odds of Dish replacing my original OTA adapter with the AirTV $29 unit? Can a DIRT rep contact me about this?