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dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

i washaving trouble receiving channels. i found out the dish had moved, i repositioned it, and now i have satt signal of 85% ,but still saying scrambled.
i did everything i know how to do, i am not new to this, but i just can't figure out what is going on. i too my 600p over to a friend's and connected it , it worked there. does anyone know what could be wrong with my system?
can a lnb be blown and still show it is receiving signal?

**boboisno1** · January 27th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dragonsse

i washaving trouble receiving channels. i found out the dish had moved, i repositioned it, and now i have satt signal of 85% ,but still saying scrambled.
i did everything i know how to do, i am not new to this, but i just can't figure out what is going on. i too my 600p over to a friend's and connected it , it worked there. does anyone know what could be wrong with my system?
can a lnb be blown and still show it is receiving signal?

What does the quality show?

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

right now quality is 73
and signal is 78

**boboisno1** · January 27th, 2008

LNB is good then, what exactly is the difference's you are experiencing from your friends place to yours?

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

just connected stb and presto, watching tv. i did noticed , at home, when i did a factory reset and tried to re-scan satt, it would't pick-up anything. it would just go through the transponders as if there is nothing being broadcast.

**arboristman** · January 27th, 2008

sounds like your buddy has a different dish/lnb/switch etc than yours.
OR your setup is not aimed correctly yet.OR little bit of both.
hard to say.
we need much more info on your hardware and current settings buddy,then we can help ya right out.

**vtoskov** · January 27th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dragonsse

just connected stb and presto, watching tv. i did noticed , at home, when i did a factory reset and tried to re-scan satt, it would't pick-up anything. it would just go through the transponders as if there is nothing being broadcast.

You enabled the patch after you did a factory default right (F1 + 000), and did a hard reboot?
Mine hasn't been rolling properly lately but hard reboot always makes the autoroll kick in faster here.

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

i appreciate all the help so far, thanks. the set up is identical in both set-up, i did them my self. i did his set-up and mine. from mounting and pointing the dishes to programing the receivers.

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

oh , and sorry, yes patch enabled

**vtoskov** · January 27th, 2008

Are the channels not coming in when you scan?Or channels are scanning in but they are all scrambled?

if both antenna settings are identical, and you are receiving q/s above 70% then the LNB is working good. Now why don't you eliminate the other possible problems.

-Connect 1 LNB directly to the STB, bypassing any switches and see if you get any channels. This will indicate a bad switch.
-Also try using a different cable from the LNB to the STB you might have a bad/interrupted cable.

good luck

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

i am only using one lnb. no switches.

**haddad287** · January 27th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dragonsse

i am only using one lnb. no switches.

still use a swtich and connect it to LNB1 and in ther reciver set it LNB1

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

will have to buy a switch tomorrow, and try.

**arboristman** · January 27th, 2008

well you still haven't said what you have.
for example if you have a dish pro twin lnb.you wont use a switch.
like asked for before.its important to post all your info.otherwise its just all one big guessing game.hehe.

dragonsse · January 27th, 2008

i have a captive works 600s premium
one 18" round dish and one regular lnb, for 110

**bel71281** · January 27th, 2008

are u sure that u are hitting the correct sattelite,it will show signal and quality on all sats. you maybe hitting 119 try scanning sat 119 and see if you pick any channels up.

**arboristman** · January 27th, 2008

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Originally Posted by dragonsse

i have a captive works 600s premium
one 18" round dish and one regular lnb, for 110

ok see this would have helped way back to mention that first.
1 lnb= 1 bird in the sky.if it has 2 outputs its for 2 receivers.
still only 1 bird.
you need to get yourself another dtv lnb and strap it beside the lnb you have now to get 2 birds.
search: poor mans dish
for more.

**bel71281** · January 27th, 2008

yeah arbor but he has lost everything.

**arboristman** · January 27th, 2008

oh.yup.i see he was just saying he got it at his buds house now.my bad.

ok.well first off.forget needing a switch for 1 legacy lnb.you don't.just want to clear that up.

ok.do a factory default-all please.

now go into antenna setting and setup echo 7 (doesn't matter where your pointed)
lnb type: standard
lnb freq: 11250
diseqc: auto or off don't matter.

change tps until you read quality.
what bird does it say at the bottom?
example:

"found echo7@119w"

do not scan anything yet.

dragonsse · January 29th, 2008

i want to thank all of you that assisited me. i purchased and replaced the lnb , and i am watching tv again. once again thank you all.