satalite problems

You can hear the motor runnng, that does not mean it is actually moving th dish. The only way to know for sure is take the dme off and watch the qntenna move or not.

rar2121,
Well Sir, I don't know how long you've had your King Dome and how long it's been having this problem but, ours basically does the same exact thing. We bought our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the 330 CAT about 2 years ago and, about 6 months after that, we acquired a Direct TV receiver and, hooked it up to the King Dome. It worked as it was supposed to for about 8-10 months.

Then, one day when we were at home and, the rig is parked in its normal parking place, I turned on the K/D and let it search, as I always do/did when we're working on the coach or cleaning it. Well, the ON green light was normal and the searching light was red, then amber then, it started blinking green and I thought it was almost ready to fine tune and stop. Then the light should stop blinking and go solid.

Well, it kept blinking green and, when it does that, the K/D is not satisfied that the "Bird" found, is the right one and, it will go in to the search mode all over again. It will continue to do that forever now. I almost kicked it off the roof one day when I got fed up with it. But, nice gent on here sent a note out to me that stated, "You don't have to throw that thing away, just set your TV screen up to be the signal meter and, start the K/D search.

Then, when the graph starts to move and turn green, and the beeps get faster and faster, and, when you think it's reached its highest percentage of reception, reach up and push the off button to off". Then, put the TV screen on regular tuning and it will bring in the channels, as normal. It works flawless that way. It's like having an "automatic and manual" satellite system in one. Hope this helps some.
Scott

Do you have it set to lock on SAT 101?
I have not had the red/green fault yet.

FIRE UP wrote:
rar2121,
Well Sir, I don't know how long you've had your King Dome and how long it's been having this problem but, ours basically does the same exact thing. We bought our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the 330 CAT about 2 years ago and, about 6 months after that, we acquired a Direct TV receiver and, hooked it up to the King Dome. It worked as it was supposed to for about 8-10 months.

Then, one day when we were at home and, the rig is parked in its normal parking place, I turned on the K/D and let it search, as I always do/did when we're working on the coach or cleaning it. Well, the ON green light was normal and the searching light was red, then amber then, it started blinking green and I thought it was almost ready to fine tune and stop. Then the light should stop blinking and go solid.


Well, it kept blinking green and, when it does that, the K/D is not satisfied that the "Bird" found, is the right one and, it will go in to the search mode all over again. It will continue to do that forever now. I almost kicked it off the roof one day when I got fed up with it. But, nice gent on here sent a note out to me that stated, "You don't have to throw that thing away, just set your TV screen up to be the signal meter and, start the K/D search.

Then, when the graph starts to move and turn green, and the beeps get faster and faster, and, when you think it's reached its highest percentage of reception, reach up and push the off button to off". Then, put the TV screen on regular tuning and it will bring in the channels, as normal. It works flawless that way. It's like having an "automatic and manual" satellite system in one. Hope this helps some.
Scott

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FIRE UP wrote:
rar2121,
Well Sir, I don't know how long you've had your King Dome and how long it's been having this problem but, ours basically does the same exact thing. We bought our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the 330 CAT about 2 years ago and, about 6 months after that, we acquired a Direct TV receiver and, hooked it up to the King Dome. It worked as it was supposed to for about 8-10 months.

Then, one day when we were at home and, the rig is parked in its normal parking place, I turned on the K/D and let it search, as I always do/did when we're working on the coach or cleaning it. Well, the ON green light was normal and the searching light was red, then amber then, it started blinking green and I thought it was almost ready to fine tune and stop. Then the light should stop blinking and go solid.

Well, it kept blinking green and, when it does that, the K/D is not satisfied that the "Bird" found, is the right one and, it will go in to the search mode all over again. It will continue to do that forever now. I almost kicked it off the roof one day when I got fed up with it. But, nice gent on here sent a note out to me that stated, "You don't have to throw that thing away, just set your TV screen up to be the signal meter and, start the K/D search.

Then, when the graph starts to move and turn green, and the beeps get faster and faster, and, when you think it's reached its highest percentage of reception, reach up and push the off button to off". Then, put the TV screen on regular tuning and it will bring in the channels, as normal. It works flawless that way. It's like having an "automatic and manual" satellite system in one. Hope this helps some.
Scott

I was told , when mine did this , that the power supply voltage in low. The detector for the signal is voltage critical and if voltage is slightly low it will not lock-on to the satellite. I never got to check this out before I traded the 5er.

waroland wrote:

FIRE UP wrote:
rar2121,
Well Sir, I don't know how long you've had your King Dome and how long it's been having this problem but, ours basically does the same exact thing. We bought our coach, an '04 Itasca Horizon 36GD with the 330 CAT about 2 years ago and, about 6 months after that, we acquired a Direct TV receiver and, hooked it up to the King Dome. It worked as it was supposed to for about 8-10 months.

Then, one day when we were at home and, the rig is parked in its normal parking place, I turned on the K/D and let it search, as I always do/did when we're working on the coach or cleaning it. Well, the ON green light was normal and the searching light was red, then amber then, it started blinking green and I thought it was almost ready to fine tune and stop. Then the light should stop blinking and go solid.

Well, it kept blinking green and, when it does that, the K/D is not satisfied that the "Bird" found, is the right one and, it will go in to the search mode all over again. It will continue to do that forever now. I almost kicked it off the roof one day when I got fed up with it. But, nice gent on here sent a note out to me that stated, "You don't have to throw that thing away, just set your TV screen up to be the signal meter and, start the K/D search.

Then, when the graph starts to move and turn green, and the beeps get faster and faster, and, when you think it's reached its highest percentage of reception, reach up and push the off button to off". Then, put the TV screen on regular tuning and it will bring in the channels, as normal. It works flawless that way. It's like having an "automatic and manual" satellite system in one. Hope this helps some.
Scott

I was told , when mine did this , that the power supply voltage in low. The detector for the signal is voltage critical and if voltage is slightly low it will not lock-on to the satellite. I never got to check this out before I traded the 5er.

If low voltages is the problem, I would first check the connections it the dish. Also while there you could put a meter on the end of the cable and see what dc voltage you have and whether it meets the requirement which I believe should vary between 12 & 18 volts.

Well Gang,
I did check the voltage and it was perfectly fine. The King Dome is known for many issues. The staff or, techs they have are and have not been helpful in most cases. Only once in a while is someone satisfied with the tech help when addressing King Dome problems. My son works at a local RV Service Center here in San Diego and they have a "Pile" of King Domes that have been removed due to malfunctions of many types. They install the Traveler about 99.9999% of the time and it's always right on.
Scott

FIRE UP wrote:
Well Gang,
I did check the voltage and it was perfectly fine. The King Dome is known for many issues. The staff or, techs they have are and have not been helpful in most cases. Only once in a while is someone satisfied with the tech help when addressing King Dome problems. My son works at a local RV Service Center here in San Diego and they have a "Pile" of King Domes that have been removed due to malfunctions of many types. They install the Traveler about 99.9999% of the time and it's always right on.
Scott

I chuckled when I read this. I have a KHV and the local repair place said he has a pile of KVH's and Traveler's in the back he has taken off and to get a King Dome. I have a feeling they all have issues, you just have to find which one has the fewest and go with it.

I can pretty much guaranty you that the type of "dish" in the pile has to do with profit margin not the quality of a particular system. If the RV shop is a K/D dealer and gets the long deal plus other possible price breaks based on being a stocking dealer, warehousing dealer/distributor, etc he is going to sell you a K/D not a Traveler. The opposite will occur if he meets the Traveler criteria.

Well,
When all these "business" assumptions reside, it's pretty simple to see that when things don't work, they don't work, PERIOD! While our K/D still actually works, it's search system works but, it's the "lock" that doesn't. When it actually quits receiving the satellite signal, I will then do one of two things, I'll go back to my little stand alone tri-pod dish which, worked flawless when I didn't know about the K/D trick to manually lock it on the bird or, I'll got to the Traveler. I'll deal with it when the time comes.
Scott