I have a King Dome automatic system and I can't get it to lock on to a satellite.The owners manual says when light flashes red&green continuously it is a possible motor problem. you can hear the motor moving . Thanks for any advice

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.ScottX2...

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.ScottI 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.

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rvten
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
Ok after saying I did not have a problem with my KD.
Today I did. Was only getting reception on one tuner on DirecTv rec.
After a little searching. I found if I unplug the KD from power. Than plug back in.
It reset and worked fine.
Before that the control panel was not giving me the info on its screen.
lucky13
Explorer
Apr 30, 2013
sometimes it needs to be ,reset, there is a procedure for that,
suggest you go to kingdome web site and download it, also if you call them they are very helpful
Jackha1949
Explorer
May 01, 2013
You may want to take off the dome cover and check for loose connections. I had the same problem with my K/D and I found the compass board was unplugged. It is a two wire connector that plugs into a small circuit board near the top of the dish. Good Luck
katoomer
Explorer
May 01, 2013
I had a Kingdome. It was garbage. I now have a Motosat. It works perfect
_Marc
Explorer
May 03, 2013
Motosat since end of march 2013 Is out of business,

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