DirecTV in Florida (Possibly fixed)
Parked in central Florida using Winegard Carryout for DirecTV. Every afternoon into early evening experiencing loss of signal (Error 771). Later in the evening it clears up and is fine during the da...
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Is there a wind when you get the error and no wind when there is no error?
I had a cable go bad on my for my carryout and it would loose signal and piss me off to no end. I first e-mailed winegard and the lady replied it could be my servo motor not holding position. Then I called and talked to a tech guy and he said it is probably your cable - the directv puts out a small voltage that holds the servo in place - without that small voltage the servo motor was slowly moving down. I replaced the cable an no issues.
If you have a cable blowing in the wind in the evening, I would swap it first and see if you have the problem the next day.
I had a cable go bad on my for my carryout and it would loose signal and piss me off to no end. I first e-mailed winegard and the lady replied it could be my servo motor not holding position. Then I called and talked to a tech guy and he said it is probably your cable - the directv puts out a small voltage that holds the servo in place - without that small voltage the servo motor was slowly moving down. I replaced the cable an no issues.
If you have a cable blowing in the wind in the evening, I would swap it first and see if you have the problem the next day.
