DIsh Sat. problem
I have an old system, the receiver is a DP311, the dish is a DIsh Network 500 with a dual head LNBF, 110 and 119. It's installed in our camp, no phone service. Most of the time I have to tinker with ...
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I last used the system the first of this past April. Due to trees we only get sat. 110. We have leaves now. This is probably my problem. The solution is another $100.00 of ammo to clear a path. lol but we really did do that a couple of years ago in order to get a signal. I am using a Radio Shack inline signal meter to search for a signal.
This is kind of like a " which came first, the chicken or the egg " question. Do I have to have a signal for the check switch test to function?
It almost seems like the receiver does not " see " the dish. The cable has been spliced, I checked the connectors and decided to replaced the connectors. When doing that I noticed the wire strands on one of the cables looked corroded. So I replaced that cable. I had previously done a continuity test of the cable from the receiver to the dish and it checks at 000.4 ohms. I guess that is good.
For my own curiosity, where is this switch I am testing, in the receiver or in the LNB?
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. Since we do not have phone service here I cannot call Dish tech service for advice, I appreciate your time.
This is kind of like a " which came first, the chicken or the egg " question. Do I have to have a signal for the check switch test to function?
It almost seems like the receiver does not " see " the dish. The cable has been spliced, I checked the connectors and decided to replaced the connectors. When doing that I noticed the wire strands on one of the cables looked corroded. So I replaced that cable. I had previously done a continuity test of the cable from the receiver to the dish and it checks at 000.4 ohms. I guess that is good.
For my own curiosity, where is this switch I am testing, in the receiver or in the LNB?
Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. Since we do not have phone service here I cannot call Dish tech service for advice, I appreciate your time.
