Dish tailgater losing signal
While in NM and AZ and now home in TX, my Dish tailgater or 211 receiver has be acting up. I now have to run the ck switch at least twice.I run ck switch and then the screen comes back on telling me t...
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Sandia Man wrote:
I'd be more inclined to say it's the Tailgater than the 211 receiver. Could be a connection issue as well since it appears to work sporadically, check coax connectors and make sure they are tight or try different coax altogether to eliminate that possibility.
Although it could be the receiver, whether good or bad, the receiver can only provide satellite content available from coax connected to the satellite input on the rear of the unit. If it's weak or spotty it could reek major havoc on it's functionality.
We use the VIP 211 and manually set up the same model sat dish we have at home. We primarily camp in the four corner states with the majority of it in NM and AZ, even the many trips to Texas and we have always received all the channels we have at home while RVing.
Thanks, I agree that it is most likely the tailgater, I just got thru using another coax, still the same results. i have one more test to do, hook up direct to receiver. This trailer came wired for satellite reception. It is possible that some connections have loosened in our travels.
When I tried to run thru the channels this afternoon, I started at 205 and went up one at a time to 242, everything came in except for 214, then nothing would come in after about 240 or so. I will call Dish when it clears up in a few days, cloudy now, so perhaps we can get an idea then.
