Transponder 13 won't lock...

[Dan Newberry]

I've got the dish aimed pretty well. Signal strength is 115 to 122 on most of the transponders for satellite 119. The signal strength on transponder 13 is 120 or better...

But the thing won't lock on. It will for a second or two, then it drops back to "WRONG SATELLITE" and a red graph--even though the signal is still strong.

If you set the receiver to channel 106, which is TV Land, the receiver goes into a viscous cycle of trying to lock on... it will count 0 of 5, then 1 of 5, then back to 0 of 5... it will not ever finish the count (because as you can see in the point dish screen, transponder 13 won't lock).

The only way to get the receiver out of this loop is to hope that it will lock on for a couple seconds, which is long enough to get it off channel 106. The receiver works great as long as I don't dial it to channel 106. :)

Any ideas? As usual, Dish Network "technical support" is a joke...

Dan

[LXSWRX]

I have seen this before.
9/10 times it is the LNBF.
What kind of box are you running?
Also go into system info and see if it detects LO drift.

[Slartibartfarst]

Is this your only receiver.?

Can you try another receiver on the end of this cable.?

Could be a receiver problem or even an LNBF issue.

[Dan Newberry]

It is my only receiver...

What if I switch the two LNB's? Move the 119 to the 110, and vice versa. If the problem is in the LNB, then the symptom should move to the 110 side, right? And maybe even I'd get lucky and the 110 side not even need that transponder?

Just wondering...

Thanks for the replies. :)

Dan

[Slartibartfarst]

What about connecting directly to each LNF in turn.....

That might give you a clue which LNBF if any is defective.

[Dan Newberry]

This dish has side by side LNB's, and one is aimed at 110, and the other at 119. I'm assuming those two satellites (110 and 119) are spaced apart only slightly, which allows these twin LNB's to point to them simultaneously.

At this point, the only channel I cannot dial to (which I have in my subscription list) is channel 106, which is TV Land. I haven't seen anything show up on TV Land on the guide that I even care to see, so I've lost most or all of my ambition to solve this problem at this point. :)

But I'll probably get around to switching positions with the LNB's just to see if that would solve the problem. If this works, I'll post back so that if anyone searches this thread in the future (who may be having the same problem) they'll possibly have a solution here...

Thanks for all of the input.

Dan