On January 27, 2006 at 20:16, exapno said...
The symptoms?
1. Very intermittant signal response on even
transponders...making for patchy reception
2. big difficulty resetting the receiver units
- sometimes they go through the proper restart
sequence..sometimes not...
If a customer of mine is having problems with even channels I first check all outdoor connections. Even transponders use 18 volts and are more susceptible the corrosion caused by water ingress to the connectors. When the receiver reboots most have to look at channel 100 which is 18 volts so that it can download guide data.
When you have problems is the problem that the signal is low or is it gone entirely?
If it is gone entirely and you have good signals on 13 volt odd transopnders, then it is a hardware issue, such as connectors, multiswitch, etc.. If instead it is low then you maybe right about the tree issue.
