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Mar 25, 2013 9:25 AM
f*cking TV wrote:Searching for satellite signal....(771).
Thanks DirectTv. Time to go clean the dish.


Who else after the snow is having satellite signal issues?
Mar 25, 2013 9:25am
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MontyBrunswick

Mar 25, 2013 9:25 AM
I don't have satellite or cable.

Hope this helps.
Mar 25, 2013 9:25am
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Mar 25, 2013 9:28 AM
dlazz;1414031 wrote:I don't have satellite or cable.

Hope this helps.
Same. Digital antenna. Every once in a while when the weather is bad it gets choppy as hell, though.
Mar 25, 2013 9:28am
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Mar 25, 2013 9:59 AM
justincredible;1414034 wrote:Digital antenna..
Have not looked into this enough. Sounds interesting.

Wonder how well it would work in St Paris compared to a large city.
Mar 25, 2013 9:59am
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Mar 25, 2013 10:27 AM
My DirecTV was searching for a signal all night last night.

Luckily, I had Netflix...and the signal came back on so that the DVR could record the 3am showing of Walking Dead.
Mar 25, 2013 10:27am
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rydawg5

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Mar 25, 2013 10:31 AM
said_aouita;1414047 wrote:Have not looked into this enough. Sounds interesting.

Wonder how well it would work in St Paris compared to a large city.
Technically a Coat Hanger is a "digital antenna" as long as your tuner is directly installed already in your plasma.
Mar 25, 2013 10:31am
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Mar 25, 2013 10:47 AM
I have DirecTv and this doesn't happen to me.
Mar 25, 2013 10:47am
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Mar 25, 2013 10:48 AM
When I had DTV this happened to me with the slightest bit of snow/ice.
Mar 25, 2013 10:48am
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Mar 25, 2013 11:09 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1414071 wrote:I have DirecTv and this doesn't happen to me.

Same here. Once it went out in a really bad thunderstorm but that's it.
Mar 25, 2013 11:09am
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Gblock

Mar 25, 2013 11:35 AM
this was happening to me until i kept calling until someone came out a few months ago. he replaced some part he said that was defective in dishes installed in a certain time period. havent had an issue since. he said that whenever it gets wet or rains water leaks in and you dish will not work for a while. i assumed that the snow was blocking the signal, he said that snow/storm should not interfere with your tv veiwing.
Mar 25, 2013 11:35am
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Mar 25, 2013 11:36 AM
Gblock;1414089 wrote:this was happening to me until i kept calling until someone came out a few months ago. he replaced some part he said that was defective in dishes installed in a certain time period. havent had an issue since. he said that whenever it gets wet or rains water leaks in and you dish will not work for a while. i assumed that the snow was blocking the signal, he said that snow/storm should not interfere with your tv veiwing.
Mine was snow. I just had to go up and brush it off. Luckily it was in an easy spot to get to.
Mar 25, 2013 11:36am
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Mar 25, 2013 1:29 PM
My dish sits low enough that I can keep it coated with Rain-X. I never lose signal, even in snow/thundersorms.
Mar 25, 2013 1:29pm
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Mar 25, 2013 2:17 PM
fish82;1414159 wrote:My dish sits low enough that I can keep it coated with Rain-X..
good idea
Mar 25, 2013 2:17pm
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Mar 25, 2013 3:18 PM
said_aouita;1414198 wrote:good idea

Vegetable oil works well too I've heard.
Mar 25, 2013 3:18pm
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Mar 26, 2013 5:48 AM
ccrunner609;1414219 wrote:my dish network did that for about 15 minutes this morning but nothing last night when it was snowing.
Same. Usually when I get the "searching...." it happens shortly after sun rise when the melting begins.

I really had connection problems during the ice storm a few years ago. A hair dryer and about a five foot piece of pvc tubing on the end worked awesome.
Mar 26, 2013 5:48am
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MontyBrunswick

Mar 26, 2013 7:46 AM
I didn't watch TV today or yesterday and had no issues.

Hope this helps.
Mar 26, 2013 7:46am