Archive searching for satellite signal

said_aouita

Posts: 8,532

Mar 25, 2013 9:25am

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?

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 25, 2013 9:25am

I don't have satellite or cable.

Hope this helps.

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Mar 25, 2013 9:28am

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.

said_aouita

Posts: 8,532

Mar 25, 2013 9:59am

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.

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 25, 2013 10:01am

said_aouita;1414047 wrote:
Wonder how well it would work in St Paris compared to a large city.

This seems to indicate it'll work fairly well, though I'm sure your mileage will vary.

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d1dda7235dadbf6

sherm03

Posts: 7,349

Mar 25, 2013 10:27am

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.

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rydawg5

Posts: 2,639

Mar 25, 2013 10:31am

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.

Raw Dawgin' it

Posts: 11,466

Mar 25, 2013 10:47am

I have DirecTv and this doesn't happen to me.

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WebFire

Posts: 14,779

Mar 25, 2013 10:48am

When I had DTV this happened to me with the slightest bit of snow/ice.

hangonsloopy

Posts: 1,291

Mar 25, 2013 11:09am

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.

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Gblock

Mar 25, 2013 11:35am

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.

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WebFire

Posts: 14,779

Mar 25, 2013 11:36am

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.

fish82

Posts: 4,111

Mar 25, 2013 1:29pm

My dish sits low enough that I can keep it coated with Rain-X. I never lose signal, even in snow/thundersorms.

said_aouita

Posts: 8,532

Mar 25, 2013 2:17pm

fish82;1414159 wrote:My dish sits low enough that I can keep it coated with Rain-X..

good idea

GoChiefs

Posts: 16,754

Mar 25, 2013 3:18pm

said_aouita;1414198 wrote:good idea

Vegetable oil works well too I've heard.

said_aouita

Posts: 8,532

Mar 26, 2013 5:48am

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.

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MontyBrunswick

Mar 26, 2013 7:46am

I didn't watch TV today or yesterday and had no issues.

Hope this helps.