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Paperboy2003
05-04-2006, 03:03 PM
My older HR10 started having a lot of break ups and pixelation on certain channels while my other seems fine. I didn't check any of my other boxes in the house though. I'd say that most of the pixelation and breakup is happening in the 600-700 channels. In the movie channels there are a few as well.

I reset the tivo through the menu's but do I need to try unplugging it completely to do a more 'complete' reset? Is this a sign of failure?

Doug
Paperboy2003
05-04-2006, 04:10 PM
An example.....736 A's v Indians is fine, but Seattle v WSox is all broken up and doens't come through. I also get a lot of 'Searching for Satt signal __' when the other turner is on a bad channel.
sloan
05-04-2006, 04:15 PM
Check your signal strengths.
When it gets in the 60's (for me anyways), I get that behaviour.

Don't forget trees.

I went 5 years without signal issues. This year.... BOOM , the growth took finally took over.

Prune/Trim as needed.

I also think that over the course of years, your dish needs a little re-pointing love.
Paperboy2003
05-04-2006, 04:23 PM
It has to be specific to this Tivo b/c everything seems to be fine on my other units. I don't know if it can be hd failure though b/c only some channels seem affected and things seem find on playback....

HELP!

Any thoughts?
litzdog911
05-04-2006, 04:59 PM
Try swapping the HR10-250 with one of your other units. If the problem stays with the HR10-250, then you know it's defective. If the problem stays in that room, then something is wrong with the cable, connectors, multiswitch output, or dish feeding that room.
ayrton911
05-04-2006, 10:04 PM
How is your guys signal strength on 110 and 119? I get great strength on 101 (80s and 90s), but very low particularly on whatever transponder TNT HD is at (it actually causes breakup).
Paperboy2003
05-05-2006, 09:24 AM
Last night I was channel hopping and I didn't have any problems (except on 80 for survivor) on this problematic Tivo. I don't know what to diagnose this as. Odd...
Sir_winealot
05-05-2006, 09:34 AM
Try swapping the HR10-250 with one of your other units. If the problem stays with the HR10-250, then you know it's defective. If the problem stays in that room, then something is wrong with the cable, connectors, multiswitch output, or dish feeding that room.


Did you try this?
Paperboy2003
05-05-2006, 11:22 AM
Nope...I'm too lazy and was just hoping it would go away!

Seriously, the way I have things set up, it would be difficult to swap things. If it continues I will have to do just that though.
litzdog911
05-05-2006, 02:05 PM
Nope...I'm too lazy and was just hoping it would go away!

Seriously, the way I have things set up, it would be difficult to swap things. If it continues I will have to do just that though.

Trust me, it's the easiest way to determine if it's a defective DVR or something wrong with your cabling/dish/etc.
summerall
05-13-2006, 05:54 PM
I'm having this same issue on a brand new hd tivo I JUST got installed. Of course the installer didn't think it was a cable/multiswitch problem. He said the receiver was going bad. My 110 and 119 singal strengths are in the 80-90's. Please let me know if you find out a solution.
TyroneShoes
05-13-2006, 06:27 PM
It has to be specific to this Tivo b/c everything seems to be fine on my other units. I don't know if it can be hd failure though b/c only some channels seem affected and things seem find on playback....

HELP!

Any thoughts?
Don't forget that a multiswitch problem (and every multi-LNBF dish has one) can have issues specific only to certain outputs, especially if the cable lengths are long. That's why it might be necessary to swap dish ports, actual cables, STB positions, etc. to narrow this down.