I've recently started having problems with my Phillips DSR7000 intermittently losing the satellite signal on line 1 from my dual LNB. When this occurs I also lose the local channels. On one instance i lost my local channels even when both sat signals were strong (Although signal was not good on transponder 32, which directv tech said was bad) I switched sat 1 and 2 cables and still had a problem on sat line 1. The directv tech thought i would need to replace my receiver. I was hoping not. I've heard many bad things about the new non tivo dvrs and the whole leasing thing sucks.
Intermittent Satellite Signal loss
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If the problem stays on SAT1 after you swap the satellite cables, then it's pretty likely that your DVR has a defective tuner. Have you tried rebooting/resetting the DVR?
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It's not really possible to repair/replace DirecTV/Tivo tuners.
One last thing to try .... are you using SVideo connection? Try using the RCA composite video output. There is a rare problem where using SVideo sometimes messes up the SAT2 input.
One last thing to try .... are you using SVideo connection? Try using the RCA composite video output. There is a rare problem where using SVideo sometimes messes up the SAT2 input.
When I called DirecTV support, they said it was a known problem and that I needed a new access card, so they transferred me to someone else. That person did some troubleshooting and thought I needed a service call. Could it have been the access card?
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Uhhhh, I really doubt that it has anything to do with the Access Card.
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