Help!! I'm missing a third of my channels !

[Quark]

Suddenly after seven months of good viewing I have dropped about a third of my viewing channels. As far a I can tell the alignment has not changed on the dish and both of my receivers work on another dish. Could this be a bad LNB??

[James Long]

It could be. It depends on what channels are missing. A third sounds about right for missing 110 and having 119. (Assuming E* system.)

It could be the LNB, or the switch if you have one inline. It could be a bad connector on the cable going to the LNB. Or it could be snow ...

Take a look at what channels are there and what is missing. Can you see 101? How about 9900? The first is on 119 and the second on 110. Give a few examples of what you have kept, and what you have lost.

You may also wish to do a switch test which will seek out what satellites are connected. Although if you did lose one you will have to retest after getting your signal back.

JL

[BobMurdoch]

Ditto for the switch test. This cures most problems.