I live in Sugar Land, Texas and the hurricane just blew through. Our electricity just came back online but all my receivers say searching for signal. I went up on the roof and the dish seemd undisturbed. nice and solid. I'm 99% sure it didn't move. Is my dish fried or maybe just needs to dry out?
After the hurricane...
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Most important....glad to hear YOU and your family are OK.
First guess is that the Dish got whacked out of alignment.
Bringing everything back up may be something that requires checking all connections on all ends. With that much wind and rain....connectors could have come apart, cable slightly undone, or other such item.
You almost need to unplug everything, check all the connectors and cables at all ends, and then bring everything back up.
First guess is that the Dish got whacked out of alignment.
Bringing everything back up may be something that requires checking all connections on all ends. With that much wind and rain....connectors could have come apart, cable slightly undone, or other such item.
You almost need to unplug everything, check all the connectors and cables at all ends, and then bring everything back up.
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Check signal for 101 sat,mark current settings with magic marker on the dish.
Loosen the three bolts "slimeline/sidecar" or two bolts "phase3 standard" that hold the dish to the mast,loosen just enough to move dish freely left and right.
slowly move the dish each way from the mark watching sat signal for 101,when you get it at it's highest tighten the bolts and restart unit.
If you never get a signal you need more help.
Don't do this if it seems dangerous or is more than you handle. Be safe by all means .
Glad your OK!
Loosen the three bolts "slimeline/sidecar" or two bolts "phase3 standard" that hold the dish to the mast,loosen just enough to move dish freely left and right.
slowly move the dish each way from the mark watching sat signal for 101,when you get it at it's highest tighten the bolts and restart unit.
If you never get a signal you need more help.
Don't do this if it seems dangerous or is more than you handle. Be safe by all means .
Glad your OK!
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Check your pole to be sure its level , maybe the wind on the dish pushed it back just enough to lose signal.
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And, make sure the cable ends are secured. Ran into this over the weekend. Inside the house, one of the cables had a loose end, that was not obvious, but when I touched the cable, the whole thing fell out.
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