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Are these signal strengths normal?

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Satellite transponders (32 total at 101º)
All between 89-100

Satellite transponders (3 total at 110º)
[Several HD channels are beamed from 110ºW]
1-8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 89
9-16 NA 89 NA 89 NA NA NA NA

Satellite transponders (11 total at 119º)
[A few HD channels, local SD channels, and Spanish package]
17-24 NA NA NA NA NA 100 0 96
25-32 96 98 97 98 98 71 100

Satellite transponders (6 total at 99º(s))
[Local HD channels for some cities]
1-8 0 55 31 32 29 95 NA NA
[Note: these can be very slow to appear]

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(s))
[Local HD channels for some cities]
1-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
9-16 NA NA NA NA NA NA 95 0
17-24 89 22 0 56 0 0 0 96
[Note, these can be very slow to appear]

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(c))
[Most national HD channels]
All 81-92

Some of these numbers seem really low.
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SPACEMAKER said:
Satellite transponders (32 total at 101º)
All between 89-100

Satellite transponders (3 total at 110º)
[Several HD channels are beamed from 110ºW]
1-8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 89
9-16 NA 89 NA 89 NA NA NA NA

Satellite transponders (11 total at 119º)
[A few HD channels, local SD channels, and Spanish package]
17-24 NA NA NA NA NA 100 0 96
25-32 96 98 97 98 98 71 100

Satellite transponders (6 total at 99º(s))
[Local HD channels for some cities]
1-8 0 55 31 32 29 95 NA NA
[Note: these can be very slow to appear]

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(s))
[Local HD channels for some cities]
1-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
9-16 NA NA NA NA NA NA 95 0
17-24 89 22 0 56 0 0 0 96
[Note, these can be very slow to appear]

Satellite transponders (16 total at 103º(c))
[Most national HD channels]
All 81-92

Some of these numbers seem really low.
they seem ok to me. the (S) ones are spotbeams, most of them will be low or 0
99 & 103 "s" are spot beams and if they're not pointing at your dish [your location] then the readings could be zero.
Your other readings look fair to good, FWIW.
OK. Thanks. I'm just trying to figure out what could be causing my HR20-100 to be locking up 1 or 2 times per day since 0x235 was released. It's been a nightmare.
SPACEMAKER said:
OK. Thanks. I'm just trying to figure out what could be causing my HR20-100 to be locking up 1 or 2 times per day since 0x235 was released. It's been a nightmare.
anything in particular that you notice when it locks, Recording, playing back, particular channel?\
As others have noted, the signal strengths look good ..
curt8403 said:
anything in particular that you notice when it locks, Recording, playing back, particular channel?\
Seems to involve recordings. Sometimes the recordings are cut off, sometimes it locks up during playback, sometimes we turn it on while it's recording and it's locked up. Sometimes the thing is locked up when we haven't used the DVR for anything at all for several hours. This DVR performed nearly flawlessly from the time I got it in October until near the end of June. It seems to be getting worse lately. I have noticed dozens of similar complaints in the DVR 0x235 threads.

Also, my temps are always 89-95 degrees and I always have at least 65% available on the disc.

I'm just getting really tired of this. Also my wife is starting to give me a hard time about spending $200 for a DVR and another $120+ per month. When I told her that D* won't stand behind their products without charging $80 for tech vist (or $20+5.99) for the protection plan she just shook her head in disgust. At me.
SPACEMAKER said:
Seems to involve recordings. Sometimes the recordings are cut off, sometimes it locks up during playback, sometimes we turn it on while it's recording and it's locked up. Sometimes the thing is locked up when we haven't used the DVR for anything at all for several hours. This DVR performed nearly flawlessly from the time I got it in October until near the end of June. It seems to be getting worse lately. I have noticed dozens of similar complaints in the DVR 0x235 threads.

Also, my temps are always 89-95 degrees and I always have at least 65% available on the disc.

I'm just getting really tired of this. Also my wife is starting to give me a hard time about spending $200 for a DVR and another $120+ per month. When I told her that D* won't stand behind their products without charging $80 for tech vist (or $20+5.99) for the protection plan she just shook her head in disgust. At me.
Remind D* how valuable you are with your $120 per month and insist they fix the issue of their LEASED receiver or you'll consider a change. BTW, don't waste your time with their CSR, asked for their retention department and you should get better results.
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