[nostalgiaguru]

Ok, I knew they would install a new dish, but why 3 LNBs? Is it one each for HD, non-HD, and local channels, or does it pertain more to satellite positioning or something else?

(believe me, there's a reason I'm asking)

 

[ChuckA]

One LNB for each satellite position you need to receive.

 

[nostalgiaguru]

One LNB for each satellite position you need to receive.

So, no LNB specifically for locals?

 

[EXTACAMO]

I'm guessing that one of those LNB's is for the 129 location. I pretty sure that is where your locals are.

 

[ChuckA]

Only in the case where your locals come from a satellite you don't already pick up. It is still one LNB per sat position, but maybe what you had could not pick up the sat needed for your locals.

 

[EXTACAMO]

If you press the info button twice while watching a channel it will tell you which sat its on.

 

[Bill R]

If you press the info button twice while watching a channel it will tell you which sat its on.

But that does not show the transponder that the channel is on. To get that information press menu, 6, 1,1.

Nostalgiaguru,

FYI, think of a transponder as a transmitter for a group of channels. Locals are usually on spot beams that only send a group of channels to a limited area. It is like the beam on a flashlight, it is focused to a very limited area. All of the national channels are on transponders that cover all of the U.S. (or most of it, some satellites, like the 129 satellite, do not cover the entire U.S.). That information might help if you are have a problem receiving some channels. If you give us specific information on the problem you are having (if you are having one) we could help you troubleshoot it.

 

[nostalgiaguru]

But that does not show the transponder that the channel is on. To get that information press menu, 6, 1,1.

Nostalgiaguru,

FYI, think of a transponder as a transmitter for a group of channels. Locals are usually on spot beams that only send a group of channels to a limited area. It is like the beam on a flashlight, it is focused to a very limited area. All of the national channels are on transponders that cover all of the U.S. (or most of it, some satellites, like the 129 satellite, do not cover the entire U.S.). That information might help if you are have a problem receiving some channels. If you give us specific information on the problem you are having (if you are having one) we could help you troubleshoot it.

I had two LNBs previously, which gave me SD Americas 200 and locals. When the 722 was installed, it went to 3 LNBs.

I'm trying to figure out why my subscribed local channels (SD), and only the local channels, go to 1-2 seconds of black screen, with audio, every 15 minutes or so. No other channels behave in this way. I was hoping it was something easy to fix like a loose LNB, perhaps "loosened" during the wind storm from a couple of weeks ago.

 

[ChuckA]

This is a new problem that is currently being discussed in several threads of this forum. Take a look around.

 

[nostalgiaguru]

This is a new problem that is currently being discussed in several threads of this forum. Take a look around.

Yes, I've been reading, but not sure I came across any who were experiencing the problem on subscribed SD locals only.

So, it's a software problem, and there's nothing I can do until they fix the software?

 

[TheGrove]

I had two LNBs previously, which gave me SD Americas 200 and locals. When the 722 was installed, it went to 3 LNBs.

I'm trying to figure out why my subscribed local channels (SD), and only the local channels, go to 1-2 seconds of black screen, with audio, every 15 minutes or so. No other channels behave in this way. I was hoping it was something easy to fix like a loose LNB, perhaps "loosened" during the wind storm from a couple of weeks ago.

You are probably like me where they added a 2nd dish / 3rd LNB to get the HD's. In my case I needed a dish to point to 61.5 you may have just gotten a LNB to point to 129.