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cablehiccups
06-08-2008, 06:50 PM
I don't know what happened... Here is my situation.

I had everything working fine. My wife was watching the sat inside and I moved the cable outside. Didn't unscrew anything, just pushed it over into the clip that it fell out of.

Signal - poof - gone. No signal, no quality, nothing. I figured I loosened a connection and shocked the disecq switch so I unscrewed my 110 and checked straight through to the receiver. Nothing.

Did I kill the lnbs? Did I kill the receiver?

Any suggestions to this newbie would be great!

I had an sv-4000 with 2 dual lnbfs hooked up through a switch... if that helps!

Thanks in advance.
Captain3831
06-08-2008, 06:54 PM
Hey my man, it sounds like you blew the Discq switch, so did you hook it up direct to one LNB to see if it worked ?
Captain3831
06-08-2008, 06:56 PM
sorry I see you did , try hooking it up straight through by checking both LNB's
Captain3831
06-08-2008, 07:00 PM
I would do a Factory default and see if your signal will come in or maybe you accidentaly nocked off your antenna settings on the receiver
cablehiccups
06-08-2008, 07:03 PM
I tried the factory reset already too. I get no signal on either lnb on the straight pass through.
skybliss
06-08-2008, 08:10 PM
Should be Diseq switch...damn thing!!! I went out and got Chieta - since that all is just fine!
HJ McDuck
06-08-2008, 08:47 PM
If you don't have a line tester or sat finder to check if you have power from the stb to the lnb, just touch the end of the cable to your tounge and see if you get a little jolt. If you have no power to the lnb, no signal. Now don't worry, it won't blow your tounge up, it like the jolt you get from a 9 volt battery, won't hurt you.
Ace Rimmer
06-08-2008, 09:59 PM
If you don't have a line tester or sat finder to check if you have power from the stb to the lnb, just touch the end of the cable to your tounge and see if you get a little jolt. If you have no power to the lnb, no signal. Now don't worry, it won't blow your tounge up, it like the jolt you get from a 9 volt battery, won't hurt you.

thats a really good ideal , i have to remember it
HJ McDuck
06-09-2008, 11:03 AM
LMAO, It works. Been installing dishes for 25 years.
cablehiccups
06-09-2008, 05:29 PM
Thanks for all of the help!

McDuck's idea worked great - there was no "shock" up on my ladder at my switch.... followed it back down the line - one of my compression fittings had slipped at my grounding block.

Back up!
HJ McDuck
06-09-2008, 09:51 PM
Your welcome, happy I could help. That's a trick from the old days.