"Acquiring signal nag"

[jennawan]

hey, my receivers been working great thanx to dave2s and the guys at NNW team...but just yesterday, my receiver wen't down...at least i think it did...I keep getting the "acquiring signal" nag continously without any tv at ALL...i'm not sure whats wrong, i've read a lot of other threads, that would have a solution to a similar problem to mine, but were unable to find any that works...
For some reason, i can't program my card with the lazyboyz program, i haven't tried the atmega fix yet...or anything else...

By the way, i'm running on a 3100, with a mechanical tsop lock, with a black atmega with jumper

I don't know much about these things...but i'll be quick to change that

Any help would be most greatful

[BirdieMod]

Try on the remote hitiing "Menu,6,1,1" run checkswitch and see what it shows for sats after .Check the signal strength of each sat then.

[jennawan]

well, i checked it right away...but before i could press the menu button, another box came up saying my card is not inserted properly
So...then i try to reprogram it...before i could, i wanted jeepers to read it...now it doesn't want to read anymore..it gives me the messege : "Failed to enter program mode"

dunno what to do anymore...

[jennawan]

forget about what i wrote upstairs...i found a thread...i'll figure it out myself, and keep you posted...

[jennawan]

well after fixing up my atmega...i did the check switch thing, and it's official...i have zero sat signal... :( .... dunno what to do without sat tv anymore...

[4x4]

Bypass the switch and run the cable right to the 91 sat LNBF and see what happens ...
Not much on the 82 bird anyways ...

[jennawan]

i'm sorry, i'm pretty new to this, (though i hate to use it as an excuse) but i don't really understand what your saying...
are you saying i should get up the roof, unplug the 82 and run it right through the 91?

[4x4]

Yep !

Don't use the switch at all , just run the main cable from the house to the 91 LNBF ..
See if it works ...

[jennawan]

[QUOTE]Yep !

Don't use the switch at all , just run the main cable from the house to the 91 LNBF ..
See if it works ...

Saw it, did it, doned it, finished it, and now i got 86% signal and now my life line is now back on "stable"

4X4 u are a GOD! thank you so much!

[4x4]

jennawan ,

That's good , sounds like maybe the switch is bad , at least now you know where to look ...
Great !

[jennawan]

4x4, well after 4 successful days, the problem has come back to hunt me...i've done the check switch again, and zero satellite frequency...i'm not sure what to do anymore...should i call my guy to install me another dish?

he's this chinese contractor who doesn't know much about english...and i'd really doubt he'd go and sell me off...

[turnip bandit]

i would say bad connection where it goes in the lnb try wiggling the cable on the lnb to see if it comes in if so your cable no good

[jennawan]

i wiggled that bastard free, at first it wouldn't work, but a minute later, everything was A-O.K
thanx for the tip!

[turnip bandit]

glad to here your up and running

[jennawan]

glad to here your up and running
Well, theres something really wrong with my satellite dish, or my cable is really bad, or a combination of both, because i can never get a stable signal...sometimes it works, sometimes i gotta wiggle the back, sometimes it doesn't work at all...
should i try that paper trick?

[turnip bandit]

get new cable and try it

[jennawan]

well, i don't think the problem is with the cable, because now that i have some signal (about 70-90%) i get some chanel, the problem is, my receiver won't lock on to every second transponder...like lets say transponder 1 will have 80% signal, then transponder 2 won't have any at all...
i'm not sure what to do...