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Signal Drop

  • 09-01-2011 11:04pm
    #1
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭


    Recently I bought a Strong 7100 HD satellite receiver and pointed it at 28 east using a 80cm solid dish and was delighted with the result. I was getting a strength signal of between 96 & 98% and a quality signal of between 80 & 90% on practically all channels.
    The on/off switch began giving trouble so I returned the receiver within a week of purchase and was given a new replacement. However when I plugged in the new receiver the signal strength remained the same but the quality signal has dropped down to between 60 & 70%. Why would this be? I’ve checked all the connections both on the set and at the LNB. Any advice would be appreciated.


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  • #2
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    Different receiver calibration.
    Change in the weather.
    Water ingress into cable or other damage such as kinking.
    Dish moved.
    Tree growing in signal path.
    Local interference.


  • #3
    excollier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,576 ✭✭✭excollier


    Liameter wrote: »
    Different receiver calibration.
    Change in the weather.
    Water ingress into cable or other damage such as kinking.
    Dish moved.
    Tree growing in signal path.
    Local interference.

    ....and do you see that partridge, just there in the line of sight, in that pear tree...:D....sorry.


  • #4
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    Liameter wrote: »
    Different receiver calibration.
    Change in the weather.
    Water ingress into cable or other damage such as kinking.
    Dish moved.
    Tree growing in signal path.
    Local interference.
    Probably the receiver calibration 'cos I checked all the connections, well there's only two. I'll see how it behaves over the next while Thanks!


  • #5
    stephendevlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭stephendevlin


    Too many variables!


  • #6
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    stephendevlin wrote: »
    Too many variables!
    Not sure what you mean there.............


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  • #7
    stephendevlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭stephendevlin


    juuge wrote: »
    Not sure what you mean there.............


    Liamter just mentioned 5 things there of what it could be lol .... They be called Variables...:D


  • #8
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    stephendevlin wrote: »
    Liamter just mentioned 5 things there of what it could be lol .... They be called Variables...:D

    Gotcha! - I didn't know whether you meant Liamter gave too many variables or that there are too many variables.:)


  • #9
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    So the procedure is to eliminate each possibility, one by one.


  • #10
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    After trying all the obvious things like connections, dish alignment, obstructions etc. I noticed that the firmware on the replacement box was not the latest version so I downloaded the newest one from the strong web site and voilà 95% quality signal.


  • #11
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    Ah, well, if you'd told us that it didn't have the latest firmware... ;-)

    However, I'm pleased that my suggestion "different receiver calibration" was correct, so the fix was simple.


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  • #12
    juuge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 792 ✭✭✭juuge


    Liameter wrote: »
    Ah, well, if you'd told us that it didn't have the latest firmware... ;-)
    I presumed that because it was a new box it would have had the latest firmware. If I'd known it didn't have the latest firmware I wouldn't have posted. Thanks for the suggestions:)


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