I think this is the case (trouble with the local station) , as I found a few Direct TV users who also had no signal for the season premiere of NBC's "the Office". So we call the local station and fire off an email to dish... What do we do if the local station just says, 'whatever'? I'm...

I would say that both sources are having the same problems, but I think it is maybe a little worse on the dish signals, vs. the OTA. But I would say that yes, both have the same problem. So adjusting the OTA for less strength would be good? Unfortunately, I can't reach it on the top of my...

Overloading and multipath... I don't know how the unit deals with the OTA signal and the satelite signal internally, but it seems like perhaps I could test those theories by unplugging the OTA input from the unit? -J

100% Yes, the 100% is for the Over the Air signal. Good point on that one, but the signal strength indicator for the dish is also extremely high, in a new neighborhood where all the houses are taller than the trees (so definitely no obstruction). I'm assuming the cables that are being...

Same problem We also live in the Sacramento area and are experiencing the same problems. We've had the same Dish service with the 2 tuner HD DVRS for the past year and nothing in our system (DVRs, Wiring, satelite direction) has changed, but over the past several months, we've been...