Greg from A-1 Satellite I isntalled customer a 322 several months ago. She purchased a HDTV, and after it was isntalled, her satellite was losing signal/going to 1-5 and not seeing the 119 satellite. When I got there, I reset the ird, have over 90% signal on 119-110. Clear line of site. Thought it was fixed, then 1 of 5 again. I swapped the twin plus. worked for a few minutes, then 1-5 again. I swapped IRD, would pass switch test and work about 5 mintues, back to 1 of 5 Did a cold drop to the ground block from the dish, started working again. Connect the ground to the GB, 1 of 5 again. I by passed the GB and it worked for about 5 minutes, then 1-5 again. I did a cold drop through the window, to the IRD, and seemed to work OK. If I connect either side of the ground block, I get 1-5. I figure I would come back and replace al the cable run to the IRD, and use a dual coax instead of the single to the seperator, but today she called and said that it has been out again. It is connected with a new wire from the the dish through the window to the IRD. I also replaced the seperator, the IRD, the twin plus and all the cabling. I am perplexed. I checked the electric with a tester to see if the outlet had a bad ground? Looks OK. Is it possible that this new HDTV has a bad ground and is feeding a short into the coax cable? I guess the next thing is to try antoher TV and see if she has any problems with another TV connected. THis all started when she installed the new TV. I also checked all the connectors that the stinger was not too long or short, and there is no brading shorting to the stinger. Any suggestions?
