811 or DPP44 dying?

[DWS44]

This afternoon I turn on my old 811 in the bedroom, and when I switch channels, it goes downhill quickly.

It starts hunting satellites on any channel and can't seem to connect to any of the sats. I tried a soft reboot, got the same thing once it restarted. Tried another soft reboot followed by a check switch. Now, when the check switch finishes it shows "all" for 61.5, then "odd" for 110 & 119. Again, still no channels come in and searches for 110 or 119 come up empty. I unplugged for a few minutes, then tried another check switch with same results and still no channels.

My 622 and 311 are both working fine, so I assume that the DPP44 is still fine and the old 811 is kicking (or kicked) the bucket.

Any other ideas to get it cranking again? I was planning to upgrade to a 211 in the fall, trying to hold out till the end of baseball season, since I've "moved" for the summer.

 

[volkodav]

it sounds like bad 811 have you tryed swaping ports on DPP44 sw?

 

[RandallA]

Lately, I've been reading a lot about the 811s losing the satellite signal. Could it be software related? It does sound like the sat tuner is gone though.

Try clearing the switch matrix. Disconnect the satellite feed and run check switch. Connect satellite feed and run check switch again.

 

[dfergie]

I lost signal on mine for no good reason yesterday...

 

[DWS44]

Well...on a lark I just turned it back on a few minutes ago and now it's acting normal, like nothing happened...all channels coming in fine and check switch shows everything fine. Bizarre. Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll give em a try if it goes out again.