Tuning Failure on Dish TV S7070R

Thanks in advance for any assistance on this first of all. Just been quoted a price for both (separate quotes) trouble-shooting this issue and a new UHF aerial install and the latter was higher than I would have thought...hence the post here.

Just purchased a Panasonic TH-50C400Z with built in Freeview, but still unsure whether it has a dual tuner, so have also invested in a Dish TV S7070r receiver.

I have 3 cables from the wall in my room (bedroom, but was the original lounge area in the property). One cable goes in to a Leema 5452 splitter and another from the wall connects to 1 of the other ports on this splitter, with a third cable doing the same (leaving 1 free port).

A bit of background: I had SKY working pretty well, although signal quality and strength was not great (semi rural property). I left SKY last year, so no Sat box anymore.

There is another TV in the house that is working at the moment with another Freeview receiver. Signal strength and quality both good.

I cannot get my Dish TV unit to tune. I have compared the settings on the other Freeview unit and mirrored these, but still no joy trying the Optus Sats.

The fact that the other unit in the house is working off the old Sky Dish would rule out the LNB and the dish itself being at fault, so I am thinking cable or another LNB setting on my unit that I am missing?

Thanks again for any help...

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 30, 2016 at 20:53

Check to see if your settings match below image.

try 10750 then 11300

Check you are connecting cable to LNB In not the LNB Out on the S7070r (most common mistake)

The Panasonic TH-50C400Z doesn't seem to have a sat tuner just DVB-T

Is this the Splitter you have ?

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Connor on May 30, 2016 at 21:16

Hi Paul,

Tried both 10750 and 11300, no joy on Satellite or Blind Scan.

Yes, that's the exact splitter and yes, I was in the LNB IN.

Any other suggestions?

Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 30, 2016 at 21:19

Have you tried connecting the S7070r in the other room with the working tv ?

What is the make and model of the other freeview box ?

You might want to check the cable on the other receiver to rule that out as the problem .

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Connor on May 30, 2016 at 21:26

You read my mind, Paul. I will try those steps later tonight and post back here.

It is also the same make and model, so that's lucky...good old Warehouse!

Cheers again.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 30, 2016 at 21:31

The splitter may be faulty , it happens , I have (3) S7070r plus a S7010 PVR connected to the same dish with a four port splitter all work fine :)

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Connor on May 30, 2016 at 23:14

ok. That's a thought. Although the Sky was working through the splitter until last year.

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Connor on May 30, 2016 at 23:41

Tried my S7070r in the other location in the house and the stations tuned fine. Signal Strength around 72% and Signal Quality 98%, although I noticed both were dropping out completely at regular intervals.

No luck with the 'working' receiver in my room, so I guess we are looking at cable issue somewhere. Could still be the splitter I guess.

There is a 2 way splitter in the lounge I notice. I could try and remove that and try in my room to eliminate that, but it's awkward to get at.

I may just have to get the installer out after all.

Thanks for all your advice so far.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on May 31, 2016 at 0:00

If the signal is coming and going it could be that something is interfering with the Dishes line of sight it only takes a branch on a tree waving in the wind to interfere , our neighbours tree causes this problem on windy days.

If your Dish is roof mounted and there aren't any obstacles then possibly the LNB is failing common on older Sky Dishes.

What LNB setting are you using ? 10750 or 11300

Older Sky Dish's suffer from LNB drift 10745 or 10755 may help , but are only a temporary fix.

fyi my Signal Strength is 72% /73% /74% and 98% Signal quality for all 3 units.

You are probably suffering from signal loss with a 2 way splitter plus the 3 way splitter the signal is degrading with every connection , without a signal booster.

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Connor on May 31, 2016 at 0:26

10750.

And yes, we have lots of trees on the property, so that makes sense.

I will get an installer out and see what they think and let you know :)

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Permalink Reply by Sean O'Connor on May 31, 2016 at 0:36

I just tried one more thing to take the splitter out of the equation, so took the main cable in to the splitter and connected it to the receiver. BINGO! 68% Signal Strength and 98% Signal Quality, but happy I have TV reception now.

I guess the splitter may have been the culprit.

Cheers.