I was waiting for a new show to air on National Geographic. I waited a whole week and just today a storm come and I have no signal on the FTA. Do you guys know of any way to increase the efficiency of a sattelite dish. I have Dish Network and I'm not even going to bother calling them because they know less than a two yearold. Please no stupid answers like get cable!!!
2007-07-18 15:09:49 · 7 answers · asked by dudas_91 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
There is little you can do however radioshack does sell a satillite finder that will help you find the signal better, in a snow storm thoe you will have to remove the snow to get a good signal.
2007-07-18 15:14:09 · answer #1 · answered by chriz_64 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is any answer to that. I use direct tv and I had perfect picture during a major hurricane. But guess what? A little summer shower comes through and it's out...but only for a minute or two. Make sure your dish is in the right position without any blockage. If that's okay, then try direct tv. Maybe you are just in a bad area. Hope this helps. :)
2007-07-18 15:20:35 · answer #2 · answered by beth220 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time this is due to heavy winds during a storm because it moves the dish out of allignment. If your dish moves easily then it's not bolted down tight enough. Rain alone should never interfere with the signal & snow will interfere if it piles on the dish.
2007-07-18 17:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by Chris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The LNB is getting water into it somehow...you need a Dish Tech to come out when it rains, OR you need to hose it while he's there....Like it's raining on it.
That should make it fail.....THEN he can fix it.
I never lost signal on Dish.....maybe a couple blocks of picture, but never the Entire picture
2007-07-18 17:01:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some areas are better than others but they all lose their signal if the weather is real bad
2007-07-18 15:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by tsikes111 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look at radio shack and electorinick stores like that maybe they have something that will help. most of the time if there is bad wether satellite is doomed. i have heard myths of being able to use magnets to like super multiply the capacety of a sattalite dish but i wouldn't try it.
2007-07-18 16:27:05 · answer #6 · answered by Pinoy boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my brother said, that if your tv stations mess up when bad weather, you need to talk to your carrier and let them fix the problem, because it isnt suppose to mess up in bad weather!!
2007-07-18 16:38:56 · answer #7 · answered by hppy2b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋