Strange! Lost all of Hotbird

[massa121]

I have lost whole of hotbird 13 deg only. I get good signal on all other sats ok like Astra & Sirus. Usually hotbird is my strongest signal & easiest to find so at lost here what to do next? any sugesstions please. I am in the midlands.

[drpaulos]

So is the dish motorised?
If so, do you use DiSEqC or USALS for positioning? If the former, try manually moving the motor using the remote.

DrPaulos

[massa121]

Many thanks for reply. Dish is motorised and using diseqc but have tried your suggestion without any luck. What amazes me is that not a single channel is captured on that bird either it is H or V. It was ok till couple of days ago and then just disappeared. I even tried alligning manually without success.

[drpaulos]

I don't know the Hummies, but maybe you can backup your settings, and then do a factory reset, followed by resetting up the satellites, and restoring the channels? Also check you haven't got any funnies, like LNB or motor off in the Hotbird setting.

DrPaulos

[massa121]

Thanks for suggestion. I will do the reset as I can't see any other option left. I will let you know if it is a success.

[massa121]

Sorry to bring this up again. I still can't get hotbird. I have changed LNB but no joy. One thing that puzzles me is when I am on Sirius & go on the antenna settings menu it actually shows hotbird as name of satellite. When I am at hotbird it also shows hotbird. Could this be causing somekind of a clash? All other sats show their names when I am at their transponder.:confused:

[voith driver]

hi massa121,
no m8, do not take too much notice about what's in the sat settings page when you initially go there as this quite often is down to there not being a strong enough signal to lock on.which is normal occurrence on sirius.

i would suggest you reload a channel settings file to start with, then see what you have, if you still have not got it, then its a case of retuning that sat in, i wonder if you have tried to do a manual search, and by the problem stated above you have changed the position that is related to hotbirds antenna alt
regards
voith

[massa121]

Thanks for reply Voith. I have just sorted after two weeks! The problem was my motor it seems.

[voith driver]

well done m8, glad you sorted it out
voith