searching for satellite signal

• said_aouita

  

  f*cking TV wrote:Searching for satellite signal....(771).

  Thanks DirectTv. Time to go clean the dish.
  
  
  Who else after the snow is having satellite signal issues?
• dlazz

  I don't have satellite or cable.
  
  Hope this helps.
• justincredible

  

  dlazz;1414031 wrote:I don't have satellite or cable.
  
  Hope this helps.

  Same. Digital antenna. Every once in a while when the weather is bad it gets choppy as hell, though.
• said_aouita

  

  justincredible;1414034 wrote:Digital antenna..

  Have not looked into this enough. Sounds interesting.
  
  Wonder how well it would work in St Paris compared to a large city.
• dlazz

  said_aouita;1414047 wrote:
  Wonder how well it would work in St Paris compared to a large city.

  This seems to indicate it'll work fairly well, though I'm sure your mileage will vary.
  
  http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d1dda7235dadbf6
• sherm03

  

  My DirecTV was searching for a signal all night last night.
  
  Luckily, I had Netflix...and the signal came back on so that the DVR could record the 3am showing of Walking Dead.
• rydawg5

  said_aouita;1414047 wrote:Have not looked into this enough. Sounds interesting.
  
  Wonder how well it would work in St Paris compared to a large city.

  Technically a Coat Hanger is a "digital antenna" as long as your tuner is directly installed already in your plasma.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I have DirecTv and this doesn't happen to me.
• WebFire

  When I had DTV this happened to me with the slightest bit of snow/ice.
• hangonsloopy

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;1414071 wrote:I have DirecTv and this doesn't happen to me.

  
  Same here. Once it went out in a really bad thunderstorm but that's it.
• Gblock

  this was happening to me until i kept calling until someone came out a few months ago. he replaced some part he said that was defective in dishes installed in a certain time period. havent had an issue since. he said that whenever it gets wet or rains water leaks in and you dish will not work for a while. i assumed that the snow was blocking the signal, he said that snow/storm should not interfere with your tv veiwing.
• WebFire

  Gblock;1414089 wrote:this was happening to me until i kept calling until someone came out a few months ago. he replaced some part he said that was defective in dishes installed in a certain time period. havent had an issue since. he said that whenever it gets wet or rains water leaks in and you dish will not work for a while. i assumed that the snow was blocking the signal, he said that snow/storm should not interfere with your tv veiwing.

  Mine was snow. I just had to go up and brush it off. Luckily it was in an easy spot to get to.
• fish82

  

  My dish sits low enough that I can keep it coated with Rain-X. I never lose signal, even in snow/thundersorms.
• said_aouita

  

  fish82;1414159 wrote:My dish sits low enough that I can keep it coated with Rain-X..

  good idea
• GoChiefs

  

  said_aouita;1414198 wrote:good idea

  
  Vegetable oil works well too I've heard.
• said_aouita

  

  ccrunner609;1414219 wrote:my dish network did that for about 15 minutes this morning but nothing last night when it was snowing.

  Same. Usually when I get the "searching...." it happens shortly after sun rise when the melting begins.
  
  I really had connection problems during the ice storm a few years ago. A hair dryer and about a five foot piece of pvc tubing on the end worked awesome.
• dlazz

  I didn't watch TV today or yesterday and had no issues.
  
  Hope this helps.