ActiveLad
Novice Member
I've had no real problems with my Foxsat HDR for all the years I've had it (12 I think). However, a few weeks ago I noticed that I was getting the occasional picture breakup and pixellation that I'd never had before. A few days ago a whole bunch of recordings "Failed for Unknown Reason". So I thought maybe it was time for a complete reset and retune, so I used the factory reset option in the menu.
Going through the setup wizard OK, I came to the satellite search section, clicked to start searching for the satellite signal and it sat there. Searching...searching...searching until it finally told me that no signal was found (which was odd since there had been a signal before). Thinking that perhaps there might be dish or cable issue, I climbed up on the roof this morning to take a look. The satellite dish appeared OK, it hadn't moved and I couldn't see anything loose. I followed the cable to where it entered the house and all seemed well. I then got out the signal meter and it reported a decent strength signal. Plugged everything back together. Nothing. No signal found.
Does this sound like a dead or dying box?
Going through the setup wizard OK, I came to the satellite search section, clicked to start searching for the satellite signal and it sat there. Searching...searching...searching until it finally told me that no signal was found (which was odd since there had been a signal before). Thinking that perhaps there might be dish or cable issue, I climbed up on the roof this morning to take a look. The satellite dish appeared OK, it hadn't moved and I couldn't see anything loose. I followed the cable to where it entered the house and all seemed well. I then got out the signal meter and it reported a decent strength signal. Plugged everything back together. Nothing. No signal found.
Does this sound like a dead or dying box?
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