TV Troubles
Several weeks ago we noticed that we weren't able to get MSNBC. The screen message said "searching for signal." Gee, we thought, maybe they went out of business. Sometimes we're so dumb. Since we don't watch a lot of TV we didn't realize until a few days ago that we actually aren't getting about 70 channels. Yikes! What a strange problem. What could be wrong when 2/3 of the channels are beautiful and 1/3 are missing?
Ok. That means lots of phone calls, test this and that to try and figure out what is the problem. Is it the DirecTV receiver, the Datastorm dish, the cabling? Who knows. I'm just the observer and advice giver.
Some of the service providers are truly unhelpful. Once DirecTV found that the receiver is in a motorhome they wanted nothing more to do with us. The DataStorm users group has provided some insight. So far our Internet provider, MotoSat, has been most helpful and we may have located the problem...a failing LNB (whatever that is).
So they will replace it under warranty. Only problem is we are going to be on the move. This may not get resolved until we are settled in Montana for a week. Right now we're playing phone tag with MotoSat to figure out when and how to ship the part. Just one of the Fulltime RV challenges :).