Ok this morning I powered up my trusty Spiderbox 9000 combo and after the reboot cycle got the "No Signal" display on my TV.
First thoughts maybe my dish is out of alignment? or possibly an LNB or cable fault, I refitted the "F" connector at the receiver end as the cable had a sharp bend in it.
No difference, so to check my dish was ok I connected the Spiderbox to a fixed 28.2e dish and still "No Signal"
At this point I suspected that the tuner might have failed as I knew the 28.2e dish was working fine.
I had decided that I would buy another Spiderbox as mine is well over two years old now (I really do like these receivers), but after a cup of coffee decided maybe I will reinstall the latest patch just in case.
I backed up my channels list then did a factory reset, then just for the heck of it I selected Astra2 in the satellite search menu.
I was amazed that I immediately got good signal and quality readings so did a short scan and the channels started popping up in the scan display.
I stopped the scan and reinstalled my channels list from my USB stick and after setting up UCAS and Network all was working (and still is) 100%
Clearly it had suffered a software corruption either when being powered down or when powering up, maybe a mains glitch at just the wrong time even though I always use surge protected mains blocks, just one of those unexplainable events.
Ok I am posting this just in case another member gets "No Signal" before you rip your hair out do try a factory reset (no need to reinstall the patch it's still there) but back up your channels first.
It worked for me and might work for you!!
First thoughts maybe my dish is out of alignment? or possibly an LNB or cable fault, I refitted the "F" connector at the receiver end as the cable had a sharp bend in it.
No difference, so to check my dish was ok I connected the Spiderbox to a fixed 28.2e dish and still "No Signal"
At this point I suspected that the tuner might have failed as I knew the 28.2e dish was working fine.
I had decided that I would buy another Spiderbox as mine is well over two years old now (I really do like these receivers), but after a cup of coffee decided maybe I will reinstall the latest patch just in case.
I backed up my channels list then did a factory reset, then just for the heck of it I selected Astra2 in the satellite search menu.
I was amazed that I immediately got good signal and quality readings so did a short scan and the channels started popping up in the scan display.
I stopped the scan and reinstalled my channels list from my USB stick and after setting up UCAS and Network all was working (and still is) 100%
Clearly it had suffered a software corruption either when being powered down or when powering up, maybe a mains glitch at just the wrong time even though I always use surge protected mains blocks, just one of those unexplainable events.
Ok I am posting this just in case another member gets "No Signal" before you rip your hair out do try a factory reset (no need to reinstall the patch it's still there) but back up your channels first.
It worked for me and might work for you!!
