Post 1 made on Thursday November 15, 2001 at 22:54 |
Micael Kniss Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2001 7 |
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Hey everyone,
Has anybody ever had a dish network system fry their vcr? I had a relative call me last night and ask for advice. He said that his vcr of three year stoped working so he bought a new one and ran the dish through it so he could record, well something happend to it within a few moments apon power up. He took the vcr back a got a replacement. Same thing. So I suggested a bad ground from or on the dish? He then said that he had hooked it up directly to his tv and it work fine. Any words of wisdom?
Thanks
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Post 2 made on Friday November 16, 2001 at 10:02 |
Spiky Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | May 2001 2,288 |
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Did he run the cable from the dish directly to the VCR instead of directly to the sat box?
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Post 3 made on Friday November 16, 2001 at 17:34 |
Larry Fine Loyal Member |
Joined: Posts: | August 2001 5,002 |
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Spikey is right; there should be nothing between the dish antenna and its receiver. There is a DC voltage on the coax that powers the LNB. The VCR goes AFTER the receiver on the way to the TV.
Larry
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OP | Post 4 made on Saturday November 17, 2001 at 01:01 |
Micael Kniss Founding Member |
Joined: Posts: | October 2001 7 |
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No, he went from the Sat. reciever to the vcr with coax cable. He did the same with the tv. Sat. reciever then to the tv. He tried both coax and RCA's. Worked fine like that, hooked to the tv. He went back to the vcr and poof. He has another vcr hooked up right now and it seems to be working. He hasn't tried to record from the dish yet, but so far so good. Maybe just a string of bad luck? Thanks for the input.
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