Troubleshooting Your Dish Network Receiver

It has happened to all of us. It's fourth and ten with just 1:42 to go in the second half - and of policy your team is down. The weather face is getting worse and worse. Suddenly, the image on your Tv looks eerily like the snow falling face your window. It is a race against the game clock to get picture back on your Tv before you have to resign and just look for the score on the evening news.

Remember, only on a rare opportunity will you lose picture with Dish Network - when you do, more often than not, there is nothing wrong with your tool or the service. This report discusses some of the easiest and fastest ways to troubleshoot your Dish Network receiver.From High in the Sky to Your Dish Network Receiver

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Dish Network uploads programming to its satellites via huge transmission stations on earth. The digital image travels upward straight through the atmosphere where it at last finds satellites orbiting the Earth miles above the United States. Those satellites capture and resend the digital signal in such a way that nearly everybody with a plain view of the sky can receive it. The signal is collected by the ubiquitous mini-dishes and sent straight through cables to your Dish Network receiver, which is set up to decode and convert the digital signal to a viewable picture. That viewable picture is transferred to your brand-new, 56 inch widescreen plasma Tv, where only moments ago you were watching the second half of your popular team's football game.The Game Plan

If you suddenly lose picture on your Tv, the qoute could be in any one of six places - but before you panic, let me tell you you're only going to have to check four of them.The Dish - If something interferes with the signal getting from the satellite down to your dish the picture is obviously going to suffer. If the signal is wholly blocked, your picture will disappear. Make sure that there is nothing in the middle of your dish and where your dish is pointing in the sky. This could include: a tree branch, your motor home, your neighbor's motor home, a build-up of snow, ice, or inordinate water on the dish, or whatever else you could maybe imagine. Luckily, the clarification is simple. Get the signal flowing freely back to your Dish Network receiver by removing the obstruction. Of course, if the obstruction is your neighbor's prize winning oak tree, be judicious as you inspect ways of removing it (i.e. Talk to her about it and shape out a clarification together). If it is ice or snow just wipe the dish clean, and you'll be back to your game before they even snap the ball. The Cables and Connections - The wiring and connecting pieces that carry the signal from the dish to your Dish Network receiver could also be part of the problem. It is unlikely that the image will suddenly cut out on you, especially in the fourth quarter, if the wiring is bad. The easiest way to test this is to ensure that the integrity of the cables is still intact and that all of the connections are tight. If you are still not getting picture to your television, try plugging the cables into someone else Tv, or routing the picture straight through your Vcr. If you still have no football game, try using different cables. If the picture comes back at any time while you are doing this, you've honed in on where the qoute is and you can go about fixing it... After the game, of course. Your Dish Network Receiver - On a very rare occasion, your receiver may stop receiving or decoding the signal properly. To fix this, plainly unplug the receiver for 30 seconds and then plug it back in. (Don't worry - 1:42 can last anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes at the end of a football game.) You can also try taking the programming card out of the receiver and then putting it back in again. Both of these steps help reset the receiver, and it should start functioning properly again as soon as you turn it back on. Your New Plasma Tv - I'm no scholar on troubleshooting Tvs that cost more than my car, but checking the cables and connections is never a bad thing. A word of guidance from one who has been there and done that - make sure the back of your huge, heavy television is easily accessible. The only thing that will make you more angry than missing the miracle comeback of your popular team in that game you are missing, is dropping that huge television on your toes as your were breaking your back consuming it out from the wall.

The good news is your team came back from behind and won. The better news is you read this report and were able to watch it live. The best news is you kept your cool and because your wife was so impressed with the way you handled the whole situation, she bought you a pool table.

Troubleshooting Your Dish Network Receiver

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