tp 12457/21500 troubles

[tcoh1]

having trouble with tp 12457/21500 v 2/3 turbo-8
works great on an other sub but on the sonicview 8000 got some strange issues under dish settings i got s:59 q:53 and i was able to scan channels and save but when i go to the channel the is no quality at all weird does anyone know if a capacitor would do this or is it the hd board appreciate any help thx

[Terryl]

What satellite this TP is on would help us a bit to help you better.

And a cap problem will not affect if you can get one TP or not.

[foresight]

Seen a ribbon cable get flaky and cause problems with quality. But it effected them all and not just the one.

[tcoh1]

What satellite this TP is on would help us a bit to help you better.

And a cap problem will not affect if you can get one TP or not.

Sat 119 is the one its on

[Mavrick]

It could be TP-Drift, if the receiver has the ability try adjusting the TP itself, go up or down one or two numbers and see if that improves it. For example try.....12456 or 12458.

[foresight]

Guess anything is possible but imo and in messing around with the Freq. I never seen any improvement. Most of the time problems such as this are a result of connection corrosion, switch and or alignment trouble. Guess lnb could be suspect as well do to age and or cracks. Most conus tp's after alignment and tweaking I would say should be close to 90% give or take. Seen spots a bit less. Sometime one has to take everything out of the equation and start from jump. Of coarse those that have a roof mount will have a lot more trouble with the trouble shooting. Could always be an internal thing with the stb as well but the external stuff is the usual suspect.

[Mavrick]

Guess anything is possible but imo and in messing around with the Freq. I never seen any improvement. Most of the time problems such as this are a result of connection corrosion, switch and or alignment trouble. Guess lnb could be suspect as well do to age and or cracks. Most conus tp's after alignment and tweaking I would say should be close to 90% give or take. Seen spots a bit less. Sometime one has to take everything out of the equation and start from jump. Of coarse those that have a roof mount will have a lot more trouble with the trouble shooting. Could always be an internal thing with the stb as well but the external stuff is the usual suspect.

I agree, usually stuff like this is a LNB issue and sometimes you can fix it by playing with the TP freq. It's interesting that other STB's work fine so maybe it is a failing LNB and the Sonicview has a weeker tuner in it than the other STB causing the issue only to show on the Sonicview. Swapping out the LNB would be my second move.

[tcoh1]

went on the roof and replaced the coax rg6 f type male connector and sure as ***** everything is working great i cant believe that a corroded connector would cause one tp to act up
thank you everyone for your help