constant boot loop.

Hello, let me start by saying i am unsure where to make this post, i chose here as the t5 is my main receiver. Just got 82 and 91 dish installed, 95% Q and S. Hardware set up is 2 LNBFs connected to an SW 21 switch, 91 in port 1, 82 in port 2.

Connected to the dream link t5 hd, receiver went into boot loop non stop. swapped out the dl200 module for another one, same issue. Removed the rg6 cable, with the dl200 installed and the boot loop stopped.

Connected a mega tvi 300shd, and same thing with the cable connected it goes into boot loop. I am unsure where the loop is being caused.

any advise would be helpful.

You have a short somewhere It's a process of elimination to find it

I would hookup direct (no switches) to 91 with HD module "OUT" and see if it still acts up the same (Boot Loop)
like NBS said, you have short somewhere (cables, LNB, switch, etc.)

It could be a power supply issue,(internal or external) the bigger the current load the more AC ripple on the DC line if a cap is going bad.

thank you all, i am going to try to bypass the switches, i did already try different power cables with the same results.

hey guys just wanted to update as i got around to it now, so what i have done is changed the from the double lnf and sw 21s to a dp quad, and replaced the rg6 cable. still getting a ton of boot loops on the dream link. the satatlie is being installed on a shingle/wood roof. and i have not yet grounded the satalite dish, but will the grounding improve this?

thanks

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Originally Posted by jeffg1

hey guys just wanted to update as i got around to it now, so what i have done is changed the from the double lnf and sw 21s to a dp quad, and replaced the rg6 cable. still getting a ton of boot loops on the dream link. the satatlie is being installed on a shingle/wood roof. and i have not yet grounded the satalite dish, but will the grounding improve this?

thanks

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The dp quad has a built-in switch, when you say Boot Loop, is the receiver stuck constantly Re-booting ?
or is it doing something else ? grounding the dish/cables is Good but that won't cause receiver to be in a Boot-Loop state
You have a short somewhere, something as simple as shielding wire touching copper core wire at F-connectors, LNB connection etc. will cause a short, You need to track it down what is causing your problem.

yes i have tried everything now except using a differnt type of F connector, that would be my next attempt. I have replaced everything in the satelite setup. i am not using any other switches, just the one built into the quad lnbf. it just turns off, and then i say Hi, Boot and it loops, nothing gets passed the Hi, Boot message.

without the rg6 cable, the reciever does not boot loop, its once the cable makes contract with the port on the back of the receiver.

Then I would say you have a short in the cabling or the caps maybe going in the receiver.

Have you tried the boot-loop upgrade file, on it, available in the dreamlink file section

No not yet, the only reason why not is that my mega tvi stb also goes into a boot loop, so i didn't think it was a reciever issue.

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Originally Posted by jeffg1

No not yet, the only reason why not is that my mega tvi stb also goes into a boot loop, so i didn't think it was a reciever issue.

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IF BOTH Receivers go into a Boot-Loop then most likely there is a short in the cabling/connections somewhere

yes that what i have been saying, BOTH are looping, i bought new 3 ghz quad shielded rg6, made new connectors over the weekend, doubt 2 different sets of F connectors and still looping.

Inspect real close at the F-Connectors, all it takes is a strand of the shielding wire or any wire Touching
the Copper conducting wire (copper core) to cause a short in the system. You said that with the cable hooked to back
of receiver it Loops, and when it's not hooked up the receiver doesn't loop. That tells me that there is a short somewhere
in the setup from your Dish back to receiver (LNB's, connections, switches if being used, etc.) You have to track it down
on what is causing the issue.

I now use the compression type F-Connectors. Used to have a problem with the crimp type doing a heart shape and cutting into the Copper core shorting it out.