sudden signal loss v7pro unit

[Hawk]

was watching a pbs channel when all signal was lost on all sats. pansat motor is moving from east to west using usals, but no signal. Any suggestions?

thank you for any help!

[STRETCH]

The receiver may have got too hot, disconnect all cables, let it cool down.
Make sure that the receiver has plenty of air around it, raise it a little, (use a cake stand).
Just in case, check your lnb settings, all connections etc.

Den

[Feralkiwi]

Look for a bird sitting in the C band LNB.
I had that with a low sat.

Also have had spiders in the LNB that sit with one leg on the LNB pickup pin and the others on the ground case.

Owen

[Hawk]

The spider web suggestion is very clever as I did notice some this morning.
I will raise the unit as suggested.
I have a usb stick in one port and a wifi dongle in the other. Do these increase the heat in the unit?

[Feralkiwi]

The spider web suggestion is very clever as I did notice some this morning.
I will raise the unit as suggested.
I have a usb stick in one port and a wifi dongle in the other. Do these increase the heat in the unit?

Yes the USB ports will use power and make the 5V supply in the box work harder / hotter.
Some users in hot areas use a PC fan on the box.

Owen