Samsung HDTV Receiver Possessed By Bealzabub

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Dino spewed forth with this commentary:

> Happy Sunday All,
>
> I have a Samsung SIRTS160 HDTV Receiver connected to the only HDTV
> plasma screen in the house. I've had all kinds of trouble with the
> HDTV signal for the past 6 months. One of the problems I've had is
> the inability to get HDTV channels even though I've subscribed to
> them.
>
> After I finally got my signal problems solved but the HDTV channels
> still weren't available. After a 2 hour phone session with DTV
> escalated service, We got the actual HDTV channels to appear on the
> guide. Problem was, I got a "searching for satellite" message when I
> tried to tune to them or channel
> 99. Frequently the system would just freeze on an HD channel
> eventually going dark and then into installation mode where it would
> repeat the behavior. All the other (4) receivers in the house get the
> 99 and 400 channel just fine. Only this one is a problem. I even
> switched outputs on the multiswitch to ensure that the problem wasn't
> there, in the LNB or in the cabling between multi switch and LNB. I
> got the same result.
> I even ran a direct RG60 cable from the multiswitch to the box to
> ensure that there wasn't any RG59 cable in the wall between the
> multiswitch and box.....same result.
> It looks like we have it narrowed down to the box which is less than
> a year old. If that is the case, the box worked for about 2 months
> where we were able to view HDTV programming. Since we had all kinds
> of other goofy problems in the system.....we attributed them to the
> 70's 80's and 90's not working.
> I'd sure appreciate anyone else's opinion on this. There are some
> smart folks on this group.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dino

Most manufactures have a 1 year warranty on the equipment... if it does and
it's still good, get it replaced. If you're getting the standard definition
channels fine and are having problems with the signal strength of the HC
channels, you may have an alignment problem... but it doesn't sound that way
from your post.

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