take off the conector that screws into the ird
see of there ios any back crap on it
I had that problem
I cleaned it, and cut the cable about an inch, put on a 'screw o connector'
and no porblems since
goodluck
James


"Eric Desrochers" <dero72@mac.com> wrote in message
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> AMUN <spamblocker@bell.net> wrote:
>
>> Assuming you meant to type even/odd.
>> And also assuming you are only using one bird.
>
> Hello. Yes, odd number transponders give 90% + reception and the even
> number transponders alternate between mostly no signal and brief good
> signal.
>
> I'll go outside check the connections.
>
> My cable is the 100 feet one provided by Bell in their installation kit.
>
>> What you have to look for is that the receiver changes the voltage sent
>> to
>> the LNB, this should change between (approx) 13 volts, and 18 volts as
>> you
>> go from even to odd.
>
> I'll check that too, thanks!
>
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