Winegard travler won’t lock onto 61.5?

[mrome54369]

I’m in St Augustine FL and the Winegard travler won’t lock onto 61.5. We’ve been using the western satellites (110, 119, 129) but there’s a tree blocking those and clear sky for 61.5. Travler searched for 30 minutes or more, never stowed the dish on it’s own. I turned the wingard box off, unplugged and back on, tried searching again now for 30 minutes. display says “searching 61….” “peaking…” “Sat ID 61..” then goes back to “searching 61…”

[mrome54369]

Originally Posted by mrome54369

I’m in St Augustine FL and the Winegard travler won’t lock onto 61.5. We’ve been using the western satellites (110, 119, 129) but there’s a tree blocking those and clear sky for 61.5. Travler searched for 30 minutes or more, never stowed the dish on it’s own. I turned the winegard box off, unplugged and back on, tried searching again now for 30 minutes. display says “searching 61….” “peaking…” “Sat ID 61..” then goes back to “searching 61…”

I unplugged the winegard box once the screen showed "Sat ID 61W" and before it went to searching again. Hopper3 shows Satellite 61.5 so it appears to be working, recording shows. If anyone knows a fix to get the winegard to show *61 that will help for the future
thanks
Mike

[az99]

How old is it? My Travler from 2011-13 always had the same problem. Seems like you discovered the work around quickly. You have to do the same thing for the 72 sat. Occasionally 61 would lock but it was 50-50.
It would be nice if Winegard came out with a fix for their 10 year behind lack of an EA solution. I guess they don't care that most of the east coast locals are on 61.

[mrome54369]

Originally Posted by az99

How old is it? My Travler from 2011-13 always had the same problem. Seems like you discovered the work around quickly. You have to do the same thing for the 72 sat. Occasionally 61 would lock but it was 50-50.
It would be nice if Winegard came out with a fix for their 10 year behind lack of an EA solution. I guess they don't care that most of the east coast locals are on 61.

I think it's about the same age. good to hear I'm not the only one with the issue though you're right, would be nice if Winegard would fix it.
thanks
Mike

[Spk64]

Originally Posted by mrome54369

I unplugged the winegard box once the screen showed "Sat ID 61W" and before it went to searching again. Hopper3 shows Satellite 61.5 so it appears to be working, recording shows. If anyone knows a fix to get the winegard to show *61 that will help for the future

thanks

Mike

This has been pretty much the SOP for manually tuning. Below is my cheat sheet for tuning sats on the eastern arc.

1. Power On
2. When Screen switches to Powering On press [Enter]
3. Use Select button to select Search Mode
4. Press Enter to go into Search Mode
5. Select Manual Satellite
6. Select 61.5
7. Press Enter
8. Power Off and Back On to manually search for 61.5
9. Once it peaks at 61.5 power off
- Power Off and then Select to just power off box
10. Run CHeck Switch


When in a normal location switch back to mulit-sat and run check switch again.

[mrome54369]

Originally Posted by Spk64

This has been pretty much the SOP for manually tuning. Below is my cheat sheet for tuning sats on the eastern arc.

1. Power On
2. When Screen switches to Powering On press [Enter]
3. Use Select button to select Search Mode
4. Press Enter to go into Search Mode
5. Select Manual Satellite
6. Select 61.5
7. Press Enter
8. Power Off and Back On to manually search for 61.5
9. Once it peaks at 61.5 power off
- Power Off and then Select to just power off box
10. Run CHeck Switch


When in a normal location switch back to mulit-sat and run check switch again.

Thanks, I'm adding this to my cheat sheets!
Mike