Lifetime Ultra doesn’t turn on

[jalapeno]

I have a 90 cm motorized dish. It works fine when I am next to the dish. That is with a 4-foot coaxial cable. When I make the connection inside the house. The receiver goes to some diagnostic test. Some blinking lights and then turns off. I thought the cable may been to long. Then I tried a direct shorter cable (30 feet) and the same thing happened again. Then I connected to an old DTV dish (fixed no motor) with the old cables that I had and the receiver turns on.
Now the only difference in this setup is that the DTV dish doesn’t have a motor and the cable coming from that dish is grounded.
Do you think that grounded cable may be the difference? Please advise.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by jalapeno

I have a 90 cm motorized dish. It works fine when I am next to the dish. That is with a 4-foot coaxial cable. When I make the connection inside the house. The receiver goes to some diagnostic test. Some blinking lights and then turns off. I thought the cable may been to long. Then I tried a direct shorter cable (30 feet) and the same thing happened again. Then I connected to an old DTV dish (fixed no motor) with the old cables that I had and the receiver turns on.
Now the only difference in this setup is that the DTV dish doesn’t have a motor and the cable coming from that dish is grounded.
Do you think that grounded cable may be the difference? Please advise.

Having a grounded cable shouldn't make a difference. Sounds like the cable might be shorted. Any possibility that the center conductor of the coax got bent over and touched the shield?

[jalapeno]

wejones,
Thanks for your reply. I have it working. It was a bad RG6 cable ( and brand new).