Question posted by deniseolds1952 on July 15th, 2013

Pixelating And No Reception On Certain Channels

We have constant picture loss and severe pixalation on both channels 242 & 243 , USA and Syfihd.  How can I fix this? I have done a complete restart with no improvement.

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on July 15th, 2013 1:26 PM
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It sounds like it's an issue with the dish. The alignment probably needs to be adjusted or possibly there is a tree that needs to be trimmed that's in the path of the dish. You will need a DirecTV technician to do this for you. Contact information for DirecTV can be found here:

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/content/contact_us

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