Signal Loss while recording on HD-PVR

[Mike_De_Lange]

Story goes:

HD-PVR
Sat-CR LNB
60CM Stainless Steal Dish
Did a self install

Signal Strength 98%
Signal Quality 100%

During the recent overcast and raining evenings, as in non stop rain for the past 6 days, twice while recording one evening I got the exclamation mark in the recording red sign and looked at playlist and it had stopped recording due to "Signal Loss". Yet I was still watching the same channel I was recording without issues...Although looking in the information center signal status, I noticed Signal Strength or Quality drop down to 80%, then 90%, then 80%...But all channels were still fine...Just recording failed...

So wtf? This happened to anyone else? And does cloudy overcast weather really make that much of a difference?

Thanks for the input

 

[VanZan]

When there is severe weather between dish and satellite signal strength/quality is affected. Not familiar with your HD-PVR but is possible that the recording functions stops if the signal is below a certain threshold.

 

[Quantum Theory]

Signal strength and quality from a decoder does not mean much on any decoder. A dish needs to be aligned with a proper satellite instrument, especially on an HD decoder. Also look at a bigger dish. Multichoice is recommending 90cm dishes for HD decoders, but Space TV has a 70cm VisioSat which performs better than some 90cm dishes.

 

[SirFooK'nG]

Signal strength and quality from a decoder does not mean much on any decoder. A dish needs to be aligned with a proper satellite instrument, especially on an HD decoder. Also look at a bigger dish. Multichoice is recommending 90cm dishes for HD decoders, but Space TV has a 70cm VisioSat which performs better than some 90cm dishes.

+1

also the transmission can be interrupted on route to the Sattelite even before it gets relayed to you...