Technomate 6900 loop through malfunction

[bellskem]

Hi folks

I had to re-install my Technomate 6900 HD after new carpets and furniture. Everything works fine except the loop-through from the Technomate to my Panasonic Blu ray recorder. Despite fitting a new F connector lead ( Maplin) I am still unable to send the incoming dish signal to the BD machine, though a perfect picture is shown from the Technomate on the screen. I get a Panasonic error message U50 I which tells me me that the "dish is faulty"..which I take to mean no signal is being received by the Panasonic.

Is there any way in which I can stimulate the Technomate to do what it was doing a few days ago, i.e. looping through the incoming signal to the BD recorder ?

Not having a direct satellite signal to the BD recorder means I have spent an immense amount of money on what now is not functioning fully.

Best wishes and thanks if you can help.
Roger

 

[rolfw]

Sounds more like a cable malfunction Roger.

 

[bellskem]

Hi Rolf

It does, I agree. But I bought a brand new cable. The old one looks perfect too and worked perfectly until dismantling last week.

Maybe I should buy another ( perhaps better) cable and try again.

Thanks for reply.

Roger

 

[PaulR]

Does the Panasonic work if connected without the Technomate in the loop? This would then rule out coincidental failure of the Panny.

 

[bellskem]

Hi Paul

Good thinking...I haven't tried that yet but will do so later this morning. Thanks for the advice.

Roger

 

[Captain Jack]

Also, isn't the TM supposed to be switched off for the loop through to work? Else, both devices would be fighting for the signal/polarities etc...

 

[bellskem]

Hi Folks

I think Paul has put his finger on my problem. The Panasonic gives the same "dish faulty" message when connected directly to the dish downlead, having removed the loop-though, which I think unfortunately means a Panasonic malfunction, since the Technomate gives its usual excellent picture.

Thanks to all who spent time thinking about this.

Cheers
Roger

 

[PaulR]

So the Panny is at fault. Which model is it? Is there any possibility of connecting to the wrong port of some kind on the back?

Take a very close look at where the lead screws in to the port on the Panny. Is there just a single whisker of copper wire there causing a short?

 

[bellskem]

Hi Paul

The model is the Panasonic DMR-BS850EBK . There are two ports and I have tried both. The manual says if only one is connected ( which it is) it should be the top one. The lead down from the dish is OK..the solid copper centre protrudes from the sleeve a millimetre or two..,.and works perfectly OK on the Technomate. Two other commercial f > f connector leads were also tried. I honestly don't think now that that's the problem. Chances are that it is a Panasonic problem, and perhaps a re-install of the software would help. I have been onto a Panasonic Forum for advice, hopefully to avoid a despatch back to Panasonic. I've also emailed Panasonic, but no reply so far.

Thanks again for your braintime.

Cheers
Roger

 

[PaulR]

Yes, it certainly does sound like the Panny took umbrage when it was disconnected.

Commiserations.