[BC] New Jones Receiver

[Wade Giddens]

When we first installed the new Jones receiver, it would not work.  It was 
sharing an LNB with two Starguides and a Comstream.  It requires more signal 
strength than a Starguide.  We replaced the old, spliced, RG-6 and 
consumer-grade splitters with RG-11 and one commercial-grade splitter.  This 
solved the problem with signal strength, at least enough that it works with 
no problems.  I plan to install an amplifier to boost the signal up to an 
ideal level.  Our receiver was on a UPS.  The new Jones receivers boot very 
slowly.  I would advise having it on a UPS.

A few weeks after it was installed, it went dead.  It would get stuck on 
"booting" or something to that effect.  We called Jones, and they stepped us 
through a couple of things, but with no success.  Jones had us send the 
receiver back to Wegener.  They paid for the shipping.  We got it back last 
week, and so far it is working fine.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Cope" <dcope4 at verizon.net>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:14 PM
> Subject: [BC] New Jones Receiver
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>>
>> Had a small power glitch this morning and one of my stations new Jones
>> receiver bit the big one.
>>
>> The display indicated "HD Failure".  The receiver is connected to a UPS
> and
>> should have been spared the surge.
>> Had no problems with the Starguide III's or anything other receivers.
> Both
>> the AM and FM transmitters
>> faulted and reset with no problems.
>>
>> Anyone else have any problems like this with the new Jones receivers?
>>
>> Dennis
>> WESR, WCTG
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