KVH R6 and Technical Manual

[dale farley]

Gary, What type receiver are you using?

[nrhareiner]

I have had other KH products that worked well. However, none worked as well as tracstar.

Kim
02 Vantare XLII S@
06 Dodge megacab
KVH for now

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Dale,

I am no expert, but after going through all of the computer diagnosis and being told the receiver was bad I changed receivers and it still did not work. So being dumb I decided to revert back to basics. My wife watched the signal strength on the TV and I manually moved the dish until it peaked.

Then we turned on a TV channel and got a good picture and sound. The dish electronics puked and did not know when the dish had a good signal. From that point I removed the dish and went with TracStar. When the gurus with computer diagnostics don't know what they are doing it was obvious I would get more frustrated.

[nrhareiner]

Good morning everyone,

Well just a final )I hope) update on the R6. Went to the dealer yesterday. I was told the problem was software. So, burned another copy of the firmware. Did no good. Then attached cable from another bus that had R6 on board. Got locked on immediately. They put another (now 3) dish on and working great for now. I have already told them that if problem returns need another type of dish. Will update if anything changes.

Thanks for all of the info and help.

Kim Sloan
02 Vantare XLII S2
2006 Dodge megacab
working R6 for now

[Jon Wehrenberg]

Kim, sounds like your gurus are as talented as mine were. Good luck with the fix. I see a TracStar in your future.

[garyde]

Gary, What type receiver are you using?

Its a KVH Industries' TracVision L3 with two Direct TV recievers. I leave the Tracking switch off when stationary after fixing on a signal.

[nrhareiner]

Good morning everyone,

Yesterday I finally got to someone at KVH who either has the knowledge, or waswillingto tell me the truth. KVH knows there is a problem with the R6 and multiple receivers. They have found that with the "destacker" in line (necessary with multiple receivers) that the voltage seen atthe dome is too low, causing failures.

I am told that the fix will be available by 3/1/2007.

More to come in the future if anything changes.

Kim Sloan
02 Vantare XLII S2
06 Dodge megacab
R6 working for now