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12-01-2009, 05:53 PM
| | SatelliteGuys Newbie | | Join Date: Nov 21st, 2007
Posts: 2
| | | Have a 920, what else do I need?
i have a 4dtv 920 what all do i need to get it up what dish do i need
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12-01-2009, 09:37 PM
|  | SatelliteGuys Freshman | | Join Date: May 8th, 2008 Location: pontypool ont. canada
Posts: 49
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you will want to have a 10 foot dish and make sure you change the battery in it or you may loose your units id number then you will have a boat anchor
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12-02-2009, 01:14 PM
|  | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Feb 14th, 2005 Location: Hernando, Mississippi
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Welcome to the forum!
For 4D you'll need an absolute minimum of 6' - better would be 8' - and best is 10' or more
(of course minimum will vary depending on your location)
As for the battery - the 4D receivers use an internal Li-Ion battery that will expire eventually.
If the battery dies, it will render the receiver useless for anything other than a dishmover.
Search around the forum for 4dtv battery replacement and you should find plenty of info on this problem.
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Currently NO LONGER in use: 10' generic mesh w/ BSC621, 24" HTS actuator, movement USED TO BE controlled by analog HTS System 20. Coolsat 6000 premium handling the signals. Range 55-137W.
BUT, MY 17 YR OLD SON had to nail it with the tractor, so now that beautiful BUD in my avatar is a pile of spare parts....
HOWEVER:
Waiting to be added: 10' mesh, 8' mesh Winegard, Corotor II, 36" HD Venture actuator, 24" HTS actuator, GI 920 4DTV.
Saving money for: HD FTA receiver & PCI HD SAT card for PC.
Apparently my shot at the BirdView fell thru.
If anyone knows of one near the Memphis area (within 200 miles or so) let me know, eh? |
12-02-2009, 01:27 PM
|  | Pub Member / Supporter | | Pub Member / Supporter Join Date: Aug 13th, 2006 Location: NW Ontario, Canada
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You could probably do it with as small as a 6' dish but I would go bigger if you have the room, 10' being a very good choice. With that dish of course you will need a feedhorn and C-band LNB or a LNBF which has both the LNB and feedhorn all in one. An actuator is necessary to move the dish to all the different satellites, likely if you find a good used dish it will already have one. Look around on craigslist, kijiji or any other free internet ad site. You will find that a lot of folks will just give them to you if you are willing to disassemble and remove them from the property. There is lots of good advise on this site about finding a dish!
Good luck, 4DTV is a lot of fun!
And  to Satellite Guys!!
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30" Star Choice dish on G10R(have to decide on new assignment), 1.2meter Star Choice dish on AMC21, 30" on AMC4, 10' Orbitron is covering the C-Band arc from 58°W to 139°W (So Far)  DSR905 for 4DTV. All connected thru 22khz switch and 4 way disecq to Pansat 3500SD, DSR905 and Uniden Supra for analog C-Band and dish moving chores.
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12-03-2009, 09:58 AM
|  | SatelliteGuys Regular | | Join Date: Mar 15th, 2008 Location: In the USA
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Originally Posted by Inno  You could probably do it with as small as a 6' dish but I would go bigger if you have the room, 10' being a very good choice. With that dish of course you will need a feedhorn and C-band LNB or a LNBF which has both the LNB and feedhorn all in one. An actuator is necessary to move the dish to all the different satellites, likely if you find a good used dish it will already have one. Look around on craigslist, kijiji or any other free internet ad site. You will find that a lot of folks will just give them to you if you are willing to disassemble and remove them from the property. There is lots of good advise on this site about finding a dish! |
Most of all, if your are a complete newbie to C and Ku, don't let let the above scare you off. All the above is not as complicated as it sounds to a newbie. And as Inno has stated this site has the best advise (and willingness to help a newbie) you will find.
Regards
PS. The first thing you might want to do is do is find out if your 920 is a good one i.e. the battery has not died.
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