Thread: Channelmaster (the channel editing program)

Well I finally got some use of Channelmaster and may I say...this thing KICKS ASS!!

I finally got the Coolsat 5000 hooked up to my 2nd motorized setup and scanned everything from 61-105 (my LOS on this one wont let me go past 105 west)

When I got done, I had a lot of channels that just said

transponder, polarity - satellite so it looked like
12111 H 6598 - Galaxy 3C

So I figured "lets see how Channelmaster really works". Only reason I had ever used this was to upload a channel list so I could update my software in the unit. So I never really worked with it on a full potential

So I uploaded my channels into Channelmaster and started working on it.

I didnt know all the stuff this thing can do!
-changed names on probably 30 channels
-organized them in order how I wanted it
-eliminated all the C-Band satellites on the list
-organized the satellite list so it goes from east to west in order
-elimiated some bogus transponders (warning on this...if you do it via CM you lose the channels that are on that TP...if you do it via the box they don't get deleted)

Took about 1/2 hour and threw it back in the box. VOILA..updated channel list in box

(only issue is it reset all my LO frequencies to 5150 instead of 10750....but it kept my 1.2 settings

I A VERY HAPPY CAMPER

Sounds good!

I was unable to find a reference to it via Google (too generic a search). Is it freely available?

-- /v\atthew

http://www.sharpc.com/CM/update.aspx

there ya go

I modded a MyTheatre channel list today with this software, it is very slick. I too like being able to finally get the satellites arranged from east to west. I didn't know channelmaster now supports the coolsat 5000. The more I hear about the 5000, the more I want it!!

Does anyone know of a step-by-step tutorial for Channelmaster? I'd like to use it for my Coolsat 4000.

sidekick & starman

to make it work with the Coolsats, you need to use the loader that you would use to download software into it

-Open the Coolsat loader
-click on channels tab
-switch it to say receiver ->PC
-hit start (it will ask you to name it)
-when completed, click on the file you just created and it will open in Channelmaster

You do the same thing to put it back into the receiver. When you save it in CM, then open the loader, select channels, select file and hit "start" and it will download everything back to it. I'll see if I can get some screen shots

Thanks Ice, the screenshots would definitely help. What exactly is the purpose of ChannelMaster? Is it merely to organize the stations without having to manually edit and move the channels into an order like you have to do with the Coolsat?

I tried to do screenshots but they didn’t work real well. They looked like crap and it was hard to read.

Channelmaster allows you to move channels around and rename them. That’s the main reason people use it. Instead of having to use the remote to rename channels, you click on the name and rename it via the computer. Works really slick : )
Also allows you to delete trandponders, bulk delete channels, and my favorite…move the satellite list around so you can set it up in order from 61-129 : )

If you have the newest loader (2.2…even 2.2 works) just click on the tab that says channels and then pick “from receiver to PC”. Once it uploads it from the receiver it opens CM automatically