Recent content by markofca

Finally...got it working. Well, it finally works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For those who pass this way with the same problem, here's what it took: Call these guys: Sky Milenio La Tele de México They sell Sky equipment legitimately in the US. The guys there are great and now the technology...

Thanks for going to all that trouble. I really appreciate it! I actually had to fly down to LA and back today for a meeting...long day. Just got back. Should have brought my receiver with me and plugged it in next to this one you tried. It does seem like it's the receiver then. I...

Thanks for checking. If they are willing to sell it, would you be willing to pop it in next to your FTA and make sure the Q is close to the Q on your FTA? That's the key thing. If they are pretty much the same, then I can be pretty sure it would work here I think. If they aren't, then...

I've tried two of the Sky+ and Thomson shown here: Equipos y Conexiones I was thinking the same thing a while back...that the receivers are crap. I had two of the Sky+ ones, so I called a friend in Mexico and swapped one of mine for his for a test. His is the Thomson shown, but all of them...

Is that on the Sky receiver or on an FTA receiver? Which model receiver?

Yeah. I thought the same thing, so I've tried 3 different receivers (2 different models), and they all do the same thing. I think it just calculates Q incorrectly on the Sky. What kind of Q are you getting down there in SoCal?

Yes. I've used the transponder for SkyView which is one of the 'Mosaico" channels that is unencrypted (just shows you what's on Sky PPV). I get signal and Q of 75% on two different FTA receivers and can actually watch the channel. The Sky receivers always report much lower Q than the...

6 foot dish with Invacom LNB. Getting great Q and signal with the large dish, but I'm definitely not in the middle of their coverage area.

PAS-9 13K gives the same thing. "Senal interrumpida" and "DMOD abierto" in the diagnostics.

There's one other setting: Id de la Region I've tried different things for this, current have it set to 7, but no idea what this is for or what it should be.

Settings Thanks for your help. I'm getting Calidad that varies between 20-30. BER at the moment is 8.5E-4. I have the satellite set to PAS-9 24K LNB is set to Tono, Banda Baja: 9750, Banda Alta: 10600

Skew It's at about -45. I can never remember which way is +/-, but if I am standing in front of the dish (blocking its reception), the LNB is rotated clockwise from vertical about 45 degrees. I have tweaked the skew while watching a meter and have peaked it with its current position. The...

75% Q - no picture Well, I finally received my Invacom TWF-031 and feed horn. Awesome improvement in signal quality. My FTA receivers are both reporting around 75% Q instead of 45%. I can still see free channels on the FTAs. On the Sky boxes, I've gone from 0% quality to about 20% quality...

If you're looking at the same sites I saw, then if you dig deeper, you'll find that none of the places listing the item actually have it in stock. I called Invacom USA, and they do not receive these items from Invacom any more in the US. Invacom USA is actually some other company acting as an...

ADF-120 and TWF-031. You're right. There is one selling on eBay right now from the UK. Just bought it.