Recent content by rcp

Unfortunately it is still listed as a channel on the Glorystar website. Time for it to be removed.

GOD TV appears to have left the building (or the satellite, at least). LyngSat doesn't have them listed on G19 anymore. Their website still shows them on Galaxy 19, but I don't see them. Also, I didn't see anyone mention that Al Jazeera is now encoded according to LyngSat (not that I ever...

Brian, thanks for the information on splitters. rv1pop: $3 part with $11 shipping. Gotta love it. It's actually cheaper to order the one from England off eBay, but thanks for a domestic source.

F connector tee, like this? F CONNECTOR, 2 WAY T SPLITTER / ADAPTOR FOR TV SATELLITE BROADBAND COAXIAL CABLE | eBay Stupid question: How does this vary electrically from your garden variety splitter?

Sounds like a new receiver is the best solution. Thanks for all the help! To the more academic question, for future use: To measure the voltage under load, can I create a short RG6 cable with the conductor partially exposed and use that for reading voltage, or is that not safe for the...

Using a Digital Multimeter to measure DC Volts from the pin of a wire connected to the SAT IN port to a screw on the receiver exterior for ground, with no LNBF connected: H channels: 21.9 VDC +/- 0.1 V channels: 21.7 VDC +/- 0.1 Thanks.

I am unsure how I would measure voltage on a device powered and connected. Sounds like I would need a special device with F connectors on it. Some details would be most appreciated. Note as well that the same LNBF, when connected to my Viewsat on the same connector, works fine. I have tried...

During a recent storm, a nearby lightning strike apparently fried the two LNBFs on my Glorystar system (one of the earlier models, with support for SES1 and Galaxy 19). I had long planned transitioning from the two SL1 LNBF system (with the SES1 LNBF no longer used) to a single dual LNBF dish...

Turns out that the hard drive has the dreaded "click of death." It's toast. *groan* Thanks.

Thank you. I will look into possible disk errors. Only other thought I had was that there used to be a show to be recorded this morning, but I disabled it yesterday. Perhaps it got confused and somehow started to record something which it didn't need to record. But there is no evidence of it...

Well, I just rebooted from the rear. Can't see any artifacts from the supposed "Saving Data" operation. No clue what was happening or why.

Just looked up at the Geosatpro box in my office to see the display reads, "rEC". Turning on the TV, I see the message "Please wait... Saving Data" in the familiar blue box in the middle of the screen. It's been like this for 15 minutes, at least. Strange thing is that there is nothing on the...

This is just too weird. Let me explain. Yesterday, I got a used Viewsat VS2000 receiver which I intend to eventually use as a second receiver. To test the VS2000, I powered off the Geosatpro box, disconnected it, connected the VS2000 and powered it on. After fiddling with the configuration a...

Let me try to clarify my post from yesterday: 1. As of Monday, all was well 2. Tuesday morning, I discover that the Glorystar update occurred. I see that the channel names have shifted in the time record list. 3. I decide to ignore the time record list for the moment and add History and...

I understand the logic as to why the time record list is altered or dropped after an update, but why would the time record list be erased on Wednesday after the update was complete and after I re-entered the time record list? Is there an event which would cause that to happen? Thank you.