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GUIDE TO SETUP SHAW DIRECT SOUTH OF CANADA: 1. If you are in south USA, or in Mexico, you will need 2 different offset antennas, one for F1 satellite (107 degrees west), and one for F2 satellite (111 degrees west). The size of the dishes will go from 76cm (south USA) to 1.2m (south Mexico)...

Thank you very much, DJdish. I am now enjoying all the channels for which I subscribed. I'm going to detail all my installation steps in another thread. xdor.

DJdish, Thanks again, you are the guy! I really appreciate your help. both your the your LNB skew changes and the FACTORY RESET you recommended worked very well. Now, in order to find the signal for the second dish, what do you recommend? First of all, I don't put the switch yet, right...

Thank you very much everybody. Good news: I got the signal a few days ago. The solution was the SOFT RESET of the receiver. Well, the reset and the correction on skew. A few days ago, after it rained the whole day and it was very cloudy, I decided to "give it a try". Well, believe it or...

DJdish: I know I won't get signal from the new G1 satellite. That's not a problem for now. In order to try to get the signal, I am connecting the cable directy to one of the LNB's, since I have read in other forums that the switch should be added once the signals are obtained. Thanks for the...

Hi, I am trying to get the signal for Shaw Direct in Georgia, USA. I bought a used 505 receiver, and, in order to get good signal, instead of using the elliptical antennas, I bought two 76cm offset antennas and two standard LNBs. I also bought a switch. I know exactly where to point the dishes...