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:rant: I'm not very popular with a couple sellers on eBay. One was stating that the unit must be good because the 12:00 was flashing and when he was pressed for the unit ID he came up with a bunch of 000000 etc. Another had a 920 listed as a 922 :eek: and eventually he took the listing down...

After becoming involved (more and more) 8 months ago, I'm looking around and wondering if this is typical for a Newbie or should I look forward to more of the same. Here is what I now observe. One Bud on the one post I have planted. This being the second to occupy that 'elevated' position...

As I mentioned in my previous post. I'm not getting any Ku stuff. Just C band. I'm looking for a source for a replacement Ku LNB and wonder if I'm going to have to replace my Corotor II Plus with something different. I just got off the phone with Sadoun and all they have to offer is the...

I have my solid 3 meter BUD set up and all seems to be working well on the C band. I'm finding almost all the satellites on the list(s). However, I haven't been able to get a single channel on Ku band. I have a Corotor II Plus with an Eagle 770Ku, digital grade LNB. I have been suspecting that...

I've been posting most of my newbie questions over on the BUD discussion forum. Now I have sorted out most of my problems (mostly confusion). Getting some of the old analog standards but nothing of interest to me. That's why I'm over here. I have looked at the subscription service packages...

I have a GI 920 and have downloaded the manual that is in that section of this site. However, it is a Viewer Manual. Nothing on setting up the receiver. No info on how to delete old setting, like antenna limits. Right now this box is at 5000 both east and west. I've searched all the onscreen...

I never planned to have more than one BUD and really can't figure out why there is one on the 'Pole' and three on the ground (awaiting a Pole). I wanted to be conservative since my best view is from the side of my front yard and I live in a small conservative (rep. :rolleyes:) community. I'm...

Over the last 6 month (off and on) I have been working on getting a good/useable signal and picture on my TV from my BUD(s). I'm testing my second one now, a 9ft solid. I have tired several LNBs and feed horn. Through all this I have been sending the video to my HD digital TV. In addition to...

I was cruising the Garage Sales this morning, for a small monitor to use while tuning my BUD(s). Found a big sale of storage unit, abandon, stuff. Not much of interest until I spotted 3 partial spools of cable. Yes!!:D RG-6/U type CL3 (or something like that), I could hardly read the rest but it...

In my quest for an easy to program analog receiver, (to use with my 4DTV SideCar) I got a GI Innovation 450i. It really seems to have the features I'm looking for. In particular, "EZ Sat Locator". The Super 350i that I have doesn't have that feature. So far the 450i really seems to be a good...

I'm sorting through and testing a bunch of receiver boxes that have the old VideoCipher module still installed. Since these are obsolete (as I understand) is there any reason, advantage or dis-advantage to leaving them installed.?? Or are they of any value to others?? I even have an old Zenith...

On my first BUD I tried salvaging at least 5 ft of the post by cutting it off at the ground. Unfortunately, I didn't bring enough sawsall blades and gave up when it became appearant that I couldn't finish it. The old guy agreed that I should leave it since he could but a bird house on top. The...

Who do you call to find out if you 4DTV (GI 905, 920 & 922) is good or just a "Door-Stop". Just call their customer support and give them the Unit ID from your System Status screen. I mentioned in another post that I had purchase a GI 920 on ebay and the seller provided, in his listing, the...

Who do you call to find out if you 4DTV (GI 905, 920 & 922) is good or just a "Door-Stop". Just call their customer support and give them the Unit ID from your System Status screen. I mentioned in another post that I had purchase a GI 920 on ebay and the seller provided, in his listing, the...

I have a GI 2400R and it looks like it would be a good analog box the pair up with my 905 sidecar. If I read the manual correctly, it will do scan for the satelittes, which neither of my Toshias will. However:mad:, The 2400 needs the external the GI 2000PS to position the dish and (process the...

Last week, while mounting my 3 meter solid dish, I was struggling with it hanging from the boom on my tractor. The wind was not helping much either. I noticed a fellow, who had just driven by in an RV, come back and walk over to the fence and offer to give me a hand. I informed him I just...

:D I had a busy day yesterday. "No-Doubt", another forum regular, contacted me last Wed to offer three dishes and whole bunch of receivers. He is moving and had a 10ft WineGard and 10ft Zenith (identical to the WineGard) and a 6ft mesh (Just checked, it's a UniMesh). The dishes were nice and...

I initially tested my new(ish) 3 meter solid with the C band LNB that came with it. I intentionally left all the setting the same since the move was only a 1/4 mile and had been working at that sit since installation in ~'90s until about 6 years ago. About all I did was rebuild the actuator...

When the backup battery fails/ages-out, what digits of that sequence become corrupted?? It seems like someone said the first group became zeros. This seller says there is no Unit ID on the back and I looked a a picture of one I didn't see it either. The only one is a bar code label on the...

I have a couple receiver option to consider but also must consider need for Digital Cipher need if I want to use the subscription services, etc.. I now have two different configurations. A old Toshiba TRX1820 for anolog with the GI 905 sidecar for the digital. I also have a GI 2730R digital...

It looks like the GI 2730R is dead, for good. I'm thinking to watch ebay for a 922 and sell my GI 905 sidecar. Before I purchased the sidecar I had been watching and bidding on the 920s anb 922s. That was about 8 months ago and I can't recover any bid history on the 922s. The last 920 I bid on...

I have a GI 2730R (no manual) that I am setting up with 9 meter solid dish that I just got and set up. I have been having trouble with getting the actuator to move the dish. Found the the motor frozen and a bad ball bearing in the ram. Got the motor freed up and replaced the bearing with new...

I just got a GI 2730R and while Googling around for a manual, I found a discussion comment that the 2750 and 2750R have a lithium battery. The date on the bottom of mine is 1990 and the previous owner claimed it was still working when he "pulled the plug" at least 4 years ago. If the 2730R...

I went to pick up my 3 meter BUD this morning the old fellow told me to come in and get the Sat Box and Remote. It turned out to be a GI 2730R and looks like new. However there was no manual. :confused: I checked the forums FTA manual listing and didn't see it listed. Perhaps- what would be the...

I've been away from this forum for a number of months. I have been waiting for the availability of the new Vbox, that handles both motor and servo/skew control. ( forget what name designation it was to have.) The last I heard, it was a couple months away.. I don't see it listed on Sadoun's...