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I notice my frequency is always several mhz off the reported frequency when I scan in transponders. Is this a problem? How many mhz out can you be and still get a good signal if you don't blind scan in the transponders? I guess the local oscillator is slightly off frequency in the lnb.

I have a Mercury II and I just bought another receiver with PVR. I want to run it off the loop through on the back of the Merc II. Should the Mercury II simply be switched off from the front? Or the back? Or neither?

My Mercury II is acting up. It did this on the first day I got it, but quit doing it after I deleted some channels. I recently added about 40 more channels manually. Now on that satellite, it freezes up and resets sometimes when I change channels, or press on of the buttons. It is also...

How do you use the antenna (terrestrial) in function on the Mercury II? The manual doesn't mention how you toggle it to receive regular TV signals. Anyone know?

Any speculation as to how much longer DVB-S will be in use? Does anyone know anything about Equity's stations and when for some practical use they might drop the DVB-S channels in favor of more modern encoding?

Lately I've had several incidents in which my receiver's antenna setup settings get completely screwed up. It will change all the settings for disecq, lnb, frequency, and even change the diseq switch to weird numbers like number 40 which previously never even existed. Is this an overloaded...

Anyone know which channel on G10R shows Dr. Phil in the evenings? I need to tape today's episode for a friend and I couldn't find it. I seem to recall running across it at 10 or 11 pm, but what channel? Any help, thanks.

Anyone have any suggestions for me? I get 59% quality on the stations on AMC 6, but no picture. I get the odd pixel and some chirping sound. I used to get it easily before. Other sats, with 45% quality I have solid picture with my Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra. What could be wrong here?

I am getting 59-63% quality on AMC6 yet the signal and sound break up. Other TP's, 45 or more percent is sufficient for perfect picture and sound, yet on AMC6's 4 channels I want to watch, even a high quality signal is unwatchable. What gives?:confused:

There's so little straight section of the pole exposed that I'm wondering if I can take level readings off the sides and back of the SG2100 to ensure it is plum. I measured the mast and set it slightly high so that the weight of the dish and motor might pull it down level, but I'd like to...

Anyone build their own roof mount for a motorized dish? I'm tired of trying to get a roof mount perfectly plumb, not being able to tighten the mounts without crushing the thin walled tubing. I'm picturing somethign like an H shaped base that spans the roof joists. At the ends of the H's 4...

What does it mean if a receiver is PVR ready via usb? What do you have to add to it to make it do recording? A whole PVR unit?

If I already have all the active TP's set up on my receiver, is there any value in blind scanning a satellite over doing the much faster Satellite scan that simpy checks each entered transponder?

I am west of the line of zero magnetic declination. Apparently its around 4 degrees around here. So do I aim my dish at 4 degrees less (107 true-4.0=103 degrees azimuth)? So I aim by compass at 103 instead of 107?, which makes it further east?

What is the correct order of steps for aligning a dish on an SG2100 motor and the motor on the pole when starting out with your true south satellite? Do you bolt the dish to the motor shaft, centering the dish perfectly on the shaft, then move the motor to your true south sat using USALS...

A relative gave me an RCA DirectTV dish with (I assume circular) LNB. It says 12.2 to 12.7 ghz on the lbn. Can I use this with my FTA receiver? What LO frequency and any other settings (tones or voltage for r/L) do I need to use this for any unencoded circular signals?

I'm trying to set up a fixed dish on a new satellite. I used a brand new Xtreme II lnb and set it up for 10750 LO as per the box. I'm getting nothing. I even tried pointing the satellite dish at my true south to test the setup, nothing. So I then tried connecting the new cable going to the...

Doing a little mock up of my dish and mount in the garage before going up to mount it on the roof. There's no way I can swing an offset dish far enough down to catch 5.8 elevation. The dish hits the pole. And because I'm mounting it on a high pitch roof that slopes south, I can't angle the...

Anyone notice that their SG2100 changed its point of reference after they swung it to the extreme limits? To clarify, yesterday i set my receiver to clear limits and pressed move east. After a minute I pressed stop. Thereafter, every satellite was out by 4 nudges in 1.2. Either the motor...

Are the movies on KAMT dubbed into Spanish? I can't tell because I don't have AC3 sound. Whenever I check this channel it looks like good action movies are playing, but I have no idea whether they are dubbed into Spanish.

Resetting my dish's elevation today following 70-100 km/h winds, I observed that no matter how finely I tuned the elevation on a certain weak TP on IA5, the best I could achieve was 51 Signal Quality. However, when I placed a finger on top of the dish and pulled rearward, I could get into the...

I'm installing a circular LNB along with a disec switch on my motorized dish and I'm wondering which satellites are my best bets for finding circular stations in the clear. NASA TV Echo7 119W 12370 (v) SR 20.000 still correct? If your diseqc switch is labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, etc do you try A or...

Does an offset dish lose any of its efficiency by being rotated on a motor to its extremes? With the lnb fixed in position and the dish itself skewed so far, would it be any better to have a fixed dish pointing straight at the satelite and the lnb itself skewed? Its sure hard to estimate...

How far can you turn an SG2100? For instance, can I turn it far enough to point to 107 degrees on compass? I'm trying to get Hispsat 30, but on USALS its "out of range". Should be at around 107 degrees for my location, 6 degrees off the horizon, but I'm not sure how far an SG2100 will turn...

I have a Fortec receiver and I'm always challenged by moving from USALS to 1.2 so I can do some fine tuning. Its easy the first time I switch, as when I move from USALS to 1.2 in antenna setup, 1.2 starts on "NULL", so that it doesn't move. But, if lord help me I ever screw up the 1.2 setting...