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It has been forever since I have been on the forums, and turbosat's post was the first I read. Just to let everyone on here know, I live in Birmingham and turbosat helped me get my fta system going when I was totally clueless about it. This would suck to read about anyone having to go through...

Hi Charles, fellow Alabamian! I have to use the "turn off the Viewsat in the back and that usually fixes everything method" a lot also! After a good reboot - it runs nicely. ONN running great here - but might not be if I don't reboot in a couple of weeks. I wonder if other fta boxes are like...

The cool part is after you have gone through all of this frustration like I did and finally get it going - only to find out that it really wasn't that hard after all! Just a pain in the butt. But there are A LOT of little things you have to learn. I don't think there are any "user friendly" fta...

Find someone who has an hd tv and turn the channels. Most of them have the analog channel first, the hd channel second, and a third digital station that is a lot like satellite quality. The only thing that will end on the changeover day is that first analog channel. Digital is more reliable than...

I just run an optical cable to my dolby receiver. They sound great now. Speaking of audio - what in the world do you do when you are hearing 3 or more audios at once? English in the left, spanish in the center, and whatever in the right. It does this on some of the radio stations also. When I...

I keep reading everywhere that someone would have to do some extra work to add this 8psk stuff. But gosatellite.com lists that it comes with that built in : Viewsat 9000HD - Get the best deals on Viewsat FTA Receivers Is that a misprint? Or did they "fix it up?" Or do the newer ones have it...

Oh I am!!!! But I only see them on certain OTA Hd channels (like PBS HD). I haven't really had a problem with the regular fta channels. Since I don't have an hd box yet (waiting for a STRONG price drop!), then I really don't see this much on satellite. I am looking into it. Time for some...

I have a dish pointed at echostar 7 for Nasa and the very good digital music there. I do not know if it is my new HDTV (Olevia, very nice) or my Viewsat or just the channel itself, but there is a green line going down the extreme left of the screen. It looks a lot like the code in the Matrix...

Thanks guys. I will be back over there Sunday morning and will give an update as to whether this worked or not. Too bad I can't access this forum when I am on top of the roof in Alabama summer weather. (even though it is TECHNICALLY fall!) If not - you will hear about how I installed a new dish...

What is the "normal" way to set one up? I am not used to this foreign thing! -phil

I am lazy. I successfully helped a guy install a 36'' geosatpro dish, sg2100, and captain 7000 box a few months ago. He only cares to watch the M2 Morocco channel on Galaxy 25. (He could've done without the motor but we installed it since he had it - just in case he wanted to watch something...

Ok, so when you are watching a channel and it gives out specific transponder info, is that the main one you should be aiming for? I'll have a channel say it's frequency is a little off from the blind scanned one I have found. When I manually scan the frequency they give, it comes in at a better...

Which is better to use, a blind scan or regular? I am beginning to think that blind scans are only good for figuring out what exactly you are pointed at. If I do a normal scan on the transponders that are loaded in my Viewsat - they are weak. And I get a lesser amount than if I blind scan. But...

After reading this discussion, I went and found this channel because I had not heard of it and it had not come up on a blind scan. When I entered in the transponder info - it came in at 50% S and Q. (which is good/decent on this viewsat) But as I watch it - it fluctuates. It will be perfect for...

I intentionally keep Lyngsat on the "north and south America" page so I will know what is next to each other and can quickly click on it to find the channels. North & South America - LyngSat Maybe that will help you out also. Sometimes you can click on the actual channel and go to a webpage that...

All I know is that ALL you need to focus on is Quality! I don't even look at the signal level any more. No quality = no channels. As for the difference in them, I still am not exactly sure myself. But what qwert1515 said makes sense! -phil

All geosynchronous sats are south because they are orbiting the equator: http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/3d/JTrack3D.html (you need java but this is really cool) Your dish may be actually more southwest than west. Anyway - turn your usals to your true south sat, peak out true south sat -...

Thanks for the info on this! I have come across a couple of these without arms and was wondering if I would be able to get parts for them. -phil

Thanks! I have been wondering this myself. -phil

I guess it would have to be a compression issue. My quality level is also high on this channel. And why is it so damn loud?! I have to leap to the controller when I hit this channel to turn it down before I blow out my speakers, ear drums, and windows! -phil

Why can't they all be this good of a quality level?! And the the same clear picture as da ai tv or cctv9?! Wishfully thinking out loud. -phil

I have not been on this forum that long, maybe about half a year. But the rules were obvious and in VERY BIG BOLD LETTERS. How much time do you guys spend having to deal with people STILL asking how to steal even though it is obvious that this forum is not for that? It seems like it would get in...

FTAVIDEOS.COM (on youtube if you don't like flash: here. ) This site has VERY helpful videos including other options for mounting dishes. This is a really good one : FTAVIDEOS.COM SATELLITE VIDEO TUTORIALS: RECEIVERS One about windows: FTAVIDEOS.COM SATELLITE VIDEO TUTORIALS: RECEIVERS -phil

On Galaxy 25 - Fashion TV, Rodnoy, and a few others are so loud that I have to have my hand readied on the volume just to channel surf this satellite! Otherwise I am worried I might blow out my speakers. And now that I have an optical audio cable going into my stereo receiver, I no longer have...

From my limited experience - what you need to do is: 1. Cut down every tree in sight! 2. Spend every waking moment trying to figure this stuff out. Make it your WHOLE goal in life. Forget everything else - that stuff doesn't matter. 3. Once you figure all this stuff out, spend every waking...