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    ViewSat PVR 7000...screwy sat meter?

    I actually can get all (pretty much) of the satellites from horizon to horizon (including L and C). The issue is that the process of doing so is god awful inconvenient. The tech support at viewsat usa is, well, interesting. It seems to be one guy, and it felt like I was getting transferred...
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    ViewSat PVR 7000...screwy sat meter?

    I'm using the EchoStar satellites as my test satellite for no particular reason. They're far apart, and I have existing fixed satellites pointing at them, so I can guess where they are. After I had these, I figured it would be easy to nail the rest...ah, not so lucky. Firmware is 0.17 dated...
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    ViewSat PVR 7000...screwy sat meter?

    Unfortunately, being new to FTA, I had no idea I was buying the bleeding edge. "Hmmm, that does everything I want. ViewSat seems to kind of a popular brand. Ooh, a kit! Now I don't have to figure out what works with what. I'll take it." Any alternatives for FTA with PVR that would work...
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    ViewSat PVR 7000...screwy sat meter?

    No pixellation problems. If I stand on my roof with my signal meter, peak the meter on some satellite, then do a blind scan with the receiver, everything behaves as you'd expect/want. You can view channels perfectly and can save the satellite position and return to it later. And, except that...
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    ViewSat PVR 7000...screwy sat meter?

    I just bought and successfully installed a ViewSat 7000 PVR from Gosatellite.com. It was one of their kits with Winegard DS2076, Digipower SG-2100 motor, and Invacom quad LNBF. Everything works and I'm hitting satellites from east to west (yes, it took 3 days but I learned a lot in the...