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I used the below site and it was spot on first try. Azimuth and Elevation Calculation for Your Satellite Dish

So, 48 hrs or so is normal? At least that's how I'm reading your post.

I'm not getting it either. I noticed these sorts of blackouts during the 8PSK migration, but that should be all complete by now. Has your 530 always been like that? I never noticed it before because I never really recorded much on it, but it seems to me the guide did go out farther than 2 days...

So then, there's something not right with mine being that it's a 530?

Couldn't find another relative thread, so this will work just as well I guess. Is there a way to setup a "Season Pass" on the DSR530? If there is, I'm not seeing it. Thanks. Also, how far out is the guide data supposed to go? Mine currently goes out to Wed the 27th and then it goes to no...

I think I know why I missed WGN, my dish was out of alignment when WGN was moved to it's temporary spot and I think the STB missed getting the re-map info. It will probably come in with the next update.

For some reason I can't get WGN to come back even doing the power re-sets. Guess I'll give it another shot in the AM..I wonder if it has anything to do with WGN being in a temporary spot...of course others are getting it...

Thanks. :)

Thanks for the info. Tuner No. 2 finally shows signal strength today. So if I understand correctly, essentially, Tuner 2 is for recording which allows you to watch something else on the "Live TV" tuner, you can only record one channel at a time, correct?

Yes, thanks, I've discovered that as well after I posted the above, thanks for the confirmation.

A thread risen from the dead...:p I just hooked up a DSR530 and I want to make sure of a few facts. I thought the DSR530 was a single tuner DVR but I'm told it's a dual-tuner DVR. Anyway, it has 2 SAT inputs on the rear so I hooked up another line from the dish. Problem is, in the status...

I use the tool at the below site. It's nice because the settings have the magnetic declination already figured in the results. http://emantechnology.com/lookangle.asp Azimuth and Elevation Calculation for Your Satellite Dish

I don't know, there are some other threads here that go into detail about how to point the dish. There's also a section on brokers.

You'll need to go through a broker to get programming.

Regarding the 530, I followed a few of the Canadian sat forums and the 530 is a complete mess. This is from some of the folks that actually worked with the unit and Motorola while working for Star Choice. The biggest issue seems to be a Microsoft like syndrome, where they don't fix the...

Those instructions are for the 60cm dish, although everything should be the same other than adjusting the offset/skew, the 75cm has different mounting/adjusting bolts. There's a pic or 2 of the 75cm in another thread here somewhere.

I might have just been "lucky", but according to the UPS rep I talked to the US has some trade issues with Canada and sat receivers crossing it's borders. Never really got a definitive answer.

Oh they will, if it's showing in Plattsburg NY it's sitting at US Customs and could be there for awhile. Mine took over a month to arrive here in California, the box had been opened and both boxes were in pretty bad shape, the STB having been damaged. To KuSat's credit they shipped another STB...

Right this minute I'm getting 66 and 7.4 and the picture/audio is fine. I might be able to get better numbers as I haven't tweaked the dish since I installed it, but unless I have problems I'm just leaving it for now. Glad to hear you got it dialed in BTW. :)

I think I had about the same readings pre-activation, just get it activated and see if you're missing anything, you can always adjust it. Once I had a grasp on the variables, it was probably the least troublesome installation I've done, my first shot at aiming was spot on, in fact, all I've...

On that site, use Anik E2 @ 111.1. The skew number you get will be xx.x amount less than the 90 position on the dish. For example, with the dish set horizontal, the 90 position will be right at the mark. Twist the dish counterclockwise(viewing from the rear) until you reach xx.x less than the...

I'm in Santa Rosa and the skew is 76 so you should be pretty close to that. There's a link somewhere in these threads that will give you the exact number. This is the site I used and the numbers were spot on. http://emantechnology.com/lookangle.asp Azimuth and Elevation Calculation for...

Is this button press sequence supposed to work with the DSR505 as well? It doesn't appear to...

Ah, got it.

What's the difference between the DSR505HD and the 505A? They really shouldn't be that surprised about the unit being bad, the first one I received had been knocked around by UPS or US Customs(take your pick) so badly that a heatsink had been knocked loose and was rattling around inside the...