I recently picked one of these up (price was right). I've done some reading and it seems the motor control on these beasts is kind of wonky. It claims to be USALS ready but comments I've read say otherwise.
So I tried it out myself and and sure enough I had issues. I entered the lat/long data correctly and the satellite list is pretty complete.
It couldn't find my TS satellite at 79 west. I cycled through the tp list and still no dice.
Is there something quirky that I'm missing here? Should I just use Diseqc 1.2 for motor control?
Other than that the receiver seems nice. One thing I noticed is compared to the Coolsat 5000 I already have, the picture quality using the component output is better on the Extreme.
It's just the motor control on the Coolsat blows the Viewsat out of the water!
So I tried it out myself and and sure enough I had issues. I entered the lat/long data correctly and the satellite list is pretty complete.
It couldn't find my TS satellite at 79 west. I cycled through the tp list and still no dice.
Is there something quirky that I'm missing here? Should I just use Diseqc 1.2 for motor control?
Other than that the receiver seems nice. One thing I noticed is compared to the Coolsat 5000 I already have, the picture quality using the component output is better on the Extreme.
It's just the motor control on the Coolsat blows the Viewsat out of the water!