A while ago Iceberg commented that a previously-activated SC box could be used to pick up a handful of free channels on the Anik birds. Just for the heck of it I hooked up my old DSR-405 receiver (last used when I was subscriber over 2 years ago) to the loop out on my Coolsat 5000.
Fired up the CS, turned the 36" Fortec dish to Anik F1 and let r rip!
Bingo! Except for AMC all the free channels listed on Lyngsat came in! The rest wanted me to "call for authorization" but it certainly was an interesting experiment to see if it would work.:up
Signal strength was an impressive 14 (was 9-10 on my old 60-E dish).
I will say, the graphical interface used by the 405 is archaic compared to the Coolsat. And the channel changes were very slow. Still, it was a fun thing to try.
Fired up the CS, turned the 36" Fortec dish to Anik F1 and let r rip!
Bingo! Except for AMC all the free channels listed on Lyngsat came in! The rest wanted me to "call for authorization" but it certainly was an interesting experiment to see if it would work.:up
Signal strength was an impressive 14 (was 9-10 on my old 60-E dish).
I will say, the graphical interface used by the 405 is archaic compared to the Coolsat. And the channel changes were very slow. Still, it was a fun thing to try.