Recent content by Bluztrvler

Had a similar switching problem. Turned out to be a corroded connector in the line to the dish. Too much voltage drop in the line. Voltage at the lnb was too low to switch polarities.

Thanks all for the help. Just needed a push in the right direction. Turned out to be a bad port on my new diseqc switch. When I checked the voltage out of the switch, I saw the problem. Just switched the cable to another port and all is well in the c-band world. Is it...

The LPB feeds were great until about the time the Britcoms came on. Then I had a picture, but it was all jumbled, totally useless. Switched over to Montana for by weekly Britcom fix. A dedicated dish for AMC 21 works well for me. With a 1m dish, you have to be exactly spot on, and I couldn't...

Just a note. If you do decide to change the battery, be sure you connect the new battery before you cut the old one loose. Disconnecting the battery is a sure way to make a brick.

In the clear, unscrambled. You can watch without a subscription. This is what I use my 4DTV for. It also makes a great dish mover for the C-band FTA signals

Thanks, that is what I will do.

I thought I had read through the recent post, but I missed the one just below by jscud and his Primestar polarity problems. Although my situation is different, I do use a diplexer for my ota antenna and this c-band feed. I'll give that a look.

My openbox s9 is not switching between the horizontal and vertical polarities, scanning the vertical transponders twice, once calling them H and the next time calling them V. I have two lnbs connected, one ku (which works properly), and this c-band which will not switch. I can manually add the...

Very interesting. This morning I had the same as the night before and I decided to to a little checking. I found that the power supply for the hdmi splitter would completely power the receiver, similar to yours except the hdmi port, and vice versa. I disconnected the power to the hdmi...

From my experience, there are differences between receivers. I have an Openbox s9 and a pansat 9200 connected to the same dish, using a dual .2 lnb and separate feeds from the dish to the receivers. The open box is very happy with Montana, LPB and OETA and well as the other PBS channels ( I do...

Am I correct in assuming that none of the updates have corrected the clock/timer issue? I have recently run into a very interesting issue with the s9 clock. To the best of my knowledge, the clock on the front panel has never worked, and the timer would only record one event, then shut...

Andrew, From what I read about your receiver, it will not receive the DVB-S2 channels. That means that you cannot receive Montana, Oklahoma or Louisiana, but you should be able to get the national PBS channels on V-12180. This is a fairly strong transponder, and if you cannot get channels on...

Sorry, I missed that point of no numbers on the scale. Of course you are right. My point was that this is not rocket science, and by using a little trial and error, the satellite arc can be located even if you do not know what the elevation setting should be.

From my experience over the past 20 years or so, I have found that it is not really necessary to know the exact elevation setting, and the setting on the small dishes that I have had experience with are at best an approximation. Setting up a movable dish, I would set the actuator to 0 deg...

Many thanks, info like this pretty much lays the issue to rest. I am primarily interested in the PBS channels, and my Pansat 9200 will display the CC with no problem through the composite output (wondered why CC didn't work with the hdmi connected tv), but the Openbox will not. Was hoping...