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  1. K

    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I am switching it off via the remote. As I said earlier, it is retaining the channels in memory, but it won't receive a signal from the sat. I have tried power cycling it from the switch on the back with no effect. Its like the unit is disconnected from the dish. I hope to have some time...
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    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I would like to thank everyone for helping me so far. Here is what is happening. I have done this several times, and can reporduce it over and over. I think that my receiver may be bad. When I scan a sat, it will pickup all of the channels. I can scan as many as I like, and they are all...
  3. K

    Orasat 5.0 Help

    Well, not long after I made my last post, and checked the frequency of the LNB, it was 11250, and still is 11250, I defaulted the receiver, and it immediately started receiving signal strength, from the Echostar sats. I scanned the channels, and it pickup up alot of scrambled channels, and a...
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    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I understood that the DISH Network provided switch wouldn't work for me, but I am now using the Orasat switch provided with my FTA receiver. It is still not working. I will try and connect direct to one of the dish's, but I didn't understand why my new switch wasn't working, or would need to...
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    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I am hoping to get anything at this point. I will try direct and see what I come up with. What I am trying to acomplish is a working system, with the limited channels from the Echo sats. When I have that, I will buy a KU dish, and try to get more. At this point I will try anything, becuase...
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    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I hooked up the switch that came with my Orast 5.0 I have the single LNB from my DISH 500, pointed ? (supposed to be foreign) connected to SAT1, and I have the Dual LNB's from my DISH 500, connected to SAT 2 and 3 respectively. I think the dual dish is on 110 and 119. I connected the receiver...
  7. K

    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I don't have a subscription right now, but I may in the near future. i will take out the DISH switch and try it. I am the "real" K7DN from WA, are you close, have we spoken before?
  8. K

    Orasat 5.0 Help

    Can you suggest any truobleshooting steps? Why do I have 2 cables running from my switch?
  9. K

    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I just found this post after I made my post. Am I reading this wrong, or are they saying that I should get something. I was just concerened because I expected to atleast get a signal indication, even if no programming was available. I am not sure why, but It looks like I have 2 coax runs...
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    Orasat 5.0 Help

    I just bought an Orasat 5.0 and I am not picking up anything. I origionally had Dish Network, and they installed a Dish 500, and an additional single LNB, dish, pointed in another direction, which was supposed to give me some international channels. I have read that I will need to buy a larger...
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