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February 2024 looks to be the date for the final transition. Final transition plan Between Feb 5 and Feb 15th the final transition will begins - this may happen sooner if Telesat advises that things need to happen quicker. Some services will have a quick transiton on Feb 5th others will have...

See the most recent update here https://www.shawbroadcast.com/Content/English/Bulletins.htm Direct link to Feb 21, 2023 pdf here https://www.shawbroadcast.com/Documents/2023/feb/21/Anik%20F2%20and%20HEVC%20Bulletin%20Update%20Feb%2021%202023.pdf

I have read elsewhere a factory reset might help. Options 4-9-8-8-6 There should be a choice to keep your recordings. Providing this information with no guarantees of success or impact on your saved recordings.

pacificrim In theory yes, but only if G1 had transponders in the regular band. G1 only has transponders in the lower band for North America. Anything in the regular Ku band is aimed at South America only. It is operating under temporary authority in the extended Ku band as well. There is...

The LNB for Shaw has 4 outputs, you can feed 4 single tuner receivers directly or two PVRs with dual recording capabilities or one PVR and two single receiver tuners. If you need more then 4 outputs from the dish you will need a multiswitch 4x8 or 4x16 although I don't think you find many...

You will need two separate lines right from the dish. Splitters won't work.

You would be able to watch a previously recorded program but not another live program. You would need the second line to be able to watch one live program while another is recording. Yes there are two inputs on the back of the receiver. In single tuner mode you would connect to input 1.

Yes you can configure the 630 or the 830 to single tuner mode. Just make sure you have the cable connected to the tuner 1 input

Neither require an internet connection to work. You can add an external drive to either but the 630 uses an older style of connection. No subscription is required to be able to use PVR functionality. You can record any channel that you subscribe to and can receive south of the border. If...

From what I can see the ku beams only cover South America and the down link antenna were probably designed that way. The extended ku that G1 uses to cover Canada is only licensed for Canadian coverage and does not and will not extend into the US.

In the interim until it is determined what the issue is that is causing tuner 2 to fail, in settings you can set the PVR to single tuner mode. This way you will not have issues tuning to every other channel. VE7 I assume you are a shortwave operator by your handle?

I believe if you go through this sequence on the 6xx or 8xx series you get some hidden screens OPTIONS, Status, System Status, INFO

Shaw Broadcast has announced the End of Life for Anik F1R Anik F1R EOL bulletin During this summer (2020) signals will move either to G1 or F2. The G1 moves will mean a few more signals will be lost in the south. No details yet on which signals will move or when. Expect both Shaw Broadcast...

Thanks for that I didn't know it was bouncing from 50 to 80. I am at a loss to explain your situation unless you have an obstruction that is blowing in the sight line of your dish.

As a rule if you get a fairly steady 10% you have connectivity between the receiver and LNB. The 10% is from memory it may be as high as 20. If you have no coax or connection to the LNB the signal meter should not be constant and may jump sporadically from zero to 30 plus or minus. If you...