Recent content by SeattleSailor

I gave it a try last night. Setting the time, easy. Looks like it was tracking GMT accurately but I changed it to manual and local time. Still don't understand why it doesn't display the time on the panel when in Standby mode. The picture on the manual shows it this way but mine just shows...

Cool! I'll dig out the manual and attempt to set the timer. Hopefully I'll figure out how to go to a given channel at a given time - this could be useful. Thanks guys.

Hi, I've had my Satwork 3688 for about a year, no real complaints. I happened to be looking at the Satwork site a few minutes ago and I see that this unit features "Timer function Support(Schedule support)". Seems to me when I first got the unit I couldn't even figure out how to enter the...

Oh well... Hey, thanks guys, anyway! Appreciate it! SS

Iceberg - this sounds promising! Are you saying that it IS ok to put a 22K switch and leave the disequ HH motor on the same coax and they'll coexist?

I think I'll end up with A/B. Although like Peter says, not very hi tech. So what is the purpose of the various type of switches (diseqc, 22K, 12V) if you can only use one of them? I could go as tdti1 says, but I'd rather not be beholden to the BUD. I've got acerage but it's still an...

...in my simplistic mind, I'm hoping that maybe the Diseqc and the 22KHz switch are analogous to the Ethernet port and the serial port of my computer: they can be doing different functions for different things without interfering with one another. Is this true?

Thanks Peter. Yeah, I'm trying to add in the C-band without losing the motor drive on the Ku band dish.

Hi all, I've got a Satwork 3688 with SG2100 motor drive, works fine. Since it was sunny last week, on a whim I pulled the cable off of the Ku dish and stuck it on my old C-band BUD that's been sitting idle for years. Damned if it didn't work also! Started looking around and decided maybe I'd...

Loved the information given above, so I did a quick search and was taken right to ABC's ABSAT site. They certainly are being very open with all the information and don't seem to be bashful at all. It's obviously intended for their distribution folks so I wouldn't recommend pestering them with...

Oh, the guide will show out a few hours if I'm REALLY patient. I can move it out about 2hrs, then I get the Wait message which can take from 30 sec to 3 minutes and then another couple of hours are painted in. That hasn't really changed much over the years. It's the channel lock-in that's...

Hi, I've got an older 2700 receiver which has been working fine for years on 119. About 2 mos ago I started to notice it is getting very slow to lock on to the next channel. In other words, it used to take less than 2 sec to lock into a channel when changing channels. But lately I'll change...

Thanks for the info. That explains it. Another item for my "wish list" for the next firmware upgrade from Satwork. SS

WHY CAN'T I SEE IT? Yep, I've been trying AMC3, 12162 H, 4347. I scan it and only get a radio station, no TV. I then deleted the TP altogether, blind-scanned the sat. It found the TP again, shows a sig quality of 41, but no MT PBS. Here's the list of all TV sigs that the 3688 finds...

You're not alone, Diamond Jim. There's a couple of channels that I know I'm receiving and yet can't see, too. Like Montana PBS. The forum is sick of me saying I can't see them, so I've been lurking waiting for maybe an answer. I'll try the PIDS approach - thanks Iceberg! SS