Recent content by upnatm

Hi Folks, long time no see. It's been a while since I started a thread, I hope it's not trouble to post this here. Maybe somebody out there in Satelliteguys-Land might find this item to be desirable? I just put a new Blu-Ray player into my setup, and pulled out a bunch of dust collectors...

Hi Lak7, Thanks much for helping out! Been busy in the basement since requesting help, and I'm just now sitting down for supper. I'll take another stab at it with your tips. I'll brag later, I hope! --Kev--

Hi Folks, My AZ Premium-HD finally quit booting, I just got the FTDI TTL-232-5V cable in yesterday. AZ's been acting up for a while now, having to reboot from "Format HDD" option was best. I am following Radar's recovery procedures to the tee, but KIN PumpKIN is giving me the stonewall! I am...

Good ideas Primestar. I never thought of OTA, as I don't do it here. CBC shut down their local repeater here in Wawa, and CTV's is behind a small mountain from me. I do get a signal, but it's badly ghosted from bouncing off a bunch of houses to get here. I would need a 100' tower to fix it...

Hi Addision. Welcome to the hobby!, Welcome to the site! You haven't mentioned if you already have any dishes besides the Direct-dish. Do you plan on going "dish hunting"? Are you a "Do-It-Yourselfer"? A good dish and motor can be had for the asking, if you find the right people to ask. Be...

Thanks FaT Air for helping with an explanation, and my apologies Robert, if my "loud" thinking has offended your intentions. It sounded to me like you wanted us all to brag(?) about FTA on an open forum, while keeping mum on the topic is (imo) preferred. Perhaps I misunderstood your request...

Hmmmm, what are the chances this could end up as an "encryption snowball"? ---Just thinkin' out loud.---

Hey, Thanks Radar! Best wishes for the new year to you too! Just coasting in "semi-hibernation-mode", lol, making sure the BUD and AZbox are up to snuff for the wifey's TV addictions! Boy, this Sat-Guys site is truly indispensable for those of us who detest "paying" for commercials on TV! I...

In case no one has noticed yet, COZI is now coming down from 105w, AMC-18. It has replaced "Universal Sports" on TP 3780 H 30000 5/6 DVB-S2 (8PSK). No awkward skew, I tried a rescan of the TP, but the name hasn't changed. I just renamed the channel. Enjoy!

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I want a microHD for 2013

I had similar troubles with the P.R. NBC channel. I entered the A and V pids manually, but my AZ-PremiumHD wouldn't keep them after re-boot. My fix was to delete the TP, re-boot, re-enter the TP manually, and re-scan it. It was then just a matter of renaming the channels in the PID edit...

Thanks for the input Guys! I've never worked (toyed?) with one like this, and was just wandering if it had any use or value. In hindsight, I may have wasted everyone's time, since I just dug out my Invacom QPH-031. I'm sure I can fit it to the focal point of the dish, but our northern weather...

Thanks for the response Scott. I guess, if anything, the feed-horn alone could possibly be useful, in the future. Cheers!

Hi All. I recently brought this piece home from the dump, as well as the 1 meter dish it was attached to. It powers up nicely on standard LNB at 11250 LO. 79% on a PanSat 2700, (no signal). The dish is in pretty decent shape too, by the way. I searched the net and couldn't find any specs on...