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    lost signal after sevare tunder storm!!?

    Don't know if this will help you as well but we have had bad thunder storms and high winds here too in my part of Canada you may want to also have a fast look at you horn as well with all the rain and stuff Hornets have been known to make there nest in the horn I found that out after almost 2...
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    Old C-band dish worth keeping?

    Still one of the new guys here when Wife and I decided to see if we could use ow-er C-band and where happy to know that we could She went on eBay and found a 920 in good shape and put in a Ku/C-ban and have had a few sangs here and there but worth keeping ow-er old C-ban dish :) When...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Yes I know better now and it makes it a lot easier for everyone here to trouble shoot :o
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    sent me wrong s-2 kit!!

    I'm glad you got the right board this guy tried to scare you off and try to turn the table around on you well that one person I know I will not do business with that for sure. when wife wanted to get a Ku/Cban horn she went with the ones that where posted on this site and after reading this...
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    Unique dish

    This looks like one of those old Nor Rad dish they used back in the early 60s late 50s LOL
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    Big Dish for C-Band

    Hi marco916 I still some what new to big dish myself lol and we have a Mesh one what seems to work well for us with some upgraded over the pass few years it runs well for us Have run in to some trouble here and there but with the help of the gang here they have helped me out a lot in the pass...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    That is True the idea of having to call someone to clean out a hornet nest seems so silly LOL and you guys do know how to toruble shot that why I like this forum. I just hope I can be of help here as well
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    LOL yea me too it was driving me nuts for almost 2 weeks trying to figer out what was wrong and it all boiled down to a hornets nest and a wrong seting LOL But I am glad it was just that ;)
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Well good news gang I got it to work :) cleaning out the Hornet nest out of the horn and changing the setting to C-Band and Ku-Band LNBFs as well as rebooting it did the trick. Got it to work you guys are the best thank you all for taking the time out to help me out I learned a lot here...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Well I going to give that a try lol I have a 4dtv 920 when I looked at the opps and it was set to C-Band and Ku-Band LNBs changed it to C-Band and Ku-Band LNBFs I did check it to see if I got the ch I lost back but dose not seem to be will keep trying I thank everyone here for all...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Well so far nope :( I'm sorry to say I'm going to clean out the horn a bit with a dry rag to remove any of the hornet poison that mite be still in there see if that will do the trick I don't know if having my SAT provider send me a hit will do any good
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Ok I uploaded some pix of the horn One thing I notice was when I was taking pix of the horn there was a wasp nest in it that mite be part of the trouble Im having :confused: I did kill the nest and cleaned it out so still have to clean out the oil form the hornet killer you can check it...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Sorry I dint get back to you guys sooner been busy with work :( I did as you as and look at the numbers this time I took pix LOL As you can see the numbers Im dealing with now My Public Shoebox pictures from friends & fun photos on webshots I also want to thank all of you for taking the...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    plz forgive me Im still a Noob so I dont know what F/D means. FreeHorn Ploarizalion Rotated 90dagrees I also have it set to C-Band and KU-Band LNBS GB 601 Bloom TV ( comes in Clear) G3 581 FX News (comes in clear ) C3 600 is HGTVW (dont get anything there Signal 68 Quality 0 I know Im on...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Well Truckracer I try ed everything I can think of and losing the channel's happening all the time :( When I go to GSN ch 643 it comes in clear The Skew is H -90 V 65 Signal is at it low es if 68 and can go up to 80 deepening on time of day Quality is 75 to 80 Now when I got...
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Well tryed that too and no luck this is driving me nuts thanks for your help will keep trying
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Thanks for the help Mauiguy did try that but no luck
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    Has anyone else had sicfi die on them

    Well Guys, I'm back :) With all your help last time, I got my SAT sorted out. It needed a new actuator arm, but I'm hanging on to the old one. I want to take it apart and see if I can rebuild it ;) The new trouble I have is this: I got W5 and had SciFi working well. A few days ago it...
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    Do I need to do a re-set for W5?

    Well wanted to give you a update we try ed it and moved it a bit but the actuator arm die I don't know what I did to kill the arm being its only a year old I noticed that the motor runs but the magnet inside dose not move at all could there be a chance that I some how broke the worm...
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    Do I need to do a re-set for W5?

    Well we are north of Toronto in the New market area
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    Do I need to do a re-set for W5?

    Well Wife and I say thank you will try that tomorrow and yes being that we are in Canada it would be a veary long drive for you gabshere Thanks so much for you help you guys are the best
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    Do I need to do a re-set for W5?

    Well I got 2 of them up trying for the rest lol "] "] Well as you can tell Im no real tech head
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    Do I need to do a re-set for W5?

    Well guys all of you are the best for taking the time out in helping me I did find out what the trouble was look like the actuator arm went I never thought to go out and check the dish itself (note to self that should be rule number one ) but I must tell you this I learned a lot from you...
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    Do I need to do a re-set for W5?

    Thanks IceBerg still no luck tryed everything I seen posted frist Luck for me I do have the manual and as far I can tell I did follow the steps but still no luck. cant ever find anything of the free stuff cant ever find the G1 Sat oh well will keep trying thanks for all the help :) the only...