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  1. glover31

    FINALLY BUILDING CUSTOM STB HTPC for FTA

    Hello I'm back. Been a long time. I am finally building the HTPC STB for fta satellite. Its not so cheap to build in the long run, But now I am running into an issue. ........My new build consists of a new motherboard, 1T hard drive, used itx case, stb dvb card, wifi card, and of course a new...
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    OTA + IPTV + FTA in one box. Build or buy? Help

    Hello. I am looking for a little input. I have been using an FTA/ xbmc satelite reveiver for sometime. I am thinking that its ability to add iptv channels is difficult. Usefull when they work. The media player usefull. Youtube usefull. But perhaps I might get a little more with a antenna. Or...
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    skyvision?

    hello all. Its been a while. Here is my question. Often I used to go to the sky vision web page. The one that always had the bud picture on it. I only bought a Manhattan receiver from them. But, I always used there ku and c-band charts to see whats up in the sky. Suddenly I see that sky vision...
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    dtv slimline for fta?

    So a buddy just gave me his old slimline dish. It looks like I could get an arm and a lnbf attachment and I should be good to go. It is 3 to 3 1/2 inches less than my smallest prim star/ channel master dish which is 36. This slimline has some nice adjustments on the back. So my question is...
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    custom multi lnb for 75e channelmaster

    Continuing from where I left off. Mast issues are taken care of. On to Setting up multiple lnbf on this satellite dish. Pictures to come on my next post. Looking for others to post pictures of there multi fixed dish lnbf here.
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    correct mast size for 75e dish

    Hello I have a 75e dish and bought a slimline 2'' mount for side of house and it must be 1/2 inch to small. Really sucks. Anything I can do to make this work? All I can think of is exhaust pipe and a welder or house mount for a 1.2 meter dish. Problem is all the mounts I find are really expensive.
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    found an old dish

    Hello. Looking to get some input as to if I can use this dish for fta reliably. Its a channel master dish. 36 inches wide. definitely not that tall though. More like the shape of a direct tv dish. just bigger.
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    36 '' Geosat pro vs typical direct tv or dish network dish for ku

    Looking for input here..... I am not understanding why the wide dishes that are used with dish network "hd" type, or direct tv slimline also very wide would not be suitable for fta. They are as wide as the geosat pro 36" from what I can tell just not as tall. I asked this question before but I...
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    Get back Ebru = combo fta + iptv? Thoughts... Input...

    So with the news that Ebru is leaving to go elsware. Will it remain free on roku? Also can it be streamed via iptv combination fta box. Seams like if it could be added to iptv combo box that it would be ideal. I know that there are combo iptv fta boxes out there but have not owned one so not...
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    c-band dish mover help please

    A buddy of mine from hamondsport ny has acquired a hth motor channel-master 10 foot dish or larger. I had him order all the parts I thought were necessary to get him up and going for fta. Also had him get a ku dish. So.. he got a v-box to move the dish with. Apparently the back of the dish...
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    old c band channel master please help

    A friend of mine from mandsport NY has found and acquired a channel master c band dish. Not sure if the motor is good or not. He thinks he has an old receiver from 1996 but not sure. Apparently it doesn't have the long arm and motor but the motor that is on the back and very heavy. This is...
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    Where to buy a fta receiver that can do it all?

    Hello Been a while... Wife divorcing me. Such a terrible time any way A friend of mine in hamondsport ny has got his hands on a large c-band dish. He used to have c-band satellite YEARS ago. I was telling him about fta. KU band. But he was interested in both c and ku. Then in discussion I...
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    post your SKYVISION experience

    Anyone here ever buy anything from SKYVISION?
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    STB receiver with netflix / amazon / hulu ect

    Looking for new receiver with that latest satellite features plus ability to do netflix, amazon, hulu. Basically a STB that can do it all. I have not come up with much. Some that do IPTV and some that do you-tube. I did find one that had XBMC but would rather not have to deal with the XBMC menu...
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    Best STB with IPTV

    What is the best receiver as far as content goes that does both Satellite and IPTV?
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    external hdd beeping

    I just bought a hard drive for the stb in my daughters room. I hooked it to the openbox s10. Although it recognizes it, the hard drive is beeping. I am thinking its not getting enough power as it works fine on a computer. HDD: 500gb toshiba canvio connect Is there a way to power this HDD if...
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    1.2 meter dish bracket

    Does anyone know where I could find a adjustable dish bracket like this one. This is the bracket that comes with the newer GEOSATpro 1.2 meter dish "Link below" . Mine is the older one and is such a PITA. https://satelliteav.com/p/shop/?ws_pid=616&ws_cat=470
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    The Weather Channel "Feeds"

    Will we loose the weather channel feeds on 103 west? I was just curious as Direct tv dropped them.
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    IPTV / FTA receiver

    Is it possible to use openbox x3 firmware on openbox s9- s12 stb's. I see that all the boxes are linux based. So I wondered if the boxes were all the same. Would be nice to add youtube to my s9 or s10
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    American stb Firmware " united states time zone"

    Can anyone help point me to American Firmware for manhattan rs-1933/ openbox s9/ s10? I have tried all the firmwares on here. Even though they say america its only the transponders. I have never been able to set correct time zone on my box as united states is not listed. Just European, german...
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    receiver screen freeze

    Firstly Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it today.:coffee Next I have 1 openbox s9 hd, 1 manhattan, and this morning a brand new openbox s10 hd. My problem is that the television screen freezes when I watch pbj, tuff tv.. "ku band" without fail. Once it freezes I try to switch sats and go...
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    3 or more fta recievers on one dish

    How do I wire up any 3 fta receivers or more to one dish? My current set up has one lnbf on 36 " geosat pro and 1.2 meter motorized. I have one 4 port diseq switch. I want only my living room receiver to use the motorized dish. Currently it does that, both the 36" and the 1.2 meter. Want to keep...
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    what are the pro's and con's of a ku / c-band combo lnbf ?

    I would like to know the pro's and con's of a ku / c-band combo lnbf.
  24. glover31

    openbox s9 hd freeze problems

    I have an open box s9 hd. This receiver has been really good, but occasionally freezes up on me. Changing the channel used to work and now I have to shut it off for a minute or two. Even then I may have freezing picture issue. Has anyone else experienced this? My Manhattan receiver does not do...
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    c-band on small dish?

    I have a 36" fixed geosat ku band dish. I also use a 1.2 meter motorized ku-band dish. The set-up consists of a 4 port switch for switching between dishes and open-box s9 receiver. What I would like to know is if I was to attempt to receive c-band reception from sats ses2 "87 west" and ses3 "103...