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    KU band help

    When I wanted to go to K band, I bought a corotor and a Ku LNB. It wouldn't work for Ku, not even once, but C band was perfect. I fiddled with alignment for months because everything I was hearing said that Ku was tough to align. After a lot of frustration I decided to replace the new LNB. As...
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    922 Receiver

    Does your actuator setting match your installation? That is, is it set linear/east or linear/west and how is your actuator attached? Linear/west is when the actuator arm end hooks to the right side of the dish centerline when viewed from behind the dish. Are you sure the wiring of power out...
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    922 Receiver

    When I do a master reset it leaves the east and west limit both on 5000 on my box. You can't access the menu to program any satellites until you have some range between the east and west limits. What I do is just highlight one of the 5000's, use the left and right arrows on the remote and when...
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    Big Dish HDTV

    Thanks, guys. I guess I need to get an HDD 200 and I've meanwhile found some used ones. I'm going to look into the 920 battery issue. I've known about it for some time now and actually changed the one in my videocipher modue successfully. I figured that if I messed that one up I wouldn't be...
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    Big Dish HDTV

    I am looking to go to HDTV. I have a Motorola 920 and access to HD channels that are included with some subscriptions. If I go to them with my regular TV I get a blocky mess and intermittent sound. As best I can figure out, I need to get a Motorola HDD 200 to hook up between the 920 and the...
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    anyone ever experiment with antennas before?

    When I was growing up here in eastern Ohio (early 60's) I was turning the TV tuner and got a station on channel 3. All we had for an antenna was rabbit ears. The picture was clean and the sound was good. I knew there was no channel 3 nearby so I watched a while and it was New Brunswick, Nova...
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    4dtv 922 question

    I have a 920 which is pretty close to a 922. When I just had C-band, my setting was C-band lnb. Now that I have both C and Ku the setting is C and Ku lnb. Everything works fine.
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    pas 9

    I haven't been to PAS 9 for a couple of years but I was able to tune C band at that time, from here in eastern Ohio.
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    Channel Master Feedhorn

    It sounds like an alignment issue. The digital channels are a little harder to lock than the analogs are to tune. Try what tdti1 suggested. When you lock a digital channel it will be a really clean picture. It sounds like you are close.
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    Channel Master Feedhorn

    You could try making sure that your feed horn is centered on the dish, that the focal length is set correctly, that the dish is round and flat across the face. All of these things will affect performance. If you find that the feed horn is off center and correct it, you will probably need to...
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    Button hook To Quad Legs

    My 10 footer has a buttonhook. I took stainless cables and fastened them to the scalar ring by putting a loop of metal around the scalar ring in 3 fitted sections that bolt together with 3 1/8 in. stainless bolts, 120 degrees apart. That way I could tighten the bolts and secure the metal to...
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    cleaning , preping and tuning my old dish

    If you take off the actuator arm to clean it up you can use a 12 volt trolling motor battery to run it in and out, at least that is what I did. I also put a boot on mine to keep it out of the weather after I got it cleaned up. Your arm looks like new compared to what I'm using, but it works fine.
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    can not find X4

    I am assuming you have a Motorola 920 or 922. When you configure your box to have a Ku band LNB it will add the Ku band satellites to the list that you choose from to set the position and skew for the installtion of that satellite. If you want to get X4 you will need to have Ku capability on...
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    Slaving FTA to existing C-Band setup

    I have both C and Ku band. I have two splitters that can pass DC power on both ports but also block the reverse flow of DC on both ports so there is no feedback issues from my Coolsat to my Motorola 920 and vice versa. That way whatever STB is turned on will power the LNBs.
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    terrestrial interference

    I had the same problem two years ago but it is now gone. There is a radio tower west of me and I figured that they were doing something but I was never able to get them to own up to it. In my case it woud go on for a couple of hours and then quit. The pulses were about 40 seconds apart for...
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    Added Ku with BSC621 and can't get guide/re-hits

    Apparently there is some compatability issue with the BSC621 and a Motorola 4DTV box. I did a google search on the BSC621 to see what it is all about and found this out at the following site: [URL="http://www.dvbhardware.com/product_info.php?products_id=6"] They don't say what it is but...
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    Channel Master Feedhorn

    I have three feed horns, one on the dish and two in the basement, but none are channel master. What type of adjustment are you looking to make?
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    Saw a big dish in a movie

    When I watched that movie I said to the wife, "I've got to find out where I can get one of those."
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    Missing Channel on 4DTV

    Everything that "jself1982" told you is correct. I subscribe to and get all of those channels except the ones that are using the symbol rate that my 920 can't handle. Galaxy 15, also known as G1 in the 920 satellite list, is sometimes tricky to get for some reason. I once had trouble getting...
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    10ft Mesh

    Also you might measure the diameter in several places. They should all measure the same or very close. Also dents in the mesh can be a problem.
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    Can't program Coolsat 6000 Premium

    I bought a coolsat 6000 premium and have had no problems with it. The cable that comes with it when it is new is a null modem cable and it is my understanding that this is what you need. I never bothered to find out what the difference is between a null modem cable and a regular RS 232 cable...
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    How To Measure Actuator Arm?

    The outer tube of my 24 inch mover measures in at 31.5 inches. If you would call one of the suppliers that support this site they would probably tell you and give you a good price on a new one.
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    signal strength readings

    It is interesting to see the range of signal strengths that people post. There must be a lot of variation from box to box as to what is watchable. For instance, Iceberg's Pansat is watchable at a signal of 30. My Coolsat 6000 threshhold is about 65. Anything less than that is all blocks or...
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    Best way to take a C Band dish off of a pole?

    I took the cover off the feed horn before taking the dish apart. I heaved the cover, jumped off the ladder and ran.
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    Best way to take a C Band dish off of a pole?

    I moved the 10 footer I have about 20 miles. It is a mesh dish so I took it apart into its 8 sections and moved it inside my full sized van. My wife was nice enough to help me. Before putting it back up I really cleaned up all of the iron parts, phosphated all the rusty spots, gave it a coat...
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