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Thanks guys, I think I understand the situation now. I will go ahead and buy the two systems.

I'm not sure which post you were referring to. I certainly did not intend any and I didn't detect any in the replies. I asked the question just to be sure I understood the situation. I am ready to buy two more systems and I didn't wish to have to replace them in the near future. If the...

Will we have to replace our FTA receivers anytime soon?

To: AL I wish I had heard from you earlier. Today I dug the manual out and did what you said and everything is working again. I had a heck of a time deciphering the manual, they must have thought the words were worth $100 each since they left out so many that would have cleared things up...

To: MrFTAMan My dish was moving to the correct position and stop but the info note on the screen said that it was positioning. The software just hung up. Resetting the receiver would start it working again. Note that I am using the past tense. My receiver is a Pansat 3700S. Today I reset it to...

TO: MrFTAMan I have not had any problems with the installation but I have had problems with my receiver. Many times it will just quit working when I change satellites. It moves to the new position but will not pick up the signal. I have to turn the power off on the back of the receiver, wait a...

TheJaff: Excellent job! Old John

Remember the old saw: "It's a mighty poor wind that don't blow somebody some good!" Old John

My guess is that Primestar overdid it on the early systems and used a much stronger mount than was neccessary. I'll bet the heavy one would withstand a hurricane. The pole might get blown down but the mount would not be damaged. Speaking of poles, I am very lucky to have clay about 4 inches...

This question is mainly for iceberg but others are welcome to jump in: Every day or two my Pansat 3500s receiver quits working. I can change channels but the dish does not move if I am supposed to be changing birds. If I choose the bird that I was last on there is no signal. I can reset it by...

Stefan and Pepper: Out of curosity I looked out at the dish from my window and it did, indeed, look round. Although I had measured it before installing it I decided to measure it again. It measures 39.5 x 43. I don't know how I could have made such a mistake as I used to be so good with...

It certainly looks strong enough. What kind of motor is that? I would be very concerned about how to mount it on the roof. Let us know the results. Old John

The dish is 39.5 x 43. I didn't realize that it looked round until I read the above posts. The motor says it will handle up to 1.2M dishes, but the weight of the primestar mount was just too much, and it would have been difficult to attach to the motor arm and maintain the proper alignment and...

My first camera was a Digital (brand) camera . It was a "web camera" that you could send live action photos with. I didn't know the terminology so I bought it by mistake. The second camera was an Argus brand and it is very simple to operate. Those old Primestar dishes are hard to find...

I bought one of the digital cameras but the software doesn't match the camera. I took some pictures but the software would only let me take snapshots of live action while it was connected by its USB cable. Will try again tomorrow. The booklet mentions a menu that never appears. Tried...

Tron, Setting up a big dish is much the same as setting up a little one. Set your elevation to your latitude then turn it back and forth slowly until you find the true south bird. Thank you for the help you gave me recently. Old John

Pestie, I think I would buy a new one too. Then I would try to fix the old one. If you use wire of about 22 gauge and follow the same path as the circuitry that was pulled loose it should work. I think I would remove the silicon :>) Old John

Pepper, I'll go to Wal-Mart tomorrow, they are only 4 miles from here and they are one of the Super stores. If they have them here I'll get one and send photos as soon as possible. Old John

Peter: I just looked up EWTN on C-band it is at 133 deg. West on G1. It is an analog signal and it is free. There are several free analog religious channels on C-band. If you decide to go that route take Katrinasucks advice and look for a big dish that you can have just for hauling it away. If...

Ken: We're mostly old retired folks in this neighborhood and I'm about the only one who even owns a computer. One neighbor has a daughter who lives about 100 miles away who he thinks has a digital camera. He is supposed to ask her to bring it on her next visit. I'm not counting on that though...

Sorry Pete, I have neither a digital camera nor a scanner. If I can find a neighbor with a digital camera I will post a pix or two, If I can find one with a Polaroid I'll take pictures and mail them to you. I tried to make the description as clear as possible, but a picture would help...

Pete: I just completed the installation of an old Primestar dish on an SG2100 motor and it works great. 1. I removed the existing mount from the dish. 2. Then I cut off the flange on each side just an eighth inch or so past the bend so it would be more rigid. 3. I bolted the flanges on the...

...2002, My BUD has LNB's for analog signals. These were installed in 1995 or earlier, but they pick up FTA DVB digital signals. My problem, which I still have, is getting the BUD to track properly. I can adjust it for my southernmost satellite and get both signal level and quality hitting 99%...

Ken2400, Here in NW Louisiana I see a lot of C-band dishes that are not being used. I could probably get one free just for removing it. It's a thought. Old John

Iceberg, I'd like to add my thanks to all the others you have received. I knew virtually nothing about FTA when I found this forum. I had visited others but decided I would not grovel to get an answer there. When I found this site and read some of the posts and your teams responses I knew that I...