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When you live in the States or Canada you get used to a controlled environment and the the rules of "The Man". Mexico is a very easy country to live in with a lot more individual freedoms and less control from a national point. Some examples are, it is not illegal to escape from prison or...

I will share with you my antenna farm in the land of the sea and sun. Located about 500 miles south of Nagalas AZ/Sonora Mx As I set here typing this it is about 85 F. with the windows open, fan blowing and I am watching hockey in the frozen north land. Includes Hughesnet / SC / Mexican...

Thought you might be interested in these pictures of a "South Of The Border" instillation. I have lived most of the time in a small rural Mexican pueblo for the past 10 years. The pueblo is about 500 miles south of Nogales AZ./Sonora on the Sea of Cortez, and up until the last few years the...

I see they are going to provide the original showing date in the program description, a feature that is nice to have. Must say that dealing with StarChoice service representatives is a pleasure, some of the best trained professionals that I have come across.

When you contact SC direct for service (not sure about a broker) they will have you set the box to channel 299 go through the - Options-6-4-3-1-7 routine and ask you the following information. The registration information on the box, the signal strength reading and Ecb reading. I am pretty sure...

If you are using a Birdog meter you will have to use F2. Easiest is take the box and a small TV to the dish and follow the setup instructions when you find the correct satellite it will turn green and then peak. I can tell you that an Ecb of 8 is great.

Once you get your HDTV in place you will find that in set-up there is a selection for format. On mine I chose automatic and it selects the best picture framing for the channel, which eliminated the cutting off (cropping) of some of the picture.

If you do not have the cajones to do it yourself and need a broker, you are probably right.

If you are a southern subscriber, and set up the subscription yourself, as I did. It is keyed to the phone number you supplied to SC. When I call SC for a pay-for-view I use the automated call in through VOIP. It will ask you if you are calling from the number you supplied to SC or...

Here in New Mexico, no problem with 75E, a little trickery with 60E but receive all channels, An 80cm FTA dish is sufficient for for reception of both satellites if you want that type of set-up with use of a combiner.

Just wanted to say "Thanks" set the box settings and a little adjustment to the dish and it dropped right in. I live most of the year about 500 miles in Mexico, I will bring the setup down and see what satellites and programming are accessible, should be interesting.

I purchased one of the cheap Coolsat 6000 from Ebay, have a 31" dish and the following LNB and I am going to place it fixed on Galaxy 10R LNB ROC model# 785A , standard linear Rf 11.70Ghz - 12.20 Ghz If 950 Mhz - 1450 Mhz LO 10.75 Ghz The Coolsat (Dish Settings) ask for the...

What is the best manufactuer or brand of lnb to use on the edge of the DTV 101 West footprint. This would be used with a larger dish and single satellite reception.