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For the GeosatPro receivers, how many satellites max can be stored? Can the satellite list be edited? Can satellites be added? The reason I ask is that I have a motorized C/Ku dish and can see from 58 deg. to 148 deg., and need to list each satellite position twice in my current Fortec...

I've been using a coax attached signal meter to aim my dishes. I will aim the dish up/down and left/right to get the strongest signal. But sometimes this is not good enough. With some sats the picture will break-up a bit, then I move the dish over a click or two and then get a perfect picture...

I have a VBox II and if LNB power is removed, it turns "off" and displays "...". Sometimes I will turn my Mercury II receiver off via the remote on/off button and the VBox will turn "off" indicating "...". Other times I will turn the Mercury off and the VBox briefly displays "...", then...

After doing a bit of tree cutting down and adding satellites to the list in my Mercury II receiver (need two of each satellite listed, one for C and one for Ku), I power scanned every satellite my dish can see (58 W to 139W). I did not scan any circular polarity sats. I got over 600 FTA...

This is advanced "geekyness" stuff.... [Warning: Do not attempt to modify your channel file unless you have done this type of thing before, realize that this could possibly cause your reciever to become useless, the receiver would not be covered under warranty, and you would need to buy a new...

I found the cause of duplicate channel numbers in the Mercury II... To fix this, go to Menu/System Setup/Others Then set SID to Off.

Receivers which work list! What FTA receivers work (no or few bugs) and have the following? -Can use Channel Master channel editor on channel file. -Can store 600 or more channels (without receiver going haywire)*. -AC-3 audio pass through. -100 satellites or more. -Blind search. *Means you...

I installed Mercury II software Version 0151 and found the following problems... In Menu/Antenna Setup Press Red button to edit TP -Can change TP Frequency OK. -Can change TP Polarity OK. -But when I try to enter a new Symbol Rate, the numbers on the screen do not change. However the numbers...

Does any satellite receiver manufacturer ever try to use their receiver as they ship them? I wonder because for each satellite which has both C-band and Ku-band, I need to have two listings. One listing for C-band and another listing for Ku band. Yet they list C/Ku satellites only once! But...

I finally found time to get the satellite list on my receiver straightened out, so I will have two listings for each satellite which are both C and Ku. But I have found that the channel editor for the Mercury II does not work properly! If I go to full screen, I can't see the things at the...

I wonder if some manufacturers ever try to use/install the products they manufacture? Products can be manufactured to precise accurate specifications. And if there was ever anything which requires precision in aiming, it is a satellite dish. With G10, adjusting your dish up/down or...

In the process of adding satellite listings to my receiver, saving/restoring the channels, and/or updating the software, I now have a bunch of channels with duplicate numbers. Like I have 77 channels which are numbered Channel 1 44 channel 2's 24 channel 3's etc... I would prefer they were...

I found this neat diagram of how to connect more than 4 LNB's to a receiver with diseqc... http://www.toroidal.co.nz/switching.html

Well I got my Invacom SNH-031 Ku LNBF and mounted it on my 1 meter Andrew dish which is pointing at G10. I am very pleased to say the least. I'm getting signal strength in the 90's and quality in the 90's with the best TP's. Sometimes signal strength close to 100. The weaker TP's are in the...

I was helping a friend take a load of garbage to the dump/transfer station.... The smell of the place was nasty. Rotten this and that everywhere as I looked around... And then I saw IT! Could it be? Yes it was. It was an Andrew type 100 - 1 meter dish. It even had a short pole still...

Well I got my BSC621-2 working just fine and 370 channels. I got some pretty good channels and besides being able to see these in my living room, I wanted to see them in the bedroom... So I connected the bedroom TV and installed "B" speakers from my stereo to get AC-3 sound, then dragged out...

Problem with losing various satellites "position" and having to again tell the receiver/positioner where that satellite is located... Equipment: Fortec Mercury II with Moteck V Box II (diseqc to 36 volt positioner controller). The satellite list which came with my Mercury II has only one...

In the "Antenna Setup" menu, when I am finding a new satellite, and have moved my dish to where the satellite is, then gone back to the main "Antenna Setup" menu .... ...in the upper right hand corner of the screen there will sometimes pop up a channel name in brackets like: [Channel xyz]...

Well I moved my big 12 ft. dish Friday morning and got it installed on my 10 ft. pole. And then it started.... I brought out my small TV, signal meter, and old receiver with 36V positioner and set about lining up the dish. I worked about an hour and was starting to get somewhere with my...

I'm adding satellites to the satellite list on my Mercury II... When I add a satellite, I can name it with the characters A-Z, but how do I get lower case or type in numbers? (Some satellites only have one listing and I want both a C and a Ku listing for these satellites.)

So that I can move my 12 ft. mesh big dish up higher to get a better view of things, I just installed a 13 ft. 3" schedule 80 pipe in a 3 ft. hole. (There are pieces of metal welded to the pipe below the concrete so the pipe will not turn.) Even though the pipe is schedule 80 (very thick...

I connected a couple of coax cables to my BSC621-2 for testing, then went to remove them to install the permanent cables. When I started to unscrew a coax cable, the BSC621-2 coax connector turned along with the F-Connector nut! Luckily I saw this and was able to tighten the thin coax...

I have never received worse instructions for anything than I have for FTA receivers, switches, LNB's, etc. In many cases I receive NO instructions along which what I have purchased. Well I just found the "instructions" for everything! The following DiSEqC technical document explains...

I've not used a DiSEqC switch before. Don't know if I have my terminology correct... I assume I can run two separate coax cables to my BSC621-2 and use my 4 LNB DiSEqC switch to switch between the C and Ku? Question: Being as how the C LNB on the BSC621-2 connects to the C LNB with a DiSEqC...

So I'm installing my new BSC621-2 C/Ku LNBF on my big dish.... Before installing my new LNBF, I'm careful to first point my dish at a satellite and get a signal using my old feedhorn/LNB. Works OK... Then I install the new LNBF - make adjustments and use my signal meter to get the strongest...