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Actually the reason I got into FTA to begin with was I had paid satellite TV and they sold me a piece of junk receiver. It was underpowered microprocessor wise. Took forever to scroll through the TV guide, etc. I felt like I was ripped off! There was no way this receiver could work properly...

It says they want a jury trial! In the past when I have been on jury duty, they always selected juriors who knew nothing about the subject. The dumber, the better seems to be the thinking of the lawyers. So this would be interesting - discussing such a highly technical subject with a group...

See "TERRESTRIAL INTERFERENCE" at this link... http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/Noise.html#anchor31113 See "PROTECTION FROM INTERFERENCE" Section 4-17 http://www.afrts.osd.mil/tech_info/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf

If it was a "prime focus" dish with the LNB in the center like big dishes, then the angle the dish is tilted and pointing toward the sky would be the same if upside down. However with an "offset dish" where the LNB is mounted below the dish on an arm, then the angle the dish is tilting toward...

Very good idea! List sources of where to find additional information. Or better yet, in the printed instructions, provide one link to a page on your web site which lists other sources of information. Web sites come and go. Links change, etc. So you could change this on your web page and not...

The full file name on my V0151 is... 20070604_MERCURY2_V0151.bin ^Date^ Also keep in mind I am not going to download the software, install it on my receiver, find the bugs, then post a message about it here all in the same day! More likely I'll download the software. Install it when I...

Sorry I don't have the time right now. I'm busy cutting firewood in the mountains and have to get this done before they impose fire restrictions and no longer allow the use of chainsaws.

I have a 12 ft C/Ku wire mesh dish with a BSC621-2 C/Ku LNBF, a VBox II diseqc to 36 volt positioner controller and a Fortec Star Mercury II receiver. I get the BBC as well as hundreds of other channels.

I see people buying FTA systems and having the same install problems over and over. Basically the instructions which come with FTA receivers, diseqc switches, LNBF's, etc. are little or none. Then no one knows the difference between C and Ku and no one tells them. Sats are listed in the...

I reported the above bugs to Fortec, perhaps they have fixed them? I went back to 045 and it is working OK. so I'm leaving my receiver at that version. (If it works, don't fix it!) Note I also saw a problem with V0151 where the diseqc switch was not switching (in addition to the above bugs)...

I looked at this channel the last week and nothing was ever on except images and music. I guess this is because it has not "launched" yet? Anyway I always like to hear both "sides". This should be interesting to watch whenever it does launch. Date? Note it is also interesting to watch BBC...

When you want to have multiple receivers to be able to use the same dish and LNB, the thing to use is a multi-switch. But before you can use a multi-switch, note there is a problem with the "polarity" (H/V) when using a SINGLE coax connection LNB. You need to use a DUAL coax connection LNB...

Perhaps I could be of some assistance with this matter...:D (Hope she is not reading this!) My best friend waits until his wife wants something, then he pounces like a cat catching a bird. For example his wife wanted a new washing machine, then he demanded he should get a new recliner - the...

I have found with G10R that I need all the tricks in the book to get it to work. I need a larger dish of at least 1 meter. Very low noise LNB like Invacom. Then fixed dish. Pointing at G10R is about the size of this ---> O I need to be in the center of that O. My big dish has a bit of...

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...

You are correct! I moved my dish a little over and found it.

If you want to go all out, get a 12 ft. C/Ku wire mesh dish with 36 inch actuator and a BSC621-2 C/Ku LNBF. Then VBox II positioner controller to move the dish. Some wire mesh dishes have large holes in the mesh and can't receive Ku. So be sure it is C and Ku. Look up the specs for the dish on...

I tried power scanning 119 with my Mercury II and using a circular LNB and did not get any music channels. I did get a couple of DTV channels, so I know I am on 119. Lyngsat says for EchoStar 7 (119) and the Muzak channels... DVB Nagravision 2. Lyngsat EchoStar 7 (119)...

Yes I get this channel 80% signal and 50% quality with it being cloudy today and I'm located in Oregon. Note I got my 12 ft. C/Ku wire mesh dish used for $150.00 from a local sat dealer. He was glad to get rid of it!

Here ya go.... (Ignore the military specific stuff.) http://www.afrts.osd.mil/tech_info/handbook/pdf/handbook.pdf

I got about 10 TV channels on G10 C.

My BSC621-2 is the key to all this and is working fantastic. And this is why I posted this, because there finally is a product to get C and Ku all on the same dish and work with an FTA receiver as is (along with the VBox). No mess, no fuss! Click on a channel and it moves the dish for you be...

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...

The way dish movers (positioners or actuators) work is they have a "counter" which counts how many times a gear inside has turned one direction or the other. The receiver or VBox keeps track of how many times the gear has turned and knows what the count currently is. This way it keeps track of...