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I used a Super-glue; any sort should do, or use contact cement, which may be best as it remains elastic. Contact cement should work with any type of rubber padding that one chooses. I like the Tire patch sheets because it's nicely prepped for a long-lasting bond. The other side is perfect for...

I have used small portions of a rubber tire patch by cutting two square pads that will fit the scalar ring pads which are the two points of contact. I sanded the areas to be glued and placed the two rubber pads on the scalar ring and it works great for securing the LNB in position without it...

Thanks Ironsides, you said what I would've... my Internet has been down all afternoon and just got it back. I agree with you about the DMX scalar ring, don't use it if you have another that will work and is better quality, one of my new DMX242 scalars cracked so I used the one from my DMSI...

Just yesterday I replaced one of my new DMX242 lnb's with a cheap Panorama LNB and gained about 8% QS. :D Results will obviously vary from application to application. This wasn't a fluke IMO, I spent hours tweaking the DMX242 with no luck but after taking 15 minutes to install and tweak the...

The Ku TP's are likely a result of the stb's behavior, a different stb will likely behave differently so don't pay much mind to that. there's many answers to your questions and various approaches you could take, you should first decide on what satellite to park the dish on if you plan on keeping...

the 12050 is a Ku band freq, you have to use the 4 digit freqs for C-band

YES, it should be OFF unless you are using a 22KHz switch with another dish LNB. This could VERY well be your problem

Are you using a 22KHz switch with two LNB's such as another dish with a Ku LNB?

There's a lot to consider Dee Ann, the pole has to be thick wall pipe and it's expensive and very heavy. I recommend 10 ft length, you can always cut it shorter but can't extend it if needed so give yourself the extra edge so to speak. It will likely cost at least $6 bucks a foot or more...

Lak7 is right, it's tricky, this is why I suggested the Ku lnb, yes a DTV lnb will work. You can use one of the Echostar sats to point at, one that is closest to your true south. The probe alignment is critical and if it's not dead-on you won't get a Q sig. If your dish was on the ground or if...

Countryman, the signal meter is quite sensitive in comparison and even when the dish is slightly out of alignment the signal will indicate that you are in the vicinity of a satellite although not close enough to gain a Q signal. I suspect two things, either the LNB polarity is not positioning...

Sounds like you eliminated a bad cable or connection, the 88% signal means you now have a very good connection between the stb and the LNB but the dish is not aimed at the specific TP you're seeking. It's now just a matter of locating a satellite and a live TP, then you should get a Q signal.

Countryman, the idea of building a scaffold is to get access to the entire dish, not just the back. you'll have to use your own judgment on how to build it, the platform will need to be wide enough to expand to all sides. I myself would build it in such a way that it fastens to the edge of the...

Is the dish pole secured to the house in any way? if it is, you might try rigging up some sort of platform or scaffolding beneath the dish so you can work on it. Even if you have to align the dish to your true south, the backside of the dish where the polar mount is will be beneficial because...

It appears that you're between a rock and a hard spot with the dish up so high and the old technology hardware. It looks like the height is essential for having a clear line of sight over the neighbors houses, etc so you're going to have to deal with it. If it was mine, I would mark the post and...

Solar flare hits US satellite By Chris Forrester - Tuesday, 27 April 2010 C/P It now seems that a powerful solar flare on about April 5 hit the Galaxy-15 satellite that normally beams Fox Sports, ESPN, Starz/Encore, AMC and the Sundance Channel and others to US viewers. Two weeks ago...

I was bewildered when I saw the QS on my 10.5' peaked at 100%, I thought my Coolsat 6100 was getting ready to blow the power supply or something

Hey AJV, I didn't mean you, I quoted Ironsides, he's still having trouble

Hey Bro, can you post some screen shots of your menu windows?

Good deal AJV :D Enjoy

make sure the PID's are put in the correct slots, the first number is video, then audio and pcr, your menu may have them in another order, just match them up correctly and check the other settings to be sure

Blind scan won't work as it disregards anything you input. Thats the way Blind works. you have to do it the ways I presented. I might suggest if it doesn't scan the first time, keep trying over again, it may take 5 attempts and if it still doesn't work then try method two.

Hey Ironsides, if you have an existing channel to edit, you've half the battle won. but know this, you'll need 3 doner channels to get all 3 CW's. it's gotta work for you :D

CW mux Here's a screen shot of my Coolsat advanced scan menu, follow the instructions.

I don't know about the SV Elite but the typical two options are to do an individual scan of that 3720 freq and manually input the PID's for each of the three channels. this is providing your stb allows manual PID entry, take a look and see if it has the option in maybe an "advanced" mode of some...