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    Official 4DTV Conversion to W5/X4 services only infornmation post

    I got my system working by doing the 4 step procedure on w5-216, since my X4 map did not have X4-216. After holding power button in for 3 seconds, a green light above the dc2 light flashed for about 1 minute. Then, X4 map was correct, with music on 900 channels. I signed up for program guide, to...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    Success. I followed the 4 step procedure, and in spite of my TDT being at 1920, I was able to successfully map X4, and subscribe to a package on X4, including the guide. (Actually, I subscribed to the guide, first, just to see if things were working, especially since I can still watch Showtime...
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    Danger 4096 found turned back on.

    If you can't find them locally, you can almost certainly get them from Digikey or Mouser. I think I need to do the same thing fairly soon.
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    Danger 4096 found turned back on.

    I'm sure my 922 is about to need a new battery. Where are these videos?
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    Danger 4096 found turned back on.

    I am tempted to do that, except that if the maps do not load, I suspect I could not even convert it to an X4 box. Is this correct? Also, if the maps do not reload, then my understanding is that I could not even use the 4dtv for a dish mover. Is that correct? (Somewhere I saw a post that said...
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    Danger 4096 found turned back on.

    Does anyone know if the maps are in any of those feeds? I can get G0 and W5 pretty well. G0-101 is currently playing Showtime in the clear. My TDT is at 1920, so if I am to be able to convert to the X4 package, I must do a master reset. But, if I do that, at best I'll get nothing but X4, and...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    Actually, I can't get G1 anyway. It is too low in the sky. But, I am getting G0. In fact, right now I can watch G0-101, since Showtime is free this weekend, and that channel is working fine. While I do have an ancient dish mover, that probably works, it does not have polarity adjustment...
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    The Official 4DTV Maps Experimentation Thread

    It turns out my tdt is at 1920. Not sure what to do now. I at least want to use the 4dtv to drive the dish for fta receiver. At this point, there is virtually nothing out there of any value to me on 4dtv, so I guess I have nothing to loose by doing a master reset to clear the tdt and then...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    If I do a master reset, will I loose the ability to use the tiles to steer the dish to all of the different satellites with an fta receiver? In other words, if I do a master reset, can I use it to watch X4 programming and use it to steer my dish to watch other stuff on a fta receiver?
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    BTW, I do get a green light on W5. I do get ch 602, but not 603. Clearly the channel map is screwed up. Not sure what to do since TDT is 1920.
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    OK, I am getting somewhere, but slowly. At least W5/X4 is in the perfect part of the sky. I have strength 90, quality 99 on that, with Eb/No +9.2. And, when I get my new corotor, and can properly place the horn at the focal point (my present feed is too short to reach the focal point, and the...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    What is X4? I see it in the same position as G4. G4 works fine on my system. But, if X4 is not Ku, how can it be in the same position as G4? Just like G4 is Galaxy 16. What is X4? I do have X4 in my channel map, but I don't know if it has the correct parameters. I also have W5, but it clearly...
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    The Official 4DTV Maps Experimentation Thread

    Because I believe that I a Ku band satellite, and I can't get Ku band at the present time.
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    I think there was some confusion over the codes. I cannot do 67781 without getting a major warning. But, I loaded channel CF to the location of W5, and I see "Cleaning House". No video, but that is what the TV shows. So, I think I am getting somewhere. I cannot load X4 since my system does not...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    When I try to do that, I get a message "This will erase all satellites and system settings and temporarily turn off your unit." Obviously, I don't want to do that. I suspect my unit is a brick except for being able to receive W1-400, G4-16, and a few Showtime channels on G0 when they are free.
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    Is there a market for a dish/skew director now that 4dtv is basically dead? I realize that 4dtv is not totally dead, but my system is only able to receive 1 or 2 4dtv signals and 2 or 3 worthless NTSC signals. Thus, in my mind, it is dead. In my case, I don't even think I can convert it to a W5...
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    Comcast FP

    Showtime appears to be open on G0 on my 4dtv receiver, but I can't find any open HBO channels. But, my channel map dates from 2004. I am trying to figure out how to get a current one, since the receiver was not used since 2004, but I can't seem to figure out how to get a new channel map. I...
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    The Official 4DTV Maps Experimentation Thread

    I am an electrical engineer specializing in microwave and RF. I have plenty of test equipment, including signal generators that can produce any desired waveform up to about 4 GHz. (Other generators go to 26.5 GHz, but they only can be am, pulse, and fm (or fsk) modulated. If someone has a data...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    I thought that perhaps if I left my receiver tuned to a Digicipher 2 channel for a while, I would get new channel maps. So, I left it tuned to W1-400 overnight. But, today, I went to W5, and I clearly do not have the correct channel map for W5. Is there any way, today, to get correct channel...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    How to get current channel maps on 4dtv off since 2004 I've been trying to get my 4dtv system back and running. I might decide to convert it to the W5 package, but I am leaning towards just getting a FTA receiver. After days of fiddling with the dish and feed, I finally have a system that sort...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    Well, that answers one question! My Eb/No is +2.2. No wonder the digital channels don't work, and the few analog channels are a bit sparlky, in spite of a relatively strong signal. Now, the question is why? I did notice on one of the analog channels that I got a better signal if I turned on the...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    I tried that. I got a signal strength of 90 on G4-16, and a pretty good picture. A little (very little) bit of sparkles, but overall a very acceptable picture with sound. I was also able to get a pretty good signal on W1-23, which is analog. But, absolutely nothing in terms of "quality" (0) on...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    Since there are very few analog channels available today, is there any way in the hidden menus, or elsewhere, to determine what satellite you are actually viewing? I have a satellite signal strength meter that I can use to tune the dish, but unless I am on an analog channel, which are few and...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    Some progress in bringing up old 4dtv unit, but can't get quality greater than 12 I've been trying to get my old 4dtv unit up and running again since being turned off since 2004. I was finally able to get a couple of analog channels on several satellites, although most have a little bit of...
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    Getting 4DTV and HDD200 working again after idle since 2004

    No good. It was in the system, but when I hit that channel, the dish went to the place that I had just determined for G4. I told the system to adjust values after I found G4, but apparently that did not happen. I set to W1 400 and started moving the dish west, but basically the signal strength...