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motz

Last reply Sep 12, 2007 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

cant get IA5 with a Invacom quad

Hi guys,

I have just connected a Invacom Quad LNB to my 90 cm Fortec dish with h-h motor and to my Pansat 2700A through a diseqc switch and I'm having some problems. When I went on the roof to set-up the dish, I took an old Pansat 2500A receiver, aimed for G25KU (former T-5KU) and through the direct connection to receiver I've got a 60% quality signal which is very good for my area (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). Hooked the connectins back to diseqc, came down and hooked the 2700A and did not get any quality indication. Re-connected the 2500A, I can see the quality strength (same 60%) but when I do the sat scan I only get about 50 channels out of the approx.130. My set up in the 2700 is LNB to Universal 1 and I've tried all the possible set-up changes and could not get it to see the signal. Can anybody help me with some reccomendation ? Thanks

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Sadoun

Sep 11, 2007

The QPH031 Quad LNBF has a STANDARD linear side, not UNIVERSAL. So make sure you select 10750 as L.O. frequency.

Good luck

motz

Sep 11, 2007

Sadoun said:
The QPH031 Quad LNBF has a STANDARD linear side, not UNIVERSAL. So make sure you select 10750 as L.O. frequency.

Good luck

Thanks Sadoun,

I just tried that. Set the LNB for Standard (should the 22KHZ switch be on or off ?), frequency to 10750 but I'm only getting signal strength on TPs 36,35 and 34 and nothing else. If I switch LNB to Universal 1, I get signal strength on TPs 22 to 33. This is on my Pansat 2500A, I did not even try on the 2700. What could it be ? Something is cutting in the frequency.
Thanks.

voomvoom

Sep 11, 2007

My guess would be you've lost partial LOS (line of sight), meaning the weight of the Invacom Quad has altered the former position of the dish. You should try to re-align the dish and see if you can't improve the quality signal.

Al

motz

Sep 11, 2007

voomvoom said:
My guess would be you've lost partial LOS (line of sight), meaning the weight of the Invacom Quad has altered the former position of the dish. You should try to re-align the dish and see if you can't improve the quality signal.

Al

Thanks.
Strange, the signal strength is pretty good (62%), never had this strong before. If is set the LNB to Standard, I ger quality on TPs 22 to 33, if I set it to Universal 1 , I get quality on TPs 34 to 36. Is this the correct setup ? From C and L connection on LNB to Diseqc ports 1 and 2, from Diseqc output to LNB connection on the H-H motor and from RECEIVER connection on motor to Pansat receiver. Does anybody have a Invacom quad connectred to a Pansat ?
Thanks.

SatelliteAV

Sep 11, 2007

Don't even bother messing with the Universal setting. The QPH031 is not an Universal type LNBF.

Each model and brand of receivers have different frequencies preprogrammed in different TPs. It would be more useful if you stated the frequencies and polarities of the signals that have signal quality. Also, preprogrammed frequencies are often outdated and there is no longer a signal at that setting.

Try these tests:

Select Galaxy25 (IA5) ku from the satellite list. Set the LNB type to Standard / LO 10750, set the DiSEqC setting to port 1, and the TP to 12177
Run a coax cable from the receiver to the L input of the QPH031. Quality?
If so, perform a Power Scan (Blind Scan) are all channels coming in?

Connect the cable from the receiver to the SG2100 REC port and a cable from the SG2100 LNB port directly to the L port of the QPH031. Are all channels still coming in? If so, turn off the receiver's master power switch on the rear of the receiver and connect the DiSEqC switch 1/L and 2/C.

Turn on the master power switch. Are all channels still coming in? If so, great! The linear port of the QPH031 and the #1 port of the DiSEqC switch are working!

Have you tested to see if only vertical or only horizontal channels are coming in? Have you tested the receiver to see if it is putting out 13vdc on a vertical TP and 18vdc on a horizontal?

voomvoom

Sep 12, 2007

motz said:
Does anybody have a Invacom quad connectred to a Pansat ?
Thanks.

I do, in the Menu, go into Instalation, Antenna Setup, go into a Linear Satellite (such as G10 ku). Then it should look like this:
LNB type - Standard
LNB Local-Freq. - 10750
22KHz - OFF
DiSEqC - #1
Skew - Don't worry about
TP - whatever?
Positioner Setting - USALS (I use USALS) could be 1.2
Satellite Scan - FTA+Scramble

For a Circular Satellite (such as E* or Bev*), it should look like this:
LNB type - Standard
LNB Local-Freq. - 11250
22KHz - OFF
DiSEqC - #2
Skew - Don't worry about
TP - whatever?
Positioner Setting - USALS or 1.2
Satellite Scan - FTA+Scramble

Hope this helps. Good Luck!

Al

dishstaller

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Last reply 51 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

You can't even trust the cost per ounce info in grocery stores anymore

I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.

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Jimbo

Today at 9:23 AM

dishstaller said:
I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share

Walmart isn't the only one ...

Juan

Today at 11:17 AM

dishstaller said:
I'm surprised Walmart hasn't banned this guy from all of their stores. He has been on their CASE the past few months.

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f3zr37ekgKM?feature=share

When walmart set a price...they weigh the container and the product...the product label only shows the weight of the product...I am sure if you brought your own plastic baggies to bring the product home you could get the cheaper price

harshness

Today at 11:18 AM

Jimbo said:
Walmart isn't the only one ...

I've been seeing this more and more on Amazon. Sometimes it seems there is no way they could have arrived at the number.

What rankles me even more is Costco changing units of measure between similar products, so you have to convert them to compare prices.

dishstaller

51 minutes ago

Juan said:
When walmart set a price...they weigh the container and the product...

Then they are stupid. Everyone knows that the price per ounce should be the price per ounce of actual product.

Scott Greczkowski

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Last reply 56 minutes ago · posted in The Chit Chat Club

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Last reply Today at 11:26 AM · posted in The Chit Chat Club

Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
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harshness

Sunday at 11:30 AM

I wonder if California is getting into the Winter formula.

harshness

Yesterday at 5:32 PM

harshness said:
I wonder if California is getting into the Winter formula.

It turns out I was justified in my suspicion.

Gavin Newsom somehow authorized the temporary move of the distribution date of the Winter blend to September 28th.

Foxbat

Yesterday at 8:39 PM

harshness said:
It turns out I was justified in my suspicion.

Gavin Newsom somehow authorized the temporary move of the distribution date of the Winter blend to September 28th.

Does that raise, or lower, the overall price? Our State Government has been doing everything it can to minimize the impact of the current situation and put a freeze on the State Taxes on fuel sales at the pump. That's why we're still under $4.00/gal. while across the border in Michigan it's much higher.

Bobby

Yesterday at 9:05 PM

Foxbat said:
Does that raise, or lower, the overall price? Our State Government has been doing everything it can to minimize the impact of the current situation and put a freeze on the State Taxes on fuel sales at the pump. That's why we're still under $4.00/gal. while across the border in Michigan it's much higher.

Winter blend is cheaper than Summer blend.

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Bobby

Today at 11:21 AM

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Premium$6.299
Diesel$7.999
at Costco, Rohnert Park.

harshness

Today at 11:26 AM

Foxbat said:
Does that raise, or lower, the overall price?

Winter blend is reportedly 10-30 cents cheaper, but I would point out that prices have dropped as much as 62 cents at RP.

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reubenray

Today at 11:19 AM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Dish vs Streaming Apps?

Every time my Dish contract comes up I weigh the options of keeping Dish or switch to streaming. Right now I can watch/record the OTA channels vis my HDHomerun. I also can stream CBS and NBC via the Paramount+ and Peacock apps. What I would need to find is how to watch the Food Network, HGTV, Syfy, USA, Hallmark channels, Great American Family, Lifetime channels plus a few more with an app or two. My current Dish bill is $118, so I should be able to get a few apps for a lot less.

Any suggestions? I would want the best picture quality and audio quality I could get.

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Saturday at 3:21 PM

Ok checked it out and for some reason the web server (NGINX) tried starting before the DNS resolver fully loaded. This is why it worked when I rebooted the machine.

Thanks to ChatGPT it had me change the NGINX config to prevent this from happening again.

With that said I can't prevent the ISP from doing emergency upgrades which was the cause of all of this.

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Saturday at 3:39 PM

Nature will develop better idiots.

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TRG

Saturday at 4:19 PM

navychop said:
Nature will develop better idiots.

God help us.

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Monday at 11:15 AM

I guess this is what the downtime was about.

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Just a heads up... I just patched our PHP to close the major PHP exploit announced this morning.

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Last reply Today at 10:40 AM · posted in DIRECTV Technical Resources Forum

DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 10/14/2026

The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:

National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)

Additional tabs provide:

OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders

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@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
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Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

DIRECTV_TPN_Map_261014.xlsx 1,874 KB

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KyL416

Yesterday at 2:37 PM

WCWW/25 CW South Bend and WBKP/5 CW Marquette are now testing on the stream server. These are both already available on satellite.

Now live in the satellite guide:
663-2 PISTONS (663-1 is likely being reserved for an overflow feed of Detroit Sportsnet, if there's a 2027 MLB season)
675 THUNDER
693 CLIPPERS

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doctor J

Today at 7:22 AM

DirecTV Satellite Transponder Updates for Oct 21 2026

Comparison of Transponder Data for Oct 21 2026 vs Oct 14 2026:

No changes in system tables for any transponder tuning parameters.

Changes to the use of defined transponders:

1 Transponder cleared of all Streams::
Net 10 TID 126 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D11@99cb, TPN 3

1 Previously unused Transponder with current APG records::
Net 15 TID 15 Beam NAT is a National Transponder on D12@103ca, TPN 16

Stream (PID) counts:

LIVE Streams	National		Spot Beams
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K	4
HD	264	2	1449
SD mpeg4	145		194
SD mpeg2	433
RB
Audio	89
Push	26
Slate	19		1

TEST Streams	National		Spot Beams
	Count	Change	Count	Change
4K
HD			1
SD mpeg4
SD mpeg2
RB
Engr Work	38	-2

The PID count Excel workbook provides much more count detail.

Newly updated tables of Streams on each transponder are available in the DataDigesters TPN Grids

More details of changes in individual channels will follow in the Weekly Analysis
and Gary Toma's Domestic TPN Map Excel files

NBA Updates
Weekly Analysis soon
Enjoy
DataDigesters

doctor J

Today at 7:23 AM

weekly Analysis for 10/21/2026:

Weekly_Analysis_261021.xlsx 16 KB

KyL416

Today at 7:25 AM

HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

Mr Tony

Today at 10:40 AM

KyL416 said:
HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

Wait…..
So even though DAZN keeps touting 'only way to see games' if you are a subscriber to Choice (like my stepdad) if an agreement is reached he can see the Wolfies on 668?
I know the Wild are in dispute and a slate is on 668-1.

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