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Hi... Quick introduction and Long winded thread...
I am a newbie to the forum, I have been lurking around for the last 2 - 3 weeks, I recently have joined the world of FTA (or am trying to anyways). It looks like it is going to be a lot of fun, playing around. I have been reading a lot of interesting stories, issues etc. and trying to solve my current problem based on the information already out there... Yay internet...
I have a question though. I am currently banging my head against a wall trying to get my PCI configuration to work.
My System:
VisionPlus 1020a
Starchoice LNB (Older 2 Beercan style LNB) (LO 10750)
Starchoice Dish (30" Elliptical)
Microsoft XP/DirectX 9.0
Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz 512MB RAM
TwinhanDTV 2.42
MyTheatre 3.38
I Know I am locked onto either the Anik F1 (or Anik F2) satellite, as I use my old starchoice receiver as a make shift signal meter (to determine I have a strong signal) I Then disconnect the cable from the starchoice (once I determine I have a strong Signal, 80%) and plug it into the VisionPlus 1020a card.
I Also have a signal meter, so I can see that the 1020a is powering the LNB as I see the light come on in the signal meter, and it is registering a strong signal (which was also verified by the starchoice stb)
I use the TwinhanDTV software and scan Both Satellites and I get nothing, no lock, no channels.
My settings here:
LNB Freq1 10750
LNB Freq2 10750
Linear
All other setting set to "disable" (removed all switches in between)
I try using MyTheatre 3.38 Software for the scan, I still get nothing.
My Settings Here:
LOF1 10750
SW 0
LOF2 10750
"Apply" is always clicked after any modification
I have entered other tranponder information found around the web. Still no luck.
I tried manually entering in information from lyngsat for Anik F1 and F2 (KU Band. FTA transponders). Still nothing.
I even tried to manually add a single channel, the "Ontario Legislature Channel "from Anik F1 into TwinhanDTV.
Anik F1 -107.3
Freq: 11850
Symbol Rate: 19510
Polarization: H
VPID: 330
APID: 397
Still nothing. I have removed the external 22 khz switch from the LNBs (and am now going direct to one of the LNBs, Updating the settings in the Software to disable the 22KHz switching (reflected in the settings above)) repeated all steps above, and still nothing.
I have reseated the card in different PCI Slots in my computer, and re-tried all steps above. Still Nothing.
I have reinstalled the drivers and re-tried all steps above. Still Nothing.
I have tried installing the newer BDA drivers from the Twinhan website for the 1020a, but when I did, neither the TwinHanDTV, nor the MyTheatre would recognize that the 1020a was installed anymore. (Although the drivers installed and were working fine based on the detials in the Windows Device Manager) (So I rolled those back)
I tried installing the Latest version of TwinhanDTV (with the new drivers), but it would never start. It always had a "fatal crash" when I tried running the software. So, again, I reverted back to the original drivers/software.
I have searched forums and scoured the web for answers.
I have no switches between the LNB and 1020a PCI card.
I do not have any other TV capture cards installed in my system.
Interestingly enough My Twinhan 1020a Card always reads 58% Signal and 0% quality. It doesn't matter if there is a cable hooked up to the card or not, It always reports 58% Signal and 0% quality.
Sorry this is so long, but it is the culmination of 2 weeks worth of effort that is starting to seem futile...
I am thinking the card is dead... But I am definitely not above admitting "user error" if someone can please point out where I may be going wrong...
Sorry for the length of the post, Thanks in advance
stuch
I am a newbie to the forum, I have been lurking around for the last 2 - 3 weeks, I recently have joined the world of FTA (or am trying to anyways). It looks like it is going to be a lot of fun, playing around. I have been reading a lot of interesting stories, issues etc. and trying to solve my current problem based on the information already out there... Yay internet...
I have a question though. I am currently banging my head against a wall trying to get my PCI configuration to work.
My System:
VisionPlus 1020a
Starchoice LNB (Older 2 Beercan style LNB) (LO 10750)
Starchoice Dish (30" Elliptical)
Microsoft XP/DirectX 9.0
Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz 512MB RAM
TwinhanDTV 2.42
MyTheatre 3.38
I Know I am locked onto either the Anik F1 (or Anik F2) satellite, as I use my old starchoice receiver as a make shift signal meter (to determine I have a strong signal) I Then disconnect the cable from the starchoice (once I determine I have a strong Signal, 80%) and plug it into the VisionPlus 1020a card.
I Also have a signal meter, so I can see that the 1020a is powering the LNB as I see the light come on in the signal meter, and it is registering a strong signal (which was also verified by the starchoice stb)
I use the TwinhanDTV software and scan Both Satellites and I get nothing, no lock, no channels.
My settings here:
LNB Freq1 10750
LNB Freq2 10750
Linear
All other setting set to "disable" (removed all switches in between)
I try using MyTheatre 3.38 Software for the scan, I still get nothing.
My Settings Here:
LOF1 10750
SW 0
LOF2 10750
"Apply" is always clicked after any modification
I have entered other tranponder information found around the web. Still no luck.
I tried manually entering in information from lyngsat for Anik F1 and F2 (KU Band. FTA transponders). Still nothing.
I even tried to manually add a single channel, the "Ontario Legislature Channel "from Anik F1 into TwinhanDTV.
Anik F1 -107.3
Freq: 11850
Symbol Rate: 19510
Polarization: H
VPID: 330
APID: 397
Still nothing. I have removed the external 22 khz switch from the LNBs (and am now going direct to one of the LNBs, Updating the settings in the Software to disable the 22KHz switching (reflected in the settings above)) repeated all steps above, and still nothing.
I have reseated the card in different PCI Slots in my computer, and re-tried all steps above. Still Nothing.
I have reinstalled the drivers and re-tried all steps above. Still Nothing.
I have tried installing the newer BDA drivers from the Twinhan website for the 1020a, but when I did, neither the TwinHanDTV, nor the MyTheatre would recognize that the 1020a was installed anymore. (Although the drivers installed and were working fine based on the detials in the Windows Device Manager) (So I rolled those back)
I tried installing the Latest version of TwinhanDTV (with the new drivers), but it would never start. It always had a "fatal crash" when I tried running the software. So, again, I reverted back to the original drivers/software.
I have searched forums and scoured the web for answers.
I have no switches between the LNB and 1020a PCI card.
I do not have any other TV capture cards installed in my system.
Interestingly enough My Twinhan 1020a Card always reads 58% Signal and 0% quality. It doesn't matter if there is a cable hooked up to the card or not, It always reports 58% Signal and 0% quality.
Sorry this is so long, but it is the culmination of 2 weeks worth of effort that is starting to seem futile...
I am thinking the card is dead... But I am definitely not above admitting "user error" if someone can please point out where I may be going wrong...
Sorry for the length of the post, Thanks in advance
stuch
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I even tried to manually add a single channel, the "Ontario Legislature Channel "from Anik F1 into TwinhanDTV.
Anik F1 -107.3
Freq: 11850
Symbol Rate: 19510
Polarization: H
VPID: 330
APID: 397
Unfortunately that transponder is encoded with Digicipher 2, the Twinhan will only pick up DVB broadcasts. It is a different type of broadcast. It's like AM Radio vs. FM Radio (not exactly but close).
S
Ahhh, I see, in Lyngsat the first entry in the table tells you the encoding for hte transponder... I get it now... thanks... I thought the "F"s were also DVB.
I actually did get another bunch of transponders that were supposed to work (at least to lock onto a channel) but have hadno luck with these either:
Sat Pos FRQLO FRQIF SYMB POL
------ --- ----- ----- ---- ---
ANIKF1 107 11902 1152 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11911 1161 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11919 1169 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11933 1183 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11941 1191 5859 H
I will give swinging over to AMC15 (105) a shot. Currently I am hooked in directly to the right LNB (facing the Dish) so I am not sure if removing the left will have any impact... (I do plan to replace them both eventually. I just want to get this working... baby steps)
I will keep you posted...
Thanks
Ahhh, I see, in Lyngsat the first entry in the table tells you the encoding for hte transponder... I get it now... thanks... I thought the "F"s were also DVB.
I actually did get another bunch of transponders that were supposed to work (at least to lock onto a channel) but have hadno luck with these either:
Sat Pos FRQLO FRQIF SYMB POL
------ --- ----- ----- ---- ---
ANIKF1 107 11902 1152 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11911 1161 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11919 1169 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11933 1183 5859 H
ANIKF1 107 11941 1191 5859 H
I will give swinging over to AMC15 (105) a shot. Currently I am hooked in directly to the right LNB (facing the Dish) so I am not sure if removing the left will have any impact... (I do plan to replace them both eventually. I just want to get this working... baby steps
)I will keep you posted...
Thanks
S
Success...
Exchanged the card.
It did not work, channels still would not lock in MyTheatre or the TwinHanDTV. Although it was now showing both Signal (63%) and Quality (98%),
So I Went through the following process.
(
Pre step I move My sound card from the First PCI Slot to teh Third PCI slot in my computer)
1. Removed Twin Han Drivers
2. turned off computer
3. Removed the Twinhan Card
4. turned on computer
5. verified Drivers were not loading
6. Turned off computer
7. Reinstalled old Haupage WinTV card (NTSC)
8. turned on computer
9. removed all Haupage drivers. (Trying to make sure there was not a driver conflict)
10. shut down computer
11. removed Haupage card
12. restarted computer
13. checked all Haupage drivers were gone
14. Turned off computer
15. Re-installed teh TwinHan 1020a
16 turned on computer
17. Scanned for channels in MyTheatre
Voila...
OK, I am sure there are extreneous steps there... But Since I am not sure which ones they are I figured I would log them all, and hopefully save someone else a week or two of effort.
Thanks everyone for their help and support.
Appreciated
Stuch.
Exchanged the card.
It did not work, channels still would not lock in MyTheatre or the TwinHanDTV. Although it was now showing both Signal (63%) and Quality (98%),
So I Went through the following process.
(
Pre step I move My sound card from the First PCI Slot to teh Third PCI slot in my computer)
1. Removed Twin Han Drivers
2. turned off computer
3. Removed the Twinhan Card
4. turned on computer
5. verified Drivers were not loading
6. Turned off computer
7. Reinstalled old Haupage WinTV card (NTSC)
8. turned on computer
9. removed all Haupage drivers. (Trying to make sure there was not a driver conflict)
10. shut down computer
11. removed Haupage card
12. restarted computer
13. checked all Haupage drivers were gone
14. Turned off computer
15. Re-installed teh TwinHan 1020a
16 turned on computer
17. Scanned for channels in MyTheatre
Voila...
OK, I am sure there are extreneous steps there... But Since I am not sure which ones they are I figured I would log them all, and hopefully save someone else a week or two of effort.
Thanks everyone for their help and support.
Appreciated
Stuch.
Does someone still have the diagram showing how to connect two Hopper 3s again?
I currently have one H3 and one 4K Joey, set up through a 1000.2 eastern arc hybrid lnb and solo hub.
The plan is to replace the Joey with the second H3. Already purchased a duo hub and I have three coax cables coming in from outside, from back when I used to have the older 1000.4 dish and the hopper 2. I don't fully remember, but I think the other two coax cables are just tied up next to the dish outside; will have to check again.
I currently have one H3 and one 4K Joey, set up through a 1000.2 eastern arc hybrid lnb and solo hub.
The plan is to replace the Joey with the second H3. Already purchased a duo hub and I have three coax cables coming in from outside, from back when I used to have the older 1000.4 dish and the hopper 2. I don't fully remember, but I think the other two coax cables are just tied up next to the dish outside; will have to check again.
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
So let the game continue!
The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!
Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game
Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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I know HipKat said that they were working on conversions but we got the official news yesterday right from Dish that starting next month all DMA's will be on the western arc, and all customers will be assigned to that. That's gonna mean a lot of customers around here aren't gonna get Dish unless there are exceptions. Too many mountains and trees.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Interesting article about the work being done to develope an ATSC 3 converter box. Yes it does mention affordable.
www.tvtechnology.com
Pearl TV Issues Progress Report on Low-Cost 3.0 Converters in Advance of NAB Show New York
Group has secured lower pricing from key tech players to make less costly boxes available
www.tvtechnology.com
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It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.
There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.
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WHAT ABOUT THE INTERNET PART OF IT. NO ONE WANTS A BOX CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET EITHER.
It's dead, they just don't know it yet. They killed it by forcing DRM on it, and that TOTALLY botched implementing it.
There is absolutely NO compelling reason for anybody to switch to ATSC3.0. They only want it as a total and complete money grab.
That would be handy. Download the latest RNA snippets that can be updated over 5G and no more shots! You're a Genius!Cough, cough. COVID vaccine implants.
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Susan Saint James, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Kate & Allie’ and ‘McMillan & Wife,’ Dies at 80
Susan Saint James, the Emmy-winning actress who starred in "Kate & Allie," died Monday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 80.
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. can we say over priced garbage!!!
