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I am having a few problems and I'm thinking it's something I'm just stupidly overlooking because I'm new to FTA satellite. I have installed dozens of DirectTV, DishNetwork systems on houses, boats, and marinas (for myself and buddies), but never anything with FTA.
Here is my setup:
-Coolsat 6100 Private
-RG-6 cable running directly to Moteck SG-2100 motor (approx 100ft)
-RG-6 cable from motor to Zintech Dual Polarity LNBF (ZKF-F22N)
-Winegard DS-2076 Dish
(SatBuddy Satellite meter for signal strength testing)
Here are the specs on the LNB:
RF 11.70-12.20 GHz
IF 950-1450 MHz
L.O. 10/750 GHz
*checked level of pole, good from all angles
*checked level of motor mount, good from all angles
*checked arc of motor using meter, it goes up and down as it should all the way across the line-of-site horizon (ranges from 0 when no sat, peaks in 70-90s when pointed to a satellite)
*"Level" indicator on receiver is 80-85%
My southern most satellite where I am is 87W. I was able to lock onto that quality was in the 68-73 range. I did a blind scan according to the instructions w/the receiver but I only get one radio station. Off of 103W, I get 2 or 3 stations (looked like some sports from a CBS station somewhere) but no audio (other feeds are detected but they are scrambled, not true FTA). Here are my problems:
1) My 2100 motor, apparently, is one of the ones that does not accept USALS. So I'm having to manually adjust. However, my 6100 is not showing signal strength until after I have done a channel scan. So I have to use my satellite meter to go outside, lock onto a satellite, then go back inside and do a bunch of blind scans until I determine which satellite I'm pointing at. Is that normal? Why does the quality meter not go up/down (on the receiver) when I scan across the sky? If I didn't have the satellite meter, there would be no way I could check.
2) Once I had two satellites located and programmed into the receiver, of course it started reaiming the dish to the appropriate sat as a changed channels. However, when you try to go back, it says no signal. So I lose the satellite again once the receiver tries to move the motor... so it's back to going back outside to re-aim via the signal meter. Tell me that's not normal. Do I have a bad 2100 or is there a setting in the receiver that I don't have correct? The receiver is communicating with the motor because it will move when I do manual east/west adjustments or reset to 0 degrees (true south). When I did have a lock, I always chose 'save current position' (or whatever it was) but when it says 'goto stored position' it never locks onto the satellite again.
3) I tried to get Galaxy10r (123W) because that seems to have a lot of stations. First time it was actually DishNetwork 119 but those were all scrambled of course. I had it set to scan 123W because that's what I thought I had but it still identified 119. I moved it to the next peak to the west, tried blind scan again, but after 1000 seconds of scanning one transponder (it counts the time and shows on screen), I didn't think I was getting somewhere so I just cancelled. And then, of course, when I cancelled it went back to another channel, which invoked a 'goto stored postion' at which point I lost all reception.
-Am I doing something wrong?
-Do I have a defective 2100 or is there a setting I'm missing in the Coolsat?
-Should I be getting more channels than what I'm finding? (I am yet to have a single channel with both audio and video)
-My LNB has two output connections. I assume that it's for if I had two receivers. Do I need to connect the two connections together via a switch? (Is one output for linear and the other for circular?)
-Why does my quality meter not show until AFTER I have viewed a channel successfully? Is that normal?
-What exactly is 'blind scan'--do I need the dish setting to where I think I'm aiming? (or does it not matter... like when people ask 'what transponder should I leave my receiver set to?' when they see different transponder strengths on their signal meters with Direct and Dish)
ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've spent every night this week tweaking, punting, reaiming, retrying all different things. The wife is about to kill me. I can't stop until I figure this out!
Thanks in advance for any specific tips/ideas you can provide!!
--Ted
Here is my setup:
-Coolsat 6100 Private
-RG-6 cable running directly to Moteck SG-2100 motor (approx 100ft)
-RG-6 cable from motor to Zintech Dual Polarity LNBF (ZKF-F22N)
-Winegard DS-2076 Dish
(SatBuddy Satellite meter for signal strength testing)
Here are the specs on the LNB:
RF 11.70-12.20 GHz
IF 950-1450 MHz
L.O. 10/750 GHz
*checked level of pole, good from all angles
*checked level of motor mount, good from all angles
*checked arc of motor using meter, it goes up and down as it should all the way across the line-of-site horizon (ranges from 0 when no sat, peaks in 70-90s when pointed to a satellite)
*"Level" indicator on receiver is 80-85%
My southern most satellite where I am is 87W. I was able to lock onto that quality was in the 68-73 range. I did a blind scan according to the instructions w/the receiver but I only get one radio station. Off of 103W, I get 2 or 3 stations (looked like some sports from a CBS station somewhere) but no audio (other feeds are detected but they are scrambled, not true FTA). Here are my problems:
1) My 2100 motor, apparently, is one of the ones that does not accept USALS. So I'm having to manually adjust. However, my 6100 is not showing signal strength until after I have done a channel scan. So I have to use my satellite meter to go outside, lock onto a satellite, then go back inside and do a bunch of blind scans until I determine which satellite I'm pointing at. Is that normal? Why does the quality meter not go up/down (on the receiver) when I scan across the sky? If I didn't have the satellite meter, there would be no way I could check.
2) Once I had two satellites located and programmed into the receiver, of course it started reaiming the dish to the appropriate sat as a changed channels. However, when you try to go back, it says no signal. So I lose the satellite again once the receiver tries to move the motor... so it's back to going back outside to re-aim via the signal meter. Tell me that's not normal. Do I have a bad 2100 or is there a setting in the receiver that I don't have correct? The receiver is communicating with the motor because it will move when I do manual east/west adjustments or reset to 0 degrees (true south). When I did have a lock, I always chose 'save current position' (or whatever it was) but when it says 'goto stored position' it never locks onto the satellite again.
3) I tried to get Galaxy10r (123W) because that seems to have a lot of stations. First time it was actually DishNetwork 119 but those were all scrambled of course. I had it set to scan 123W because that's what I thought I had but it still identified 119. I moved it to the next peak to the west, tried blind scan again, but after 1000 seconds of scanning one transponder (it counts the time and shows on screen), I didn't think I was getting somewhere so I just cancelled. And then, of course, when I cancelled it went back to another channel, which invoked a 'goto stored postion' at which point I lost all reception.
-Am I doing something wrong?
-Do I have a defective 2100 or is there a setting I'm missing in the Coolsat?
-Should I be getting more channels than what I'm finding? (I am yet to have a single channel with both audio and video)
-My LNB has two output connections. I assume that it's for if I had two receivers. Do I need to connect the two connections together via a switch? (Is one output for linear and the other for circular?)
-Why does my quality meter not show until AFTER I have viewed a channel successfully? Is that normal?
-What exactly is 'blind scan'--do I need the dish setting to where I think I'm aiming? (or does it not matter... like when people ask 'what transponder should I leave my receiver set to?' when they see different transponder strengths on their signal meters with Direct and Dish)
ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've spent every night this week tweaking, punting, reaiming, retrying all different things. The wife is about to kill me. I can't stop until I figure this out!
Thanks in advance for any specific tips/ideas you can provide!!
--Ted
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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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For quite a while now, people with a VIP211k have been losing their recordings on their activated external HDDs... even when there's nothing physically wrong with HDD. I believe this is an intentional and underhanded tactic that Dish is pulling in an attempt to force users away from the VIP211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
They are obviously regretting that they ever let users have a "non-dvr" dvr in the first place. You would think they would be happy charging you a $40 one time fee... and then be happy letting the customer be the one responsible for HDD failures.
Dish clearly hates the 211k bitter-clingers. This recording deletion problem is intentional (IMO), and I think it is just one more tool that they are using. Hopper and a 2-year agreement... that's what they want you to have. Think about that... a 2-year agreement... with a company $30 Billion in debt (that's with a B). What happens when all that debt causes them to drop the channel that may have been your whole reason for having Dish in the first place? Guess who's stuck with a service that no longer suits their needs... for the remainder of the 2-year agreement.
On top of that, they don't want you to install it yourself. I purchased and installed all my equipment myself. That used to be common. Now, they lie to me and tell me that my dish must be updated to use a Hopper. Funny thing is... they don't even know what dish I have because they didn't install it, and I didn't tell them. If you ask what type of dish/LNBs the hopper needs... good luck getting an answer. All they know is that whatever you have needs to be upgraded by an installer.
It is quite apparent to me that they care much more about staying in their box, than they do working with the customer. That's too bad, because it hasn't always been that way. It's like they are totally unaware of the current business environment that they are trying to compete in.
I have been a customer since 2010. I will be cancelling my service before the next period. Yeah, I know, my $1,200 a year won't make a difference to them. It just seems like they have forgotten who needs who, especially when you consider the competition in today's streaming world. But hey, they will have succeed in forcing me off the 211k.
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Has anyone subscribed to NBA League Pass for 2026-27 and try to link their account to NBA.com to stream League Pass? I purchased it for 2026-27, and when I linked, I got a message saying success, but then I receive an error that my linked subscription does not include the preseason games for NBA League Pass. Is that how it has always been? I know satellite doesn't have the preseason games on the NBA League Pass channels, but I thought that I was able to stream the preseason once I linked my account on NBA.com?
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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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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat. 
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
I know. Here's what Scott has in store for me if I get out of line:wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming you
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OMG to freaking funny
You're no fun.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
You should have looked in the APP STORE instead.
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Several Dish offers showed up today in my account. Once you choose one the rest are removed. Offers were Showtime, Starz, AMC and others.
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Not for me, mines has no mention of how long aka the offer period and the Terms and conditions the $0.00 is good for. All I see is one can lose $5.00 if you decide to remove it before day 31 after you add it to the account.
You have a different offer that is free for a shorter timeframe which is different than the one that I and bnewt saw without defining the promotion period as I sent the question to DISH Care via Facebook Messenger and this is the response I got back 20 minutes ago.
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