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Last reply Apr 12, 2009 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

Using diseqc 1.2

Seems I have gotten my motor working somewhat, but I'm not getting how the receiver is supposed to work it yet. This is prob a receiver bug, but when I try to blind-scan the satellite I'm watching, as soon as I hit the OK button to start the scan, a box pops up that says MOVE TO SATELLITE. I'm already ON the satellite, all I can do is hit exit and give up.
Is there some trick I'm missing here , or is this #@! Icon rec just buggy?
Thks

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turbosat

Apr 11, 2009

Captain mine won't ever start blind scanning, I started to scan G17, the box popped up Go To Satellite, I ate lunch, came back and it was still sitting there. No big deal right now, most of my sports feeds are out of season!
** Success with tracking the arc, YES! My north/south was way off, can't read a compass any more,hehe.
MOST important question now, since I had the traxis in the yard, and could hit everything well from 129 to 72 by pushing the buttons on the motor : How the heck do I get the Merc2 setup for USALS ?? I thought by doing that I wouldn't have to program every location in the box, but the USALS instructions say I gotta go back out in the yard, loosen the motor bracket and screw up my north/south again by letting the motor move to where it thinks "A" satellite is, then seeing if I can find it by twisting the dish/motor.
Is there any easier way to prg all sats?

AcWxRadar

Apr 12, 2009

turbosat said:
Captain mine won't ever start blind scanning, I started to scan G17, the box popped up Go To Satellite, I ate lunch, came back and it was still sitting there. No big deal right now, most of my sports feeds are out of season!
** Success with tracking the arc, YES! My north/south was way off, can't read a compass any more,hehe.
MOST important question now, since I had the traxis in the yard, and could hit everything well from 129 to 72 by pushing the buttons on the motor : How the heck do I get the Merc2 setup for USALS ?? I thought by doing that I wouldn't have to program every location in the box, but the USALS instructions say I gotta go back out in the yard, loosen the motor bracket and screw up my north/south again by letting the motor move to where it thinks "A" satellite is, then seeing if I can find it by twisting the dish/motor.
Is there any easier way to prg all sats?

Turbo,

Does your receiver have a manual scan mode? A way to scan just one TP? This might be a route to follow for now.

I am quite surprised that your blind scan does what it does. You seem to have been plenty patient with that and it still did not work. I find this rather odd.

RADAR

turbosat

Apr 12, 2009

AC- ODD aint the word for it, haha!! Good News guys>I have the sob working on USALS, with almost 100% tracking. Yesterday, I was just tired and being lazy when I asked if there was an easier way to "USALS" this Icon box, but from all instructions I could find, one STILL has to go loosen the bracket and aim dish and motor to that first location (And pick up a signal). I didn't wanna screw up 2days of aiming and adjusting elevations and angles since I was getting AMC6 over to WhiteSprings TV. But I did anway, took the Icon outside, almost dark, found AMC16 with just a minor EAST turn of the motor/dish. Tighten up and then old ICON went crazy, going to next sat west, 2degrees away it was going about 2steps at a time, click,click,click....etc. Bad firmware or something. Anyway, tried another box, ran the arc using the motor buttons and had to adjust elevation again to get 129 back. Came inside, factory defaulted the Icon, and the Merc2 also. Found an old hackerfile on the web for the icon, and today it seems to be working right. Go figure.
*BUT>I can no longer get 72 or 129 dammit. I think that requires a minor declination adjustment, but I'm not going to touch it for a few days. I'll use my other system on the polar mount for those until I decide whether to risk messing all my adjustments up on the new motor setup. I'm getting 90+ on every sat right now, which is amazing to me (its an 84E dish).
1CAptain: the Icon is scanning again now, don't know if its was the way I was trying it, or the box just needed factory defaulting, or the 3rd party stuff fixed it. If I wait 30-40seconds it will scan the satelite Im watching currently, but finds NOTHING. If I pick a different satellite from where Im parked, it will go to that one, and scan perfectly! Weird devices I have here lol.
MANY THANKS FOR EVERYBODY"S HELP, I"ll let you all rest awhile.
HAPPY EASTER !!!

1captain

Apr 12, 2009

great you got it scanning, I bet the master clear is what did, but if you are like me it if works leave it alone.

I have always liked the Satopia, for its scanning, an what makes it nice is when you are looking for some feeds, an you tell it to scan Galaxy 14, 23, 16,19, 3, 17, 28 an come back 30 to 40 minutes later an its done an you can see what you found on all those sats.

AcWxRadar

Apr 12, 2009

turbosat said:
AC- ODD aint the word for it, haha!! Good News guys>I have the sob working on USALS, with almost 100% tracking. Yesterday, I was just tired and being lazy when I asked if there was an easier way to "USALS" this Icon box, but from all instructions I could find, one STILL has to go loosen the bracket and aim dish and motor to that first location (And pick up a signal). I didn't wanna screw up 2days of aiming and adjusting elevations and angles since I was getting AMC6 over to WhiteSprings TV. But I did anway, took the Icon outside, almost dark, found AMC16 with just a minor EAST turn of the motor/dish. Tighten up and then old ICON went crazy, going to next sat west, 2degrees away it was going about 2steps at a time, click,click,click....etc. Bad firmware or something. Anyway, tried another box, ran the arc using the motor buttons and had to adjust elevation again to get 129 back. Came inside, factory defaulted the Icon, and the Merc2 also. Found an old hackerfile on the web for the icon, and today it seems to be working right. Go figure.
*BUT>I can no longer get 72 or 129 dammit. I think that requires a minor declination adjustment, but I'm not going to touch it for a few days. I'll use my other system on the polar mount for those until I decide whether to risk messing all my adjustments up on the new motor setup. I'm getting 90+ on every sat right now, which is amazing to me (its an 84E dish).
1CAptain: the Icon is scanning again now, don't know if its was the way I was trying it, or the box just needed factory defaulting, or the 3rd party stuff fixed it. If I wait 30-40seconds it will scan the satelite Im watching currently, but finds NOTHING. If I pick a different satellite from where Im parked, it will go to that one, and scan perfectly! Weird devices I have here lol.
MANY THANKS FOR EVERYBODY"S HELP, I"ll let you all rest awhile.
HAPPY EASTER !!!

Turbo,

Sounds like some very positive progress! Maybe just a little off on azimuth or a little too high or low on elevation. With most of the sats coming in at 90%+ quality, you surely cannot be off too much. Just a little bit of tweaking can probably fix 72 and 129.

Maybe the image attached will help you in some way.

Gordy

Good luck

turbosat

Apr 12, 2009

Thanks, I have that pic also, just a matter of getting back on it. More storms and rain coming tonite and Mon so I will wait a day or two. Discovered my 'shimming' of the motor's shaft to the pstar mount is not secure enough either, I found I could actually twist the dish/mount on the shaft using both hands and not much effort, but I already came up with a better way of doing that too. Right now, I'm resting, and happy that OUR Navy has rescued the merchant marine captain from the pirates!!!

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Brct203

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would probably also work well for NHK on 101W and possibly for PBS on 99W. I used one for a while on 30W. Just keep in mind that because it's undersized for those satellites, it might work fine in clear weather but won't have much margin to account for signal degradation during rain/snow

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If you can find one, the Shaw / Star Choice 75e ellipticals are great for use on 97, 99, and 101W. They are really just rebranded ChannelMaster 75 cm reflectors and use linear LNBFs by default out of the box.

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I have read that some have converted this type dish but after giving it a good look, it's the lnb conversion that is the bottleneck. Does anyone have a picture of their attempt to configure the lnb? I watched a video on youtube from the save it for parts guy and he used duct tape! Guess it worked but I'm thinking something a bit more permanent!
Thanks to all for your interest and replies...

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Many of us have used a universal LNBF mount (or get creative with L brackets and plumbers tape - perforated metal strapping). Use a few inches of aluminum tube (or a piece of 1x2" lumber) to extend the support arm (replacing the plastic mount used by DirecTV and Dish) to place the LNBF throat opening at the correct distance from the reflector, the correct height and at the correct angle. Nothing magical... simply place the new linear LNBF in the center at the same distance, height and angle as the current combo.
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To add: 101W Ku seems to be (one of if not the) strongest for me, and if I only had Ku I definitely want 101W for the music mux, it's robust FEC and strong signal help a lot. I've thought about using a used Dish/DirectTV dish at my Dads to supplement his OTA (mainly for my benefit when I visit

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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.

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naptime said:
I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.

It's a known issue.
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I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

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They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.

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It's a known issue.
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I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.

I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.

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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?

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long_time_Dish said:
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.

Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.

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Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.

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