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Keystone7

Last reply Oct 29, 2009 · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

Tuning your Satellite

Hello,

Today I setup my h-h Motor and dish. It took me long enough, I think I found it (AMC3) at 87West. (Don't mean to sound to dumb) but my question now would be after I found my south satellite, how do I search for any more? I am sure none of the bolts get moved. Any help would be great! Thanks!

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brentb636

Oct 28, 2009

Generally speaking,
If you set up your true south satellite using USALS in your receiver, then all it takes is turning on USALS on the satellites that you want to use. Go to the antenna setup screen, and start going through the satellites, at least from 72W to 129W, and turn on USALS in all the Ku sats.
Probably , in the USALS menu of every satellite, there is a command like " Go to position" . Watch to see if your dish moves, when it stops, try scanning.

Keystone7

Oct 28, 2009

brentb636 said:
Generally speaking,
If you set up your true south satellite using USALS in your receiver, then all it takes is turning on USALS on the satellites that you want to use. Go to the antenna setup screen, and start going through the satellites, at least from 72W to 129W, and turn on USALS in all the Ku sats.
Probably , in the USALS menu of every satellite, there is a command like " Go to position" . Watch to see if your dish moves, when it stops, try scanning.

The motor I have says it uses DiSEqC. It does not say anything about USALS. I know it has USALS in the menu for my box. I did not try USALS since I have this motor. Wonder if it will work with USALS?

turbosat

Oct 28, 2009

Yes, should work for USALS. If your rec has the USALS logo on it, more than likely it was tested for use with it.

Keystone7

Oct 28, 2009

turbosat said:
Yes, should work for USALS. If your rec has the USALS logo on it, more than likely it was tested for use with it.

Thanks, I will be out there first thing in the morning. I'll check the motor web site. I think the information said something about USALS? Thanks!

AcWxRadar

Oct 29, 2009

Keystone7 said:
The motor I have says it uses DiSEqC. It does not say anything about USALS. I know it has USALS in the menu for my box. I did not try USALS since I have this motor. Wonder if it will work with USALS?

Keystone,

As long as your receiver is USALS compatible, then you are fine. What the motor states is immaterial, as long as it does state DiSEqC 1.2, which almost all should.

USALS is nothing more than a calculator which resides within your receiver, if the receiver displays the USALS logo.

USALS simply takes the site coordinates (latitude and longitude) and the satellite position in degrees (i.e. 97.0W) and calculates where the motor should be positioned to. The receiver then sends out a DiSEqC 1.2 command pulse containing the results of its USALS calculations to the motor. The motor listens and moves accordingly.

Basically, the receiver uses USALS to makes the calculations to determine which direction to move the motor and how far the motor needs to move. The receiver then communicates with the motor using DiSeqC 1.2 commands and sends these commands to the motor.

Therefore, USALS is a resident math program within the receiver and DiSEqC 1.2 is a communication language so that the receiver can communicate with the motor properly.

RADAR

Keystone7

Oct 29, 2009

AcWxRadar said:
Keystone,

As long as your receiver is USALS compatible, then you are fine. What the motor states is immaterial, as long as it does state DiSEqC 1.2, which almost all should.

USALS is nothing more than a calculator which resides within your receiver, if the receiver displays the USALS logo.

USALS simply takes the site coordinates (latitude and longitude) and the satellite position in degrees (i.e. 97.0W) and calculates where the motor should be positioned to. The receiver then sends out a DiSEqC 1.2 command pulse containing the results of its USALS calculations to the motor. The motor listens and moves accordingly.

Basically, the receiver uses USALS to makes the calculations to determine which direction to move the motor and how far the motor needs to move. The receiver then communicates with the motor using DiSeqC 1.2 commands and sends these commands to the motor.

Therefore, USALS is a resident math program within the receiver and DiSEqC 1.2 is a communication language so that the receiver can communicate with the motor properly.

RADAR

Radar,

Thanks for the lesson on this. I guess since I do have my south Sat already, I should be able to fine tune the other sat's using the USALS. Well, maybe fine tune just alittle. Thank again!

Keystone

AcWxRadar

Oct 29, 2009

Keystone7 said:
Radar,

Thanks for the lesson on this. I guess since I do have my south Sat already, I should be able to fine tune the other sat's using the USALS. Well, maybe fine tune just alittle. Thank again!

Keystone

Keystone,

You got it nailed down quite well. If you have your angles set correctly and have dialed in your true south sat initially, then nearly every other satellite should just drop in your lap using USALS with very little adjustments. Some fine tuning may be necessary if you are as anal about your signal and quality levels like I am. I like to putz around with my dish until I peak everything to the max, which does take some time and patience, but is not usually necessary.

If you find one sat or two that don't quite line up for some reason, don't fret over them. Switch them to DiSeqC 1.2 and fine tune them that way if you must.

I have a couple of satellites out of 28-32 or so that I adjust the motor position on from time to time, but mostly everything is spot on with USALS.

One thing to mention, if you try to select a sat that is more than 59 degrees away from your home longitude, you will have to switch to DiSEqC motor control as USALS has some limitation here.

RADAR

Phottoman

Oct 29, 2009

One thing I didn't see mentioned (maybe I overlooked it) but you will need to know YOUR exact position before you start loading USALS in your Mini. And BTW, Mini WILL operate on both USALS or DiSEqC. And it's a GREAT machine for blind scanning. Look at the bottom of the setup screen when you are adding sats to your Mini and you see that you need to push one of the colored buttons to add your position, your location, I forget how it's labeled. Then you can start adding sats in their correct positions.

You can get your location from several places on the net, I had to 0000 out my computer and lost all of my bookmarks, but a search for dishpointer on google will get you there.

I don't know if this will be germain to the conversation, but when I was using only the DUO as my only receiver, there was an internal problem where I was constantly off a degree or two on every satellite I tried to aim at, I fixed that by adding or subtracting a degree or two to "My Location" and that fixed the problem, it tracked beautifully after that.

Good luck and keep us posted on your results.

Photto

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Therm

Last reply 10 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Am I the only one that hates what Dish did to their mobile app?

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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I like the new look, it's a lot cleaner. I'm using it on one of those Onn streaming devices when I travel.

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Therm

Friday at 3:39 PM

dishdude said:
I like the new look, it's a lot cleaner. I'm using it on one of those Onn streaming devices when I travel.

Yes a lot cleaner, glossier, and less functional. Someone trying to justify why they are making a big salary. "See look shiny"

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"Big salary." Charlie. "?Big?"

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Seems in some ways better. Nicer layout, as others said maybe cleaner. Moving ahead in the guide is better.

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scoob83

10 minutes ago

Therm said:
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?

I think most are using it on a firestick or other device as an extra receiver, rather than their phone. Just a guess based on how I use it. 99% thru my firestick, 1% phone.

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dfergie

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Stargate SG-1 Discussion

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Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
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reubenray

Yesterday at 1:30 PM

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

Yesterday at 3:47 PM

reubenray said:
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?

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.

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reubenray

Yesterday at 3:54 PM

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.

long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 8:36 PM

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

If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.

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reubenray

Today at 7:35 AM

long_time_Dish said:
If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.

Those are the episodes I am looking for. They are referred to a lot in the episodes I just recently watched.

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TVHabit

Last reply Today at 6:42 AM · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion

Hybrid Dish setup

Picked up a sweet directv dish, mount, twin lnbs and a short cable.
Has anyone converted one to FTA? A Frankenstein of sorts...

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Brct203

Oct 13, 2026

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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one_db_compression

Oct 13, 2026

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.

Everyone else's mileage may vary.

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TVHabit

Sunday at 10:12 AM

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...

Titanium

Sunday at 3:38 PM

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.
www.amazon.com/Universal-Single-Bracket-Holder-FTA-US/dp/B074L85WK2

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Today at 6:42 AM

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 guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:

Colts relieve general manager Chris Ballard of his duties

Colts Owner & CEO Carlie Irsay-Gordon released a statement Monday announcing the news.

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Last reply Yesterday at 10:34 PM · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

DISH Hopper 3 Software Version 713 Is Out

No idea what improvements might be involved.

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naptime

Sunday at 1:05 AM

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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jsmit86

Yesterday at 9:57 AM

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.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

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.

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long_time_Dish

Yesterday at 3:57 PM

jsmit86 said:
They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.

Oh, you mean "soon"? :biggrin

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Almighty1

Yesterday at 4:07 PM

jsmit86 said:
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

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.