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We are new to FTA. After lurking here for over 6 months, I twisted my husband's arm this week to take me across town to get a Glorystar dish with a Visionsat IV 200 PVR receiver on craigslist. We currently have good reception with the standard assortment of over the air UHF digital channels but I've been dying to see what else we could get with satellite.
Despite following the directions in the wonderful Glorystar Installation Guide and using both the Dishpointer AR iphone app and printouts from the GeostatFinder website, we get nothing.
I've attached several photos of our dish set up hoping something obvious might leap out that we are doing wrong.
We are trying to hit 97W Gal 19 with LNBF #1. For our location, it requires:
LNBF rotation of -21.82
Compass Reading 129.10 degrees
Dish Elevation of 30.3 degrees
The first two we are pretty comfortable we're doing correctly.
The Dish Elevation however, has us baffled. My husband doubled checked the plumb leveling of the vertical post as well as laying the dish on a flat surface to make sure it wasn't bowed. Yet when we tilt the elevation guide to the 30 degree mark, the dish itself is looking straight across the street at our neighbor's house with at most a few degrees tilt.
Does this particular Glorystar dish have a large offset angle and despite its appearance, we really are pointing the dish at a 30.3 degree elevation? It is slightly oval in shape and a little over 36 inches long.
I have great LOS over the neighbor's house across the street so I know that isn't our problem.
My husband entered the standard LBNF setting into the receiver (I believe it was 10750 but I'll have to double check). The previous owner's satellite info for 97 west is still installed. We tried several blind scans, making small adjustment to the dish's azimuth and elevation with no luck. We could get a signal strength of 80-85 but 0 signal quality. Blind scans repeatedly showed 0 channels found.
The receiver and all its settings is pretty Greek to us at the moment. We could easily be missing something here. I was able to find this info on one of the menu screens:
Model IV 200
H/W Ver S1000 1.00
Driver API 1.0
Application Norw v 1.15
Data Version FDU v 1.1
Any suggestions on where we should begin troubleshooting are greatly appreciated. The Glorystar manual assumes we have a receiver other than the Visionsat that came with this setup. We do have the Visionsat manual for reference.
Thanks in advance.
Kathryn
Does this particular Glorystar dish have a large offset angle?
Despite following the directions in the wonderful Glorystar Installation Guide and using both the Dishpointer AR iphone app and printouts from the GeostatFinder website, we get nothing.
I've attached several photos of our dish set up hoping something obvious might leap out that we are doing wrong.
We are trying to hit 97W Gal 19 with LNBF #1. For our location, it requires:
LNBF rotation of -21.82
Compass Reading 129.10 degrees
Dish Elevation of 30.3 degrees
The first two we are pretty comfortable we're doing correctly.
The Dish Elevation however, has us baffled. My husband doubled checked the plumb leveling of the vertical post as well as laying the dish on a flat surface to make sure it wasn't bowed. Yet when we tilt the elevation guide to the 30 degree mark, the dish itself is looking straight across the street at our neighbor's house with at most a few degrees tilt.
Does this particular Glorystar dish have a large offset angle and despite its appearance, we really are pointing the dish at a 30.3 degree elevation? It is slightly oval in shape and a little over 36 inches long.
I have great LOS over the neighbor's house across the street so I know that isn't our problem.
My husband entered the standard LBNF setting into the receiver (I believe it was 10750 but I'll have to double check). The previous owner's satellite info for 97 west is still installed. We tried several blind scans, making small adjustment to the dish's azimuth and elevation with no luck. We could get a signal strength of 80-85 but 0 signal quality. Blind scans repeatedly showed 0 channels found.
The receiver and all its settings is pretty Greek to us at the moment. We could easily be missing something here. I was able to find this info on one of the menu screens:
Model IV 200
H/W Ver S1000 1.00
Driver API 1.0
Application Norw v 1.15
Data Version FDU v 1.1
Any suggestions on where we should begin troubleshooting are greatly appreciated. The Glorystar manual assumes we have a receiver other than the Visionsat that came with this setup. We do have the Visionsat manual for reference.
Thanks in advance.
Kathryn
Does this particular Glorystar dish have a large offset angle?
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We've updated the firmware using the directions and file found in this thread. I've attached a screen shot. I'm assuming our equipment is now squared away?
We rescanned for all FTA channels and found 143, pretty close to what we had before.
Our next big hurdle is wiring. Right now the only way to watch the FTA satellite is to sit outside beside the dish with the little 13 inch TV we used for finding the signal. Not much fun in February in the Pacific Northwest.
My husband has done extensive CAT5 and coax wiring for our existing ethernet and OTA antenna, with splitters/punch down block and a power booster. He has no experience with satellite wiring.
Are there any sticky threads dedicated to wiring info or other recommended sites we should check out? We have 5 TV's - for starters I'd like to have him run wire for two of them with the option later on to add a few more TVs to the mix.
Thanks again for everyone's help.
We rescanned for all FTA channels and found 143, pretty close to what we had before.
Our next big hurdle is wiring. Right now the only way to watch the FTA satellite is to sit outside beside the dish with the little 13 inch TV we used for finding the signal. Not much fun in February in the Pacific Northwest.
My husband has done extensive CAT5 and coax wiring for our existing ethernet and OTA antenna, with splitters/punch down block and a power booster. He has no experience with satellite wiring.
Are there any sticky threads dedicated to wiring info or other recommended sites we should check out? We have 5 TV's - for starters I'd like to have him run wire for two of them with the option later on to add a few more TVs to the mix.
Thanks again for everyone's help.
If your husband has ran coax for OTA, then he can do FTA with no problem. Just use good RG6 coax with compression connectors for best results. Lots of wiring info here - http://www.satelliteguys.us/fta-mpeg2-faqs/134124-switch-setups-simplified.html
The Visionsat is a great receiver. The PVR feature works great too. I just use a 16 gig thumb drive for the little bit of recording I do. And as Iceberg said, those signal readings are about right too.
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The Visionsat is a great receiver. The PVR feature works great too. I just use a 16 gig thumb drive for the little bit of recording I do. And as Iceberg said, those signal readings are about right too.
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If so, the link above to the Switches Simplified FAQ should be helpful.
If you want to take the signal out of your one Visionsat and feed multiple TV sets, then your husband probably already has all the experience needed.
The different satellite sources have widly varying picture quality.
But to see the best of what they offer, I'd recommend the Svideo or Component video outputs of the receiver.
Composite would be my last choice... and the RF output wouldn't be a choice at all.
Are we talking about getting the signal from the dish to multiple satellite receivers , one in each room.
If so, the link above to the Switches Simplified FAQ should be helpful.
If you want to take the signal out of your one Visionsat and feed multiple TV sets, then your husband probably already has all the experience needed.
The different satellite sources have widly varying picture quality.
But to see the best of what they offer, I'd recommend the Svideo or Component video outputs of the receiver.
Composite would be my last choice... and the RF output wouldn't be a choice at all.
M
The wiring will have to run outside, under the front and side porch, and must be flexible enough to add a 7 foot C-band dish that's sitting in pieces in our garage. I twisted my husband's arm to pick it up for free late last summer. Knowing nothing about satellite systems yet wanting a happy wife, he said he was more comfortable starting with a Ku size dish on our small suburban lot before tackling the seven footer. Hence the Glorystar maiden voyage of the past week.
I admit venturing into satellite TV is way more important to me right now than it is to him. Frankly, he thinks I've lost my mind.
To keep him happy so the project moves forward, he needs a logical, expandable wiring system that will give a good signal considering how long the wire runs will be as well as eventually powering both the C-band and Ku with motors. We also plan on having a receiver at each TV site.
It is more important to my husband to do it right the first time with correct parts, rather than ripping out and making due as we go along.
The rough sketch diagrams show a C-band dish eventually on the right side of our lot. The Ku dish will be on the second floor. We haven't decided yet on Site A or Site B for its location. Site A has better LOS for satellites falling below 82W and Site B has much easier maintenance access, both upstairs and where we could put a junction box below.
We are hoping we can combine the signals from the Ku and C-band dishes at some sort of junction area before running the RG6 to each TV location.
As I said, we are just starting out on the wiring phase so any suggestions or links to good wiring info are appreciated.
I admit venturing into satellite TV is way more important to me right now than it is to him. Frankly, he thinks I've lost my mind.
To keep him happy so the project moves forward, he needs a logical, expandable wiring system that will give a good signal considering how long the wire runs will be as well as eventually powering both the C-band and Ku with motors. We also plan on having a receiver at each TV site.
It is more important to my husband to do it right the first time with correct parts, rather than ripping out and making due as we go along.
The rough sketch diagrams show a C-band dish eventually on the right side of our lot. The Ku dish will be on the second floor. We haven't decided yet on Site A or Site B for its location. Site A has better LOS for satellites falling below 82W and Site B has much easier maintenance access, both upstairs and where we could put a junction box below.
We are hoping we can combine the signals from the Ku and C-band dishes at some sort of junction area before running the RG6 to each TV location.
As I said, we are just starting out on the wiring phase so any suggestions or links to good wiring info are appreciated.
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This is a thread that will keep you apprised of 4K events that will be showing on Dish channel 540. Keep looking here for information.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
As of today, 9-27-17, there are no scheduled events posted for the next 2 weeks. That is subject to change on a daily basis.
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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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. can we say over priced garbage!!!
I'm thinking of switching to DirecTV and wanted to know what equipment I should be asking for.
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
I'm wanting wired satellite due to that fact that I live in the sticks and there is no reliable, decent speed internet for streaming available.
What would be the correct equipment for three 4K tvs in the house?
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why not just do a rebranding of the two
As they pivot away from using dishes and more toward streaming, the DirecTV brand would make much more sense.why not just do a rebranding of the two
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agree to a certain point!!! is charlies pockets gonna get tight and will he cancel channels because he don't want to pay for them??? a hopper 3 on dtv channel lineup would be amazing and every mans dream come true lol
Squirrels have eaten my antenna wire on my home unit that is a car radio running of the 12 volt side of my solar system. I need a new antenna and would like to add something to one of my existing masts. The reason I am looking at this that I am also covered in trees which has not been a problem, but something mast mounted would future proof me. Thanks in advance.
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We have the pro-500 and it's a beast pulling in the signal!!! always full bars no matter how much it rains. it's worth every penny
I am a animal lover, but this year I gave up gardening. Even moved it to potted plants on the second story deck last year. Can't tell you how much use my Ruger 10-22 got, but it was a losing battle for me. Never got any food. So now they eat coax instead! 20 acres of dense woods behind me and my stuff tastes better, either veggies or wires!
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i might think about running cables through some conduit to prevent the Squirrels from chewing em all to hell
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Walter Koenig, who memorably played Chekov in the original "Star Trek" series and seven "Star Trek" feature films, died Sunday in Los Angeles.
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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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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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We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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