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Hi,
I bought a satellite system from Sadoun.com so that my dad can watch CCTV-4. His first satellite system stopped
working for some reason. He tried to set it up today to Galaxy 3C (lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas) and could receive ONLY Middle
Eastern channels.
I read that CCTV-4 can only be received as analogy for FTA satellites, so does this mean the microHD receiver is the wrong receiver?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are all novice satellite handlers.
Regards,
Ann
I bought a satellite system from Sadoun.com so that my dad can watch CCTV-4. His first satellite system stopped
working for some reason. He tried to set it up today to Galaxy 3C (lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas) and could receive ONLY Middle
Eastern channels.
I read that CCTV-4 can only be received as analogy for FTA satellites, so does this mean the microHD receiver is the wrong receiver?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are all novice satellite handlers.
Regards,
Ann
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Ok to finish the story , I finally found time ( and got to come home from Maryland for a visit ) to travel to Ft. Smith and help a fellow FTA'er with a problem. I arrived and got setup. they had been tuning with one person inside the house and another at the dish. From the look of the dish i could tell it was setup properly and looked very close to where it needed to point, my Hosts were very polite and offered anything and everything 
to help with getting my gear setup. Only downfall of the system inspection looked to be the cable it was rg59 and about 100 ft run. I prefer to setup at the dish and go from there . hooked everything up .... nothing .. tried another lnb .... nothing. rethought several things and suspected my long cable might be bad so i pulled fresh cable out and put compression ends on and re-tuned and got a hint of signal ( i was trying for 97w and was going to readjust to 95 once i fount it) so got a hint of signal and lost it and changed TP to the CCTV one and wham 75 % Quality so tightened most everything back down and then fine tuned it for best signal. re hooked up rg 59 ( it was already run and Hsykora's Father planned on replacing the rg59 later in the day) went into house and no signal. went back outside to recheck everything and it was ok so it was the cable all along that hampered the system. For the father to got any signal from a 100 ft run of rg59 ( no telling how old ) i thought was remarkable and must have been hitting one of the strong TP's on 97 even to show up. so we ran new RG6 Quad into the house and everything worked great. Hsykora's father was so mesmerized with the picture quality of the MicroHD and because he hadn't seen his favorite channel in a couple of months, we could hardly pull him away from the TV 
so Thanks for the enjoyable visit to Fort Smith , failed to meetup with some of my Family for a short visit but was able to acquire a sack of my dads favorite hamburgers (thanks Connie). it turns out that the place i went was a block down and 1 block over from where my Aunt used to live 30-40 years ago so i was familiar with the area. I used to ( as a kid) walk down that street and several others to go to the local store to get candy and a soda so it was a small world
Thanks again for the day adventure
maybe next adventure will be to return to add additional stationary dishs to current system so will have to find more channels that Hsykora's father might enjoy
to help with getting my gear setup. Only downfall of the system inspection looked to be the cable it was rg59 and about 100 ft run. I prefer to setup at the dish and go from there . hooked everything up .... nothing .. tried another lnb .... nothing. rethought several things and suspected my long cable might be bad so i pulled fresh cable out and put compression ends on and re-tuned and got a hint of signal ( i was trying for 97w and was going to readjust to 95 once i fount it) so got a hint of signal and lost it and changed TP to the CCTV one and wham 75 % Quality so tightened most everything back down and then fine tuned it for best signal. re hooked up rg 59 ( it was already run and Hsykora's Father planned on replacing the rg59 later in the day) went into house and no signal. went back outside to recheck everything and it was ok so it was the cable all along that hampered the system. For the father to got any signal from a 100 ft run of rg59 ( no telling how old ) i thought was remarkable and must have been hitting one of the strong TP's on 97 even to show up. so we ran new RG6 Quad into the house and everything worked great. Hsykora's father was so mesmerized with the picture quality of the MicroHD and because he hadn't seen his favorite channel in a couple of months, we could hardly pull him away from the TV so Thanks for the enjoyable visit to Fort Smith , failed to meetup with some of my Family for a short visit but was able to acquire a sack of my dads favorite hamburgers (thanks Connie). it turns out that the place i went was a block down and 1 block over from where my Aunt used to live 30-40 years ago so i was familiar with the area. I used to ( as a kid) walk down that street and several others to go to the local store to get candy and a soda
so it was a small world Thanks again for the day adventure
maybe next adventure will be to return to add additional stationary dishs to current system so will have to find more channels that Hsykora's father might enjoy
On behalf of me & my family:
We owe gabsphere a huge thank you for the great work and help he provided yesterday. It would not be up and running without his good deed indeed! We were very touched by his act of kindness to help out complete strangers. He went above and beyond what any of us could have asked . What gabsphere left out in his story is that he did all of that in the oppressive heat and humidity of the Arkansas summer weather. Anyone who has been down south on a midsummer day knows how unbearable the heat can be! I know my dad will be talking about gabsphere to anyone that will listen to the story! Heck, I've even shared the story with a few people already.
I'm at fault for thinking and conveying the message that it was going to be fairly quick, that it probably only needed some fine tuning expertise, and am very sorry you did not get to visit your other family members
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Please know we are grateful for all of your help - we appreciate it more than we can express in words. I think what we've all learned from gabsphere is that
we can repay the debt by paying it forward to someone in need of our help in the future.
Sincerely,
HSykora
P.S. Charlie, he primarily listens to the Chinese speaking channels (I think they also like that it helps retain their vocabulary) but will dabble in the English speaking ones too.
We owe gabsphere a huge thank you for the great work and help he provided yesterday
. It would not be up and running without his good deed indeed! We were very touched by his act of kindness to help out complete strangers. He went above and beyond what any of us could have asked . What gabsphere left out in his story is that he did all of that in the oppressive heat and humidity of the Arkansas summer weather. Anyone who has been down south on a midsummer day knows how unbearable the heat can be! I know my dad will be talking about gabsphere to anyone that will listen to the story! Heck, I've even shared the story with a few people already. I'm at fault for thinking and conveying the message that it was going to be fairly quick, that it probably only needed some fine tuning expertise, and am very sorry you did not get to visit your other family members
:. Please know we are grateful for all of your help - we appreciate it more than we can express in words. I think what we've all learned from gabsphere is that
we can repay the debt by paying it forward to someone in need of our help in the future.
Sincerely,
HSykora
P.S. Charlie, he primarily listens to the Chinese speaking channels (I think they also like that it helps retain their vocabulary) but will dabble in the English speaking ones too.
Thanks for a wonderful end to the story, George!
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Last thing anyone would think of; really had to be there to catch it.
Just shows ta go ya, how helpful the members here are.
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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:
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Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
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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 guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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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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Be nice to see a Cowboy headline like that.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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Can we expect to see a new coach if we say "pretty please?"
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.
Can we expect to see a new coach if we say "pretty please?"
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Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
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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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.
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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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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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.
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