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OK so yeah, I decided to take the advice of not using my motor yet until I can figure out how to aim my dish manually. So far I really suck at it!! I've been trying to get Galaxy 19 but haven't had much luck. There are a couple nifty free satellite aiming applications on my Android phone, but as I put my phone close to the dish, the compass goes way off making those applications completely useless. Also, my cheapy receiver I'm only using to aim the dish, says the signal intensity is like 96% but quality is 0-1% while I try aiming. I figure signal intensity is just the signal coming from the LNB, and not the signal coming from the satellite itself?
Since my receiver is in my house, requiring me to make a change to the aim on the dish, then run back inside, I'm thinking a satellite finder signal strength meter would make my life easier? I've been eyeballing this:
Any other suggestions that can help this n00b align his dish?? :nerd:
OK so yeah, I decided to take the advice of not using my motor yet until I can figure out how to aim my dish manually. So far I really suck at it!! I've been trying to get Galaxy 19 but haven't had much luck. There are a couple nifty free satellite aiming applications on my Android phone, but as I put my phone close to the dish, the compass goes way off making those applications completely useless. Also, my cheapy receiver I'm only using to aim the dish, says the signal intensity is like 96% but quality is 0-1% while I try aiming. I figure signal intensity is just the signal coming from the LNB, and not the signal coming from the satellite itself?
Since my receiver is in my house, requiring me to make a change to the aim on the dish, then run back inside, I'm thinking a satellite finder signal strength meter would make my life easier? I've been eyeballing this:
Any other suggestions that can help this n00b align his dish?? :nerd:
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I've been using that website a lot, and the Android apps I've been using appear to use the same techniques, and even draw a line. My problem is that despite this, signal quality is still 0-1%, making me think my azimuth is off. Since my dish doesn't have something that shows me azimuth, I've been guessing, based on what I see on my Android compass (which works terribly as I get closer to the metallic dish). And yep, I know the difference between true and magnetic south. The mount on my roof is perfectly plumb, which was to my surprise, as it was my first pole mounting ever...so that can't be it.
So your opinion is that a signal strength meter shouldn't be needed and I should just keep trying? (which I'm fine with, I'm here asking all of your honest opinions, after all!!)
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Of course magnetic field of your compass will be affected when it is closer to the metal of the dish. In order to avoid this problem I keep the compass far away from metal and earth when I use it.
Bend the LNB arm up or down as required to make sure that the LNB is well pointing to the center of the dish. For this, I let the dish pointing down to a place where I can stand to look to the LNB back and to the dish center. This way I can see if my LNB is well pointing to the center of the dish.
It is so easy and fast when the dish is correctly pointing to the required Azimuth. The magnetic Azimuth work very well with a good compass. For this, I install a 40 ft string from the dish mast to the direction of the satellite and moving the end of the string around until the string is perfectly match the magnetic Azimuth of my compass, then adjust the dish to have the LNB aligned to the string. This way, the compass is used far away from metal. Note that the compass has to be at least 1.5 ft from grade to avoid any magnetic field of the grade. After getting the correct Azimuth, I just move the dish up and down (elevation) until I get the best signal. Note that the stamped elevation angle on my dish give me an error of about 10o because it's a cheap dish so we cannot trust it.
I just successfully pointing my dish to the Galaxy 19 Ku during the last weekend.
I've been using that website a lot, and the Android apps I've been using appear to use the same techniques, and even draw a line. My problem is that despite this, signal quality is still 0-1%, making me think my azimuth is off. Since my dish doesn't have something that shows me azimuth, I've been guessing, based on what I see on my Android compass (which works terribly as I get closer to the metallic dish). And yep, I know the difference between true and magnetic south. The mount on my roof is perfectly plumb, which was to my surprise, as it was my first pole mounting ever...so that can't be it.
So your opinion is that a signal strength meter shouldn't be needed and I should just keep trying? (which I'm fine with, I'm here asking all of your honest opinions, after all!!)
Of course magnetic field of your compass will be affected when it is closer to the metal of the dish. In order to avoid this problem I keep the compass far away from metal and earth when I use it.
Bend the LNB arm up or down as required to make sure that the LNB is well pointing to the center of the dish. For this, I let the dish pointing down to a place where I can stand to look to the LNB back and to the dish center. This way I can see if my LNB is well pointing to the center of the dish.
It is so easy and fast when the dish is correctly pointing to the required Azimuth. The magnetic Azimuth work very well with a good compass. For this, I install a 40 ft string from the dish mast to the direction of the satellite and moving the end of the string around until the string is perfectly match the magnetic Azimuth of my compass, then adjust the dish to have the LNB aligned to the string. This way, the compass is used far away from metal. Note that the compass has to be at least 1.5 ft from grade to avoid any magnetic field of the grade. After getting the correct Azimuth, I just move the dish up and down (elevation) until I get the best signal. Note that the stamped elevation angle on my dish give me an error of about 10o because it's a cheap dish so we cannot trust it.
I just successfully pointing my dish to the Galaxy 19 Ku during the last weekend.
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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.
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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
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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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@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
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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
Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Please post your remote make/model here and any details of your issue. We are looking to collect as many examples as possible. I may reach out to you for your receiver number, but please do not post it here.
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
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If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
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I was having similar issues last night while watching and recording the NLCS game on 148. When I tried resuming the game at one point the screen went blank and I couldn't get my H3 to respond to any remote commands. Eventually the Hopper went to a HD channel but still no remote response. After a while the Hopper went into a re-boot cycle. This happened at least 3 times. I was using an IR universal remote only.
A little frustrating to have the game broken up like that but at least the Brewers won
Yea, I've only been a CIO for the last 30 years!
Trust me, when something important breaks, they get to own it!
This started a couple months ago. I have 2 H3s on one network, both with 2 EHD identical 3 TB seperately powered so all recordings are accessible by all 4k & J4s (8 of them).
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
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Thanks JohnGalt1234 - That's interesting. I wonder are the Boot Strap versions different between a Hopper 3 only and a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup as I have the later. I guess when charlesrshell is able to since he has both setups, he can do the test. Unless the bootstrap version is tied to when the specific Hopper 3 is manufactured, in my case, mines is from February 2016 when it was installed.
At least Google Search AI is saying the bootstrap version will never change and unique to each Hopper 3.
This is probably why different people seem to either have the issue or they don't because the bootstrap code could also be tied to the hardware revision and
components other than the internal HD.
At least Google Search AI is saying the bootstrap version will never change and unique to each Hopper 3.
This is probably why different people seem to either have the issue or they don't because the bootstrap code could also be tied to the hardware revision and
components other than the internal HD.
JohnGalt1234 - So you basically have 2 Hopper 3's. The CasinoH3 is the one that is Hopper 3 only while Master Bedroom is a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
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No idea what improvements might be involved.
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Two bugs out and three new bugs in.
Yep. Just got a call from a customer who said her DVR buttons stopped working. Told her about the new software and had her reboot her H3, problem solved.Two bugs out and three new bugs in.
