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I'm still Blind Scanning channels off of my motorized Ku Dish with the Linkbox 9000i. Blindscanning the whole Ku Satellite Arc can take a full day for me, so I usually don't do it often.
On 103W Ku, there's one particular muzik audio service where you are required to hand enter each Audio PID number in order for the music channels to work. On all of my other FTA receivers this is no problem, just time consuming.
The bad news with the Linkbox 9000i, there is no way to hand enter any PID info on a TP; not even to create new audio/video channels for a TP. I went though all the menu settings and buttons on the remote, there is no option to enter PID numbers separately. The PID'S that come off a blind scan are all that you get, your not able to change a PID or make new ones. :-(
I called up Linkbox Technical Support and tried my best to suggest to the Korean Linkbox Engineer, to create a menu that would allow us to hand enter PID information with the next update. My suggestion went way past over his head, it was if I was describing the inner workings of a Warp Drive! :-/ :-\ So I guess that means they are going to keep things simple as they are, and not let us enter PID info directly to the receiver.
The only solution left would be to use the Linkbox ALI Editor program to hand enter in the PID info; and load it to the Linkbox with a USB Flashdrive. Either that, or I could hook back up my Manhattan 1997 receiver to get the music channels again that way.
On 103W Ku, there's one particular muzik audio service where you are required to hand enter each Audio PID number in order for the music channels to work. On all of my other FTA receivers this is no problem, just time consuming.
The bad news with the Linkbox 9000i, there is no way to hand enter any PID info on a TP; not even to create new audio/video channels for a TP. I went though all the menu settings and buttons on the remote, there is no option to enter PID numbers separately. The PID'S that come off a blind scan are all that you get, your not able to change a PID or make new ones. :-(
I called up Linkbox Technical Support and tried my best to suggest to the Korean Linkbox Engineer, to create a menu that would allow us to hand enter PID information with the next update. My suggestion went way past over his head, it was if I was describing the inner workings of a Warp Drive! :-/ :-\ So I guess that means they are going to keep things simple as they are, and not let us enter PID info directly to the receiver.
The only solution left would be to use the Linkbox ALI Editor program to hand enter in the PID info; and load it to the Linkbox with a USB Flashdrive. Either that, or I could hook back up my Manhattan 1997 receiver to get the music channels again that way.
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I did a transponder scan three times and it did not detect it. Just for grins and giggles, I hooked up my old V8 Golden, went into the manual channel entry menu, added all the information, and it popped right in. I also edited the PID info on the SD channel, and it works now. This receiver gives the option to name the channel, enter the frequency, polarity, symbol rate and PID info.
I was just curious about manual channel entry on this receiver as I found nothing in the owner's manual that indicated you can do that. Other than these 2 channels, I have had no problem locating the other channels I was receiving with the old receiver, but it does make you wonder how many other channels that are not showing up. It seems that updates to available channel list are a bit slow coming. Most of the info I use comes from this website from users that are constantly re-scanning to see up there.
I used to do that quite often, but as you know, a lot of channels are not named on a re-scan and you end up editing the channel name so you know what you're looking at.
When I try to add a TP, it comes up and says it already there, but when you use the TP already in the list and add the PID information, it comes up "failed." I deleted the TP, re-entered it using the frequency, polarity and symbol rate, and then edited the PID information, it still says "failed." I used the exact same information with my old receiver, stored the channel and it came right on.
I'll keep playing with it and maybe I'll get lucky and get it to work. I really like the receiver. It's easy to program, has nice menus and has a fast blind and standard scan. I figured it was a Pansat remake since I got an extra remote and it had Pansat written on it. I noticed the UHF remote kit is also Pansat. the remotes are a different color and the buttons are arranged differently, but it does work.
I've never had much luck with the IP TV channels either, but I know it's not the receiver's fault. A lot of the links are dead and on occasion, I get CBS and a couple of the Russian channels to come in. The YouTube feature is OK, but when there are multiple episodes of a program inside a folder, It won't open the folder so you can play the videos. It could be something I'm doing wrong.
All in all, it's a nice receiver, but I wish they would include a manual channel entry menu in one of their updates. It would make things a whole lot simpler for the stubborn channels like Pursuit.
When I try to add a TP, it comes up and says it already there, but when you use the TP already in the list and add the PID information, it comes up "failed." I deleted the TP, re-entered it using the frequency, polarity and symbol rate, and then edited the PID information, it still says "failed." I used the exact same information with my old receiver, stored the channel and it came right on.
I'll keep playing with it and maybe I'll get lucky and get it to work. I really like the receiver. It's easy to program, has nice menus and has a fast blind and standard scan. I figured it was a Pansat remake since I got an extra remote and it had Pansat written on it. I noticed the UHF remote kit is also Pansat. the remotes are a different color and the buttons are arranged differently, but it does work.
I've never had much luck with the IP TV channels either, but I know it's not the receiver's fault. A lot of the links are dead and on occasion, I get CBS and a couple of the Russian channels to come in. The YouTube feature is OK, but when there are multiple episodes of a program inside a folder, It won't open the folder so you can play the videos. It could be something I'm doing wrong.
All in all, it's a nice receiver, but I wish they would include a manual channel entry menu in one of their updates. It would make things a whole lot simpler for the stubborn channels like Pursuit.
UPDATE: I sent an email to the company explaining in detail about the manual channel entry menu that would be a big help if it was added to the features of this receiver. I haven't heard back from them yet and I'll post the reply if and when I get one. This is a feature all FTA receivers need. It could save a lot of trial and error. I've never been told to kiss someone's A$$ in Korean, so this may be a first.
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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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College Football Playoff nears agreement on 24-team expansion that could end title games
The College Football Playoff field is about to get much more crowded as the conferences near a deal to double the size of the field to 24 teams starting next year
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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
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Hard getting used to the new younger Gibbs, Mark Harmons son had the right look but I understand he didn't want the role.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
Still I'm enjoying, pretty good job with Franks.
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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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Wasn't exactly sure where to post this. Just had a customer come in inquiring about internet. He has HughesNet and had heard good things about mine. He asked if we provided email addresses and it kinda caught me off guard. I said he should be able to keep whatever email he had been using....my sister in law is still using a BellSouth email addy and they haven't been around here for many years. He said he had gotten a letter from HughesNet stating that they had until Nov 16th to save, move, forward, whatever, their Hughesnet emails because they would lose them after that date.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
I have never heard of a company simply mass-deleting email accounts (the customer still has his HughesNet service). From what I understand, in the past, the company who was ditching their email service simply sold the customer base to a company like Google.
Anyone else getting this letter. He said he would show it to me tomorrow when I go out there and set up his internet.
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Still the same number of years, just more Sunsets…Wouldn't we then die of old age sooner?
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Starting a thread klang !
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.
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One episode into season 4 that dropped today...
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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Time for another AWESOME video from the TWIT Network!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEmNun8Ms4s
Direct YouTube Link - AI and Mathematicians
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Direct YouTube Link - AI and Mathematicians
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