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Hi Everyone,
As a satellite newbie, I got my first FTA setup from Sadoun, and it came with the Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra receiver. In the beginning, everything seemed to work great.. Until I started to do blind scans on a bunch of satellites I could receive. For some reason, suddenly the antenna setup menu settings were completely messed up. I had LNB selections that said "Radio Channels" (????) and satellite positioning / DiSEqC settings that were messed up as well.. #@!$#@%#@$#@!.. I could get the settings back to normal (had to go to each sat and repair the settings), but after every blind scan, about 30-40% of the sats were messed up again.
I called Sadoun, and upgraded the firmware of this receiver with the latest factory firmware. And... Everything was fine again.. For a while.. And now last night, while doing another few blind scans, I look at the transponder lists of a few sats, and see a total mess in there (note that these are NOT the sats I just did the blind scan on). These satellites suddenly list over 100 transponders with wacky SR's.
Now, I'm a software engineer myself, and I have done firmware programming in the past (although I do mostly MFC/Visual C++ right now). But this stinks like a very bad programming job, where a routine (the blind scan routine) uses memory that is already being used for the transponder lists and antenna setup pages, if the data in there becomes too large.
I will take this up with Sadoun and see if they can figure out a way to fix this, but since I have read more reports in this forum about this specific problem (and people saying to delete all transponders, but one, from the sat before doing a blind scan... Now.. Come on.....). So I don't have much faith in this being something that Sadoun can fix.
Question for you guys.. Which FTA receiver out there has a similar feature set as the Fortec, and is STABLE... Should I look at the Pansat 3500? The Coolsat? The receiver should be USALS compatible and be able to do a blind scan. Am I asking for too much???
Thanks!
Robbert
As a satellite newbie, I got my first FTA setup from Sadoun, and it came with the Fortec Star Lifetime Ultra receiver. In the beginning, everything seemed to work great.. Until I started to do blind scans on a bunch of satellites I could receive. For some reason, suddenly the antenna setup menu settings were completely messed up. I had LNB selections that said "Radio Channels" (????) and satellite positioning / DiSEqC settings that were messed up as well.. #@!$#@%#@$#@!.. I could get the settings back to normal (had to go to each sat and repair the settings), but after every blind scan, about 30-40% of the sats were messed up again.
I called Sadoun, and upgraded the firmware of this receiver with the latest factory firmware. And... Everything was fine again.. For a while.. And now last night, while doing another few blind scans, I look at the transponder lists of a few sats, and see a total mess in there (note that these are NOT the sats I just did the blind scan on). These satellites suddenly list over 100 transponders with wacky SR's.
Now, I'm a software engineer myself, and I have done firmware programming in the past (although I do mostly MFC/Visual C++ right now). But this stinks like a very bad programming job, where a routine (the blind scan routine) uses memory that is already being used for the transponder lists and antenna setup pages, if the data in there becomes too large.
I will take this up with Sadoun and see if they can figure out a way to fix this, but since I have read more reports in this forum about this specific problem (and people saying to delete all transponders, but one, from the sat before doing a blind scan... Now.. Come on.....). So I don't have much faith in this being something that Sadoun can fix.
Question for you guys.. Which FTA receiver out there has a similar feature set as the Fortec, and is STABLE... Should I look at the Pansat 3500? The Coolsat? The receiver should be USALS compatible and be able to do a blind scan. Am I asking for too much???
Thanks!
Robbert
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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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Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
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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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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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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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Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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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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