Fortec Star Mercury II

PKII

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Jun 22, 2005

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WV

• Jun 7, 2008

• #1

I can't figure out how to scan for TP's I have read the instructions over and over but when I do it. It never finds anything. Power Scan finds stuff but when I search between for example 12179 V 30000 on AMC 3.

I press Menu, TP Scan, I enter 12179 Frequency. Polarity to V, and Symbolrate to 30000 and I press on Store. Then I press the Yellow button to scan FTA. And it goes the screen where its gonna scan but just says do I wanna save. And that is it. Are the PBS channels FTA? Even if I press the Green button it just goes to the Do I wanna save screen.

I am using C band.

Also, What exactly do these numbers mean. 12179 V 30000 How many different channels can even be put on a transponder? I've read thru some of the FAQ's but haven't seen info on this.

Thanks.

 

concord

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Jul 5, 2005

578

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Southern North Carolina

• Jun 7, 2008

• #2

12179 V 30000 is in the Ku band, not C band....

AMC 3 at 87.0°W - LyngSat

Would be helpful if you specified all your equipment, Ku LNBs can be added some C Band dishes...

 

Last edited: Jun 7, 2008

PKII

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Jun 22, 2005

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• Jun 7, 2008

• #3

concord said:

12179 V 30000 is in the Ku band, not C band....

AMC 3 at 87.0°W - LyngSat

Would be helpful if you specified all your equipment, Ku LNBs can be added some C Band dishes...

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Oh ok Thanks. I am not new to analog c-band but new to FTA in general.

 

Tron

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May 6, 2005

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• Jun 8, 2008

• #4

PKII said:

Also, What exactly do these numbers mean. 12179 V 30000 How many different channels can even be put on a transponder? I've read thru some of the FAQ's but haven't seen info on this.

Thanks.

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12179 is the transponder frequency (this is a 5-digit frequency, therefore it is a Ku transponder. 4-digit would be C-Band). V is Vertical polarity, 30000 is the symbol rate. In the analog world, one transponder equaled one channel. In the digital world, the number of channels on a transponder can vary greatly. The transponder still has a fixed bandwidth, as with analog, so every added channel forces the other channels to be more digitally compressed (have a lower bitrate, and therefore a lower picture quality).

 

concord

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Jul 5, 2005

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Southern North Carolina

• Jun 9, 2008

• #5

You may be able to add the ku lnb to the side of the cband lnb, do a search....for example:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/1319130-post11.html
http://www.satelliteguys.us/1030053-post7.html

 

PKII

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Jun 22, 2005

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• Jun 10, 2008

• #6

concord said:

You may be able to add the ku lnb to the side of the cband lnb, do a search....for example:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/1319130-post11.html
http://www.satelliteguys.us/1030053-post7.html

Click to expand...

Looks about like mine. I haven't tested it yet. Will I be able to pick up anything where I have it set now or will I have to move it a bit to locate the Ku satellites?

 

concord

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Jul 5, 2005

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Southern North Carolina

• Jun 12, 2008

• #7

If pointed at AMC 3, then yes. If non-motored, you may have to adjust your skew and move the lnb around a bit. TiP and Patient channels seem to be the strongest (11716)....