Hello, I am new to this hobby. I started out trying to find out how I could get educational programs like 'The Mechanical Universe'. I found that the Annenberg CPB satellite channel had this and other programs I am interested in.
I discovered that the programs were encoded with digiCypher II and I needed a receiver that would decode that. I do not know if you call this FTA or not. Annenberg's Internet site said the channel was free but you had to register with them first.
I purchased a leftover GI 4200C DigiCypherII MPEG II receiver. Some sources said that a digicypherIIreceiver will not receive the FTA stations? Another source on the internet advertised GI receivers and said you could receive anything with them?
I have a 36" offset dish but no LNB yet.
I am not at all interested in Direct TV or DishNetwork anymore. There were only a few channels worth watching.
Can you educate me more about my receiver and what it will and will not do? I know it will not do blind searches and that I need to put a switch at the input to change the polarization.
David zetron
I discovered that the programs were encoded with digiCypher II and I needed a receiver that would decode that. I do not know if you call this FTA or not. Annenberg's Internet site said the channel was free but you had to register with them first.
I purchased a leftover GI 4200C DigiCypherII MPEG II receiver. Some sources said that a digicypherIIreceiver will not receive the FTA stations? Another source on the internet advertised GI receivers and said you could receive anything with them?
I have a 36" offset dish but no LNB yet.
I am not at all interested in Direct TV or DishNetwork anymore. There were only a few channels worth watching.
Can you educate me more about my receiver and what it will and will not do? I know it will not do blind searches and that I need to put a switch at the input to change the polarization.
David zetron
