Looking for AMC3

[playyymaster]

Once again, your knowledge is required.
As I am trying to lock on AMC3 all I got is the following channels:
SNG some written ads
SNG PAtient Channel
TV1 Bloomberg TV
INFO arabic stuff
URDU arabic stuff
ENGLISH arabic stuff
UR/ENG arabic stuff
AR/FRN arabic stuff
TV3 blank screen low signal
TV4 blank screen low signal
TV5 blank screen low signal
TV6 blank screen low signal
WYDN blank screen

Am I looking at the right sat? why isn't PBS in it?

Thanks,

 

[Mr Tony]

you have the right sat

the TV 3,4,5,6 ones are the PBS but they have been a bugger to get lately

also Montana PBS is there
12164 H 4340

 

[playyymaster]

OK, I finally got a lock on PBS, but with no audio.
Why is that?

 

[Katrinasucks]

It is AC3 and you need to pump it thru a receiver (stereo) that can decode it.

EDIT: Montana should have audio

 

[Mr Tony]

yep. Need a audio receiver that can decode AC-3 and need a satellite receiver that can output it

 

[playyymaster]

I have a fortec lifetime ultra. Is that enough?
By, the way, thanks Ice and katrinasucks for your replies

 

[Mr Tony]

you're 1/2 way there..the Fortec does do AC-3 but you need an audio receievr to output that

 

[playyymaster]

I have a receiver that should output it, I hope, but not hooked up to the TV that has the receiver.... always something else to figure out.
Is PBS Montana the WYDN channel?

Also, which connection outputs the AC3, Audio R/L or spdif?

 

[Mr Tony]

no
WYDN is Daystar (12140 V 2222) affiliate for Boston
Monta PBS is at 12164 H 4340 (frequency might be off by 1 or 2) and will log at "TV2"

 

[Tron]

AC-3 will come from SPDIF out. You must connect this digital output signal to a receiver (and connection) capable of decoding Dolby Digital (not Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Surround, these are older analog surround standards). AC-3 is the same thing as Dolby Digital.

 

[playyymaster]

Thanks Tron and Ice. I had to add the TP to my receiver and now I got TV2 and it works great!. I believe my SONY receiver will do the trick although I don't recall it having an SPDIF input, only digital coax. (orange) is thet the same?

 

[playyymaster]

Thanks Tron and Ice. I added the TP to AMC3 and now I got TV2 (PBS Montana) working great!.
I have a Sony STRDE585 receiver, but I don't see any spdif inputs. Is it the orange coax (digital)?

Thanks

 

[Tron]

Thanks Tron and Ice. I had to add the TP to my receiver and now I got TV2 and it works great!. I believe my SONY receiver will do the trick although I don't recall it having an SPDIF input, only digital coax. (orange) is thet the same?

Digital coax with orange color coding should work.

 

[bigjnsa]

Once again, your knowledge is required.
As I am trying to lock on AMC3 all I got is the following channels:
SNG some written ads
SNG PAtient Channel
TV1 Bloomberg TV
INFO arabic stuff
URDU arabic stuff
ENGLISH arabic stuff
UR/ENG arabic stuff
AR/FRN arabic stuff
TV3 blank screen low signal
TV4 blank screen low signal
TV5 blank screen low signal
TV6 blank screen low signal
WYDN blank screen
Am I looking at the right sat? why isn't PBS in it?
Thanks,

Playyy, can you give me some tips to locking into AMC3? That's one of the birds that I can't seem to find. IA5, AMC4 are perfect.

 

[Jarhead84-90]

Ice, Thanks, Funny thing on the blind scan I keep getting 12163 H 4340 as a transponder and no Montana Pbs last few days,( the daughter wasn't too happy) So I went in today to edit TP, put 12164 an poof, PBS. Later, Mark

Oh, does the blind scan tend to miss some transponders, or hit the wrong freq.

 

[Mr Tony]

Each LNB can be off on the frequency by 1 or 2. As an example, when I scan SBS6, Ohio News Network which is at 11742 H 6616 blind scan it will hit at 11740 or 11741 more than ¾ of the time.

The best thing to do is if a blind scan doesn’t grab it for some odd reason, manually add the info and do a transponder scan. Also works really good for aiming at the satellite. Program in a known STRONG signal so you can aim the dish : )