ViewSat Help

[dutchgin]

Hi everyone.
I am having problems getting channels to show. My signal strength shows 82%. Here is my setup and local information:

Zip Code 75034

My true south sat is T5 based on my location.

Viewsat vs2000
HH90 motor
Invacom qph-031 lnb

I only have 1 cable connected to the linear side of the lnb. This goes into the motor then to the receiver. I left the disq switch out of the loop.(do i need it to setup system?)

My antenna setup for t5 is:
lnb power on
lnb type universal
lnb high 10600
lnb low 9750
tp frq. 11749 (for the t5 sat)
search option all
diseqc 1.0 none
motor user

I have tried using the automatic channel search and also the manual search. It always fails. My signal bar on the right of the screen shows between 80-86 %. I have also tried to make a new channel using information from the lyngsat web site and putting in different channel data..

I setup my dish angles using the information on Sadouns website.

Any help would be appreciated..

Thanks

 

[PSB]

Hello and WELCOME to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA forum

The switch is not needed at this point, I would remove the motor for now and find/store your true south satellite first!

The linear side of the QPH-031 is a Standard, so reset your L.O. to 10750

                       Frisco, TX 75034
           Latitude 33° 8.994'N Longitude 96° 49.446'W

                         Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m)   El  Skew
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                       Telstar 12   15.0W  94.5  89.4 -1.9 -56.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 901   18.0W  96.2  91.0  0.6 -56.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 603   20.0W  97.3  92.2  2.3 -56.1
                                 
                            NSS 7   22.0W  98.4  93.3  4.0 -55.9
                                 
                     Intelsat 905   24.5W  99.9  94.8  6.1 -55.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 907   27.5W 101.7  96.5  8.6 -55.1
                                 
                   Hispasat 1C/1D   30.0W 103.2  98.1 10.7 -54.6
                                 
                     Intelsat 801   31.5W 104.1  99.0 11.9 -54.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 903   34.5W 106.0 100.9 14.5 -53.6
                                 
              AMC 12 & Telstar 11   37.5W 108.0 102.8 17.0 -52.8
                                 
                          NSS 806   40.5W 110.0 104.9 19.5 -51.9
                                 
                        PAS 6B/3R   43.0W 111.8 106.7 21.5 -51.0
                                 
                           PAS 1R   45.0W 113.3 108.1 23.2 -50.3
                                 
                     Intelsat 705   50.0W 117.2 112.0 27.2 -48.2
                                 
                     Intelsat 707   53.0W 119.7 114.6 29.6 -46.7
                                 
                     Intelsat 805   55.5W 121.9 116.8 31.6 -45.3
                                 
                            PAS 9   58.0W 124.2 119.1 33.5 -43.8
                                 
                         Amazonas   61.0W 127.1 122.0 35.7 -41.9
                                 
           EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1   61.5W 127.7 122.5 36.1 -41.5
                                 
                 Estrela do Sul 1   63.0W 129.2 124.1 37.1 -40.4
                                 
                     Brasilsat B2   65.0W 131.4 126.3 38.6 -38.9
                                 
                     Brasilsat B1   70.0W 137.2 132.1 41.9 -34.6
                                 
                 Nahuel 1 & AMC 6   72.0W 139.8 134.6 43.1 -32.7
                                 
                            AMC 6   72.0W 139.8 134.6 43.1 -32.7
                                 
                        DirecTV 5   72.5W 140.4 135.3 43.4 -32.2
                                 
                            SBS 6   74.0W 142.4 137.3 44.3 -30.7
                                 
                            AMC 5   79.0W 149.5 144.4 46.9 -25.1
                                 
                          Nimiq 2   82.0W 154.2 149.1 48.3 -21.4
                                 
                            AMC 9   83.0W 155.8 150.7 48.7 -20.1
                                 
                     Brasilsat B3   84.0W 157.4 152.3 49.0 -18.8
                                 
                           AMC 16   85.0W 159.1 153.9 49.4 -17.4
                                 
                            AMC 3   87.0W 162.4 157.3 50.0 -14.6
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 8   89.0W 165.9 160.8 50.5 -11.8
                                 
                 Galaxy 11/Nimiq1   91.0W 169.4 164.3 50.9  -8.8
                                 
                     Brasilsat B4   92.0W 171.2 166.1 51.1  -7.3
                                 
                        Telstar 6   93.0W 173.0 167.9 51.2  -5.8
                                 
                        Galaxy 3C   95.0W 176.7 171.5 51.4  -2.8
                                 
              Intelsat Americas 5   97.0W 180.3 175.2 51.4   0.3
                                 
                        Galaxy 4R   99.0W 184.0 178.9 51.4   3.3
                                 
                            AMC 4  101.0W 187.6 182.5 51.2   6.4
                                 
                            AMC 1  103.0W 191.2 186.1 50.9   9.4
                                 
                           AMC 15  105.0W 194.7 189.6 50.4  12.3
                                 
                          Anik F1  107.3W 198.7 193.6 49.8  15.6
                                 
         DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8  110.0W 203.2 198.1 48.9  19.2
                                 
                          Anik F2  111.1W 205.0 199.8 48.5  20.7
                                 
                    Solidaridad 2  113.0W 207.9 202.8 47.7  23.1
                                 
                         SatMex 5  116.8W 213.6 208.5 45.8  27.6
                                 
          EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S  119.0W 216.7 211.6 44.7  30.0
                                 
  EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13  121.0W 219.4 214.3 43.5  32.1
                                 
                       Galaxy 10R  123.0W 222.0 216.8 42.3  34.0
                                 
                        Galaxy 12  125.0W 224.4 219.3 41.0  35.9
                                 
             Galaxy 13/Horizons 1  127.0W 226.8 221.6 39.7  37.6
                                 
 Intelsat Americas 7 & EchoStar 5  129.0W 229.0 223.9 38.3  39.2
                                 
                           AMC 11  131.0W 231.2 226.0 36.9  40.7
                                 
                        Galaxy 1R  133.0W 233.2 228.1 35.4  42.1
                                 
                           AMC 10  135.0W 235.2 230.1 34.0  43.4
                                 
                            AMC 7  137.0W 237.1 231.9 32.4  44.6
                                 
                            AMC 8  139.0W 238.9 233.8 30.9  45.8
                                 
                     EchoStar 1/2  148.0W 246.2 241.1 23.7  50.0

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[dutchgin]

PSB,
Thank you for your reply. I have removed the motor. I set the LO to 10750. Will my dish elevation be 53 now? My TS is 175. Also on the Viewsat, I am confused on where to look for the signal strength. There are signal/quality bars on the channels page, but since I dont have any yet, will these read? The only bar that moves is under the auto or manual channel setup. This always reads between 75-85 % no matter which way I have the dish pointing. I can raise or lower this by moving the dish. I am still unable to get any channels to show.

THanks

 

[PSB]

With the motor removed your elevation to IA-5 is 51 deg. (see below)



Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m) El Skew
Intelsat Americas 5 97.0W 180.3 175.2 51.4 0.3

You will need to enter the details of a LIVE channels then move the dish watching for signal QUALITY.

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DFreq : 12175 (V) SR : 22.998 Msps