Viewsat signal and quality

[alltwistedup]

I am in the process of upgrading from a Viewsat Extreme to a Viewsat Max along with finally getting the Stabb 90 motor, Invocom qph-031 and 36" dish working. I got everything going on the roof but my problem is I have a 20% loss in quality with the Max unit. Same cable run switched between units at the tv 20% difference. I added an inline amp to see if i could at least get the Max to make Q65 but the best it get is Q57.

using the on screen settings, all lnb settings the same (multiple sats checked)
on the roof tune with Extreme s90+ q80+
at tv Extreme s76 q65
at tv Max s85 q57

thank you for your input.

 

[turbosat]

Does the new box work okay otherwise? If so I would just chalk that up to differences in the meters.
If your checking signal strength from the TV's meter, then I don't get it either. Looking at signal meters on different models/makes of fta receivers will almost always be different. Quality readings on my old Mercury 2 might show 40-45 quality, but same feed on another receiver I have will hit a quality figure of 99!

 

[ACRadio]

Quality is a relative number between receiver models and manufacturers...quality isn't calibrated to anything. The software developer can make the meter read basically anything they want. I remember a receiver long ago that could display a clean picture while displaying a quality number of zero.

I would worry none about your readings...

 

[Mr Tony]

yeah each meter is different and unless its the same "family" of reciever (like the Coolsat 4000,5000,6000) they will be different

a good example is my Pansats. Have a 1500,2500 and 6000
The 1500/2500 the threshold for good signal in most cases is 30
The 6000 its 40

I've seen receivers show 99 as long as there is a decent signal.
Even different software makes a difference. My Coolsat 5000 has version 1.00 in it and the minimum is 63 max is 82-85. When you switched to version 1.01 the max went to 99 and it seems like 70-75 is muted from the meter whereas on the 1.00 version 72-75 is really good

 

[alltwistedup]

Thanks for the info. Just does not seam right that the same company would use two different scales.

 

[turbosat]

Considering that Viewsat was sued into oblivion, they most likely found a new Chinese manufacturer to supply their devices. I'm not clear on how they still exist to sell anything.

 

[SatelliteAV]

Considering that Viewsat was sued into oblivion, they most likely found a new Chinese manufacturer to supply their devices. I'm not clear on how they still exist to sell anything.

Viewsat does not exist anymore and no new units have been imported. Any new units that are being sold are old stock and dusty units from someones warehouse!

A broker was calling around last winter trying to raise the interest of buyers for the remaining inventory, office items and a few personal luxury items to raise some $$$$.

 

[Mikey11]

I remember a receiver long ago that could display a clean picture while displaying a quality number of zero.

I would worry none about your readings...

sonicview receivers are known for this specifically the SV8000HD....it will display a perfect picture without pixelation with quality as low as 5 or sometimes even less....

 

[Mr Tony]

Quality is a relative number between receiver models and manufacturers...quality isn't calibrated to anything. The software developer can make the meter read basically anything they want. I remember a receiver long ago that could display a clean picture while displaying a quality number of zero.

I would worry none about your readings...

White Springs I use to be able to get with a 10 quality on the Pansat 1500....threshold is normally 30 but it was stable...I remember that thread where someone got it with a 0 quality

 

[WTguy]

I use a Pansat 2500 to scan and view some SD signals and use a Viewsat Max for HD. The meter for the Max seems to have a limited range.
As a couple of examples on the low and high end. I can scan in a signal on Pansat that might be in the low 20's and the picture will not be stable (mine does fine with a pq of 25). But I enter the settings on the Max and the pq will be 20 points higher. The threshold for a consistent picture is around 43. The high end is opposite but not to that extreme. A Pansat pq of 80 might be 65-70 on the Max.
One other thing you might want to know is the Max does not handle low sr's very well (I have been able to scan in some channels if I manually enter the settings). 6100 seems to be the threshold for scanning. You may have better luck because I have not really messed with those signals that much. I use the Pansat to watch most sd signals (just being too lazy to enter and watch on the Max).