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Originally Posted by drdelazzo
The info for the Galaxy 8I is in the data base in my receiver.
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Yeah, the databases that come with receivers are always out of date, particularly if you are using the program that came with it. If you have downloaded an update at the
Twinhan site, it might be better, but will still be wrong. I don't use the Twinhan/Vision Plus program, but use programs that make it easier to update the databases. The Twinhan program isn't very user friendly.
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Originally Posted by drdelazzo
What is a blind search? The receiver that have this do they have an advantage?
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Blind search receivers, like the Fortec Lifetime Ultra will find the transponder frequencies and SR values, then will find the channels. They will miss some, but do a pretty good job. Regular receivers require you to have correct freq/sr values before it can find the channels. Although if you can enter the values from a web page like Lyngsat, the reception isn't any different.
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Originally Posted by drdelazzo
Does the cirular lnb setting have to be manualy inputed? The 1030 only has "normal", "universal", or custom. For the circular do I enter the frequency range of the cirular unit starting with the lo end of the range. When custom is clicked it says "lnb1" then "lnb2" does on put the lower freq. in lnb1 and the higher one in lnb2? Thanx.
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For use with a single sat circular lnbf, you'd use the custom setting. I assume you just have a ku only dish, just put 11250 in both boxes or only put it in the first box. I usually use either TSREADER or DVBAPPS instead of the Twinhan program, because they are a lot easier to use. However the Twinhan program is better for some signals, because it makes better use of hardware. The version of the Twinhan program I have been using doesn't do 4.2.2 or
HD , which is another reason I seldom used it. The newer version that you could download from the Twinhan site does HD, although my computer can't quite keep up with it, which is also the case with the other programs I use. I've only been using the new version for about 20 minutes though, so I'm not sure whether it works on 4.2.2 (I doubt it) or how it's HD performance compares to the other programs. The new version is supposed to have much better recording capabilities though, but I haven't tried that yet. I still suspect that I'll continue to use TSREADER though, just because I'm more familiar with it, but the new software does seem to be a vast improvement over the old versions I've tried.