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Originally Posted by gyyang
Hello All,
I am a frustrated newbie. Please help!!!
After spending a lot time to install my new dish system and finally get some signals, I found I am aining a wrong satellite.
Here is my equipment: TRAXIS DBS-3500 receiver
DiSEqC H-H SG-2100 moter
BSC321S 0.4dB LNB
My location: Latitude 38.9 N, Longitude 77.4 W
From the "antenna setup" menu, I selected satellite "Galaxy 3C 95W", at first there was no signals. |
It is usually better to start by finding your true south satellite.
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Originally Posted by gyyang
I moved the motor to west several steps and found good signals. Then the auto search found a lot of channels. But according to all these channels, I believe they are actually from satellite 97W. I know this probably because I am not pointing to the "true south" or my pole is not vertical, but it's very hard for me to straighten it out. Here are my questions:
1. Is it possible tell the receiver that it's aiming 97W instead of 95W , so save it as 97W and use it a a reference to find 95W? If possible then how?
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5. What is the difference between USALS and "DiSEqC 1.2" in terms of Positioner selection? |
The way I understand it, the USALS is just an improved DiseqC 1.2, which has one additional command, ie a "GOTO X" command. With "1.2", sat positions are located, then stored on the motor, and the receiver just sends a number telling it which stored position to go to. With USALS, you don't need to save positions on the motor, but instead the receiver can send the GOTO X command specific to each satellite. It wasn't clear from your description above whether you were using 1.2 or USALS to go to the 95 satellite, but I think you may have used USALS, then used the regular 1.2 commands to peak it or something. There is a re-sync command for 1.2, but I don't think it has any meaning if you use USALS.
Your best bet is to start over and find your true south satellite. Once you do that correctly, the other sats should be in line.
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Originally Posted by gyyang
2. What does "standard" or "universal" mean in the selection of LNB type?
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This refers to which type of LNBF you have, and yours will probably be labeled with the LO freqs. Standard LNBFs usually have 10750 LO freq, Universal usually have 9750 and 10600, but sometimes other pairs. Also there are DBS circular lnbfs that have 11250 LO freqs. Enter the proper type corresponding to what you have on your dish.
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Originally Posted by gyyang
3. Does the selection of TV System (PLA, NTSC, Auto) has anything to do with my channel search?
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No, that only affects what type TV you have. In the US most are NTSC. Other areas of the world often have PAL.
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4. What do "TP Scan" and "Channel Setup" do, compared to "Auto Scan"?
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I am not familiar with your receiver, so someone with it will be of more help, but usually receivers come with a pre-loaded list of transponders (which you can edit), which is often not up to date. Receivers can scan for channels in a number of ways. Most receivers can do a "satellite scan" where it scans all the transponders in it's memory for channels. THey can do a "Transponder scan", where it just scans one transponder that you select. Some receivers also have a blind search, which first does a scan and finds the transponders, rather than just using the pre-loaded list, and then after finding the transponders, does a channel scan on each transponder. Your "Auto Scan" may be a blind search. I'm not sure what the Channel Setup is, but it's probably a window where you can edit channel data after you've done a scan.... I don't know.