Quote:
Originally Posted by reho33
Just plugged it in and pointed it a Anik F1R to see if I could get anything, nada.
I guess I just have to save my pennies and get a DSR-922. Oh Well.  |
I don't know anything about Primestar receivers, but are you sure that it says Digicipher II ? I thought that the Primestar receivers were Digicipher I , not II. There used to be a few things sent out in the DC-I format and people were receiving them with old Primestar receivers, but I don't think there is any DC-I now. But if it really is DCII (ie perhaps Primestar changed mode before it went away), there is a possibility that it could be used, however it's not just a situation where you can aim it at a sat and expect it to work. You'd have to figure out how to get it change freq/SR and lock on a transponder and load the VCT from that transponder. THere was a thread about a year ago, where someone was trying to get a DCII receiver originally set up with a similar service to work as a generic receiver, and I don't think that the fellow ever got it to work.
Does the receiver have any identification other than PRimestar? Like a General Instrument model number or something?