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Originally Posted by DvDDude
Hello... I just recently purchased and recieved a Twinhan VisionPlus Starbox see url below TwinHan VisionDTV USB Sat STARBOX USB satellite receiver by Twinhan USB2.0 I received the product but I have some questions that need to be answered...
1. Most importantly. I have this connected to a 1000.2 DPPlus Dishnetwork Dish pointed at 3 satellites. 119, 110, 129 (in that order on the LNBs) .. I have 2 Dual Tuner Recievers, one is a 622 and one is a 625. I am using the DishNetwork Recievers to power the LNB array. I disconnected one of the receivers to try finding the FTA channels on the DishNetwork Satellites, but I can not seem to get any application to scan/lock on the channels at all... I am a complete newbie when it comes to this.. but I am pretty certain I have heard this is done all the time. What I am missing or needing to add to scan the channels and actually get some response from the Starbox. Any help you can give me on this is appreciated.
2. Is this product capable of receiving HDTV FTA from satellites? IE: is it USB2.0 as the description suggests? because the one I received did not seem to be USB2.0 (no indication on the box at all, and the product seemed old tech).
3. I originally wanted a Twin102G card, but went with this one as it was suggested on your site that this one would do anything the 102G did. Is this really true?
-Tim |
I'm a little confused about the Subject line for this message, ie the "DSS" part. DSS refers to the DirecTV format.
As Steve said, most of the channels on the sats you're talking about are encrypted. You should be able to get the GOL channels on 110, and the NASA channel on 119 though. It would be easy if you could get a line direct from each LNBF, but you're using the coax at the receiver, which means that you're behind the switch. Off hand, I can't remember how the switching works for Dishnet, I think there are several different systems involving different kinds of switches, etc. I think some systems take the signal from one satellite and convert it up in freq, then combine it with the signal from another satellite, or something like that. There may also be some 22khz or diseqC switches involved too, to select sats. I'm sure someone can give you the details, but the bottom line is that Dishnet uses complicated means to give you the signal from 2 or 3 sats over the same line, so signals may not be at the frequencies you expect them to be at, and/or you may need to activate the switches to get the signal from a specific sat.
However, despite the complicated switching, I would assume that either the 110 or 119 sat probably has it's signals where they are supposed to be.
I would set up the Starbox LNB type to Standard with a LO freq of 11250, then see if you can get a lock on either the 12341 transponder on the 110 sat, or the 12370 transponder on the 119 sat. I would think that one of those 2 should work, to get GOL or NASA respectively. If they don't work, you'll have to do some research to find out how what kind of bandstacking and switching is used on the specific system you have. You can probably do it with the Starbox, but it would be easier if you connected directly to the individual lnbfs rather than needing to activate the switches.
Another way around it is to keep your existing Dishnet receiver connected, and "T" off the coax, using a DC-block to the Starbox. You can then use the Dishnet receiver to select the satellite/polarity, and you'd be able to receive whatever channels are FTA on the sat/polarity that the Dishnet sat is tuned to.
I think that there are 2 types of Starbox. The older one that works with both USB1 and USB 2 and the newer on that only works with USB2. I have the older Starbox, and my main complaint with it is that it isn't supported by the 3rd part software that I use with the Twinhan PCI cards, plus the Starbox isn't as sensitive as the PCI receivers. I don't know much about the newer Starbox, other than that it isn't supported by the 3rd party software I use either. Personally, if I was going to get another USB receiver, I think it would be a DVBWorld, not a Twinhan, because there is more software for that.