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Originally Posted by treeman
Yes, I changed the LO freq to 10750 right after those first posts. The broadcast is a sportys backhaul only used saturday for the game so I'm not surprised it isn't listed on Lyngesat.
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Oh, OK. That explains why I don't see anything there during the week.
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Originally Posted by treeman
The school wewbsite gives it out each week before the game. I would like to use the decimal point but don't know how to get it in, so I amjust entering 6149.
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Yeah. That's what you should enter.
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Originally Posted by treeman
As for the DC block thing, I am just looping through the in/out on the back of the fortec.(from the dish to the fortec and then out to the KU in on the 4dtv. If I shut off the lnb power in settings on the fortec then I get nothing.
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It is usually safer to use a DC block, otherwise, you're feeding lnb voltage from the 4DTV into the Fortec, and it's not clear what that might do. One person here has had luck doing that, and the analog receiver worked when the DVB receiver was turned off, but it's a lot better to put in a DC block. Radio Shack used to sell them, and they were only a couple dollars. I don't see them listed anymore at the RS web page, but they may still have them in stores.
From what you say, ie it not working when the Fortec power is off, it sounds like the voltage from the 4DTV must not be getting through.
I assume that you are changing polarity with the 4DTV, because the Fortec will not be able to change polarity on a big dish feed, unless you're using an lnbf on the big dish. Also, again assuming that you're controlling polarity of a polarotor feed via the 4DTV, AND, if the Fortec is indeed providing the power to the LNB, it is best to choose the polarity on the Fortec that gives 18V, not 13V (I forget whether H or V is 18V). Ie some LNBs don't work well when powered at 13V, and since you don't need the 13V for selecting polarity, leave it at 18V (or try both polarities on the Fortec).