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Old 01-08-2008, 09:20 AM
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I guess I might be pointed at Anik F1/C (which start at 03,760)
I'm confused re why now you say that you "might" be pointed at Anik F1? Up above, previously you asked "Any ideas on why I can't at least get a signal from the *Choice birds with the Orasat when I do on the Motorola? Or at on least F1." which made me assume that you were already receiving Anik F1 ( I assume on the Ku side, not C band.)
Is your StarChoice dish motorized or fixed? I guess I was assuming it was fixed, but I'm not familiar with StarChoice hardware, other than knowing that they are DCII requiring a standard lnbf.
So... if you now don't know if you're aimed at F1, does that mean that the dish has moved via a motor? Or is it a 2 lnbf setup or something?

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but just going by the numbers given for F1 they don't even show up. In TP Frequency (skipping the lower ones) it goes from 11,989, 11,928, and then 11,959. So if that's the right place it doesn't have those settings.
I think you're looking at the factory transponder list, which for most receivers are obsolete. I'm not familiar with your receiver, but most receiver have a menu item where you can "edit transponders" or something like that, and usually one option is to add or delete transponders. What you'll need to do is add any transponders that aren't in the list, including the polarization and the SR value.
Actually we are being a bit loose in terminology by calling these things transponders, because, for example, the list of 6 or so "transponders" I listed are all actually the same transponder, they are just different signals sent over the same transponder. Uplinkers can uplink at different frequencies over the same transponder, so the receiver manufacturer cannot know what frequencies are actually in use. Therefore, the receivers must be capable of adding new transponder frequencies.
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I noticed the software is supposed to be from 2005.

Also, should Polarization be set to "H" or "V" or does it matter? I'm guessing it means horizontal & vertical?

Also what is the Symbol Rate and do I need to be concerned with that for now?
In general, if you're trying to add a transponder, you have to look up the signal in Lyngsat ( North & South America - LyngSat ) , choose the satellite, and find the transponder, and it will tell you the frequency, the SR value, and whether it is horizontal or vertical. The CBC feed examples above are all horizontal.
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