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Originally Posted by Muad'Dib
Network Search normally relates to the NIT, which comes transmitted with some transponder info data combined.
Eg. if new transponders get activated, the sat hoster will include that data into the NIT of some transponders...
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THis is correct.
However, at least over here in North America, very often the NIT doesn't have correct information in it, ie they have non-existant transponders listed on non-existant satellites. About the only satellites that have good NIT info that's useful are those
Globecast sats on
G25, and the Dishnet and Nimiq sats, and I think those Equity (or whatever they're called) sats on G10. So on those sats, it can be useful, however on other sats, if there is NIT info, it's probably going to just make your scan take longer without finding any additional channels, because when it finds an NIT with incorrect info, it will waste time looking on transponders that aren't there. I usually either do a power scan, or do a simple transponder scan.
I *THINK* that the NIT is also where some of these receivers get the info about what sat the receiver *THINKS* it's on. Ie if you move your dish to a satellite, and the receiver locks on a transponder, and finds a NIT stream that *SAYS* that it is on some satellite, some receivers pop up an indicator saying what sat you're on, which is often wrong, because as often as not, the NIT info is not correct on most transponders. It's something that the uplinkers have to input themselves, and many don't bother putting the correct info there.
Anyway, I think the network scan is a waste of time, unless you're on G25, or perhaps G10.