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Hi Iron City:
Don't give up just yet !!! These are very frustrating systems to align - I mean FTA in general - not just your receiver. I am a professional
installer in Toronto, Canada and have aligned many BEC 6600 and 6800 receivers; although I'm not familiar with the 2000 that you have.
First, the 6600s have a signal strength and quality bar that turn YELLOW when you hit the right satellite - does the 2000 do the same? If you get both signal strength and quality but they are WHITE it means you hit the wrong bird.
Second, the 12177 xpdr on T5 is very weak compared to the others - I always use 12152 for alignment as it is stronger - then once I hit 12152 I check all other xpdrs for good strength.
Third, try (as
Sadoun suggests and I agree with him) using a different LNB. I use the old Bell ExpressVu linear LNBs (before ExpressVu went circular a al DirecTV and DishNet); these old linears work beautifully on
Telstar 5. Linear rotation for them (for Toronto - and likely for Pittsburg - is 5:30 o'clock - when facing the dish). Remember to change Local Oscillator frequencies - I use 10,750 for both low and high. Set your receiver accordingly.
Fourth - PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE !!! It took me 8 hours to find T5 first time I tried - and I've installed thousands of 18" minidishes. These FTA systems are NOT easy. Also, when moving the dish looking for signal; use VERY tiny moves and WAIT a few seconds between each move for the receiver to look for signal.
Please ask me any other questions you want - I can help you out. I can also get you an ExpressVu LNB if you want to try that.
Good Luck
kat