NO strength/quality

[mafatalal07]

Hello,

I am a newbie to the dvb-s cards and am having trouble with signal strength/quality on my TwinHan 1020. I have Dish Network service and am receiving 100+ strength on my Dish receiver and receive all channels will no problem from the same old directTV lnb so I am relatively sure the dish it pointed correctly.

Here is my setup:

- Target Sat: Echostar 110

- Card: TwinHan VisionPlus 1020A

- Software: Tried WinDVB, ProgDVB, myTheatre

- PC: Athlon 1.8 ghz CPU. RAM 128mb, Nvidia 4x AGP

Problem:

No matter what software I use, the problem is identical. I do not see any signal strength/quality. Hence can not find any FTA channel on Echostar 6 and 8. I am using this SAT as test with my VisionPLus1020A card , since dish is already working good with my standalone receiver. I know there are few FTA channels on echostar 6 & 8. There is no switch btw 1020A card and lnb, it is direct connect.

Strange is that when I use this great program Progfinder, I get 99% strength/quality. Then after I close progfinder and startup Mytheatre or any other programs, I get 99% strength/quality. But strength/quality goes away after it finishes scaning the sat. Scan also does not find any channels.

Again, I am very much a newbie to dvb-s card but have been a computer technican for over 12 years so I know it is not the obvious (bad pci slot, corrupt drivers, etc).

Any feedback is greatly appreciated, I have already gone crazy trying to fix this. Any setting I am not entering?

Thanks in advance.

[ctg101]

since your dish is alinged correctly i can only think of one thing, in the software you are using, make sure the lnbf LO frequency is set to 11250, and there is nothing free on 110,

[mafatalal07]

Thanks ctg101 for the reply.

I'll try LO with 11250. It that all I need.

I thought following channel are FTA :

Freq. = 12530 tp 22 VPID=4386 APID=4387E
Freq. = 12530 tp 22 VPID=5666 APID=5667E

I got this info. from www.lyngsat.com

[ctg101]

i cant confirm if those are clear at the moment, having severe thunderstorms right now and my gear is unplugged, i will check as soon as i can but those may be clear,

[mafatalal07]

Thanks ctg101,

That works!!!!!!

I was using build-in LO's which does not have 11250. Thanks for your time.

Three days I was pulling my hair, can't believe it could be this simple.

[ctg101]

very cool, give that dishnet freq a try and see if it works, i think those are basicly info channels and may not have much to watch