VP-1020 Signal strength and quality problems

[YourNameHere]

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 lnb so I am relatively sure the dish it pointed correctly.

Here is my setup:

- Target Sat: Echostar 7

- Card: TwinHan VisionPlus 1020

- Software: Tried WinDVB, ProgDVB, myTheatre

- PC: 2 ghz, CPU 512mb, RAM 128mb, Nvidia 8x AGP

Problem:

No matter what software I am using the problem is identical. Echostar 7 has 21 transponders and my signal strength/quality varies greatly from transponder to transponder. On the low end I may have 0 quality and 40 strength and on the high end I might get 40 quality and 55 strength. There are about 8 transponders that won't pick up any channels and the ones that do are such low quality (30-40) that I have reception issues (channel locking up, audio/video gets out of sync).

Also, if I rescan the transponders after 30 minutes or so, it may or may not pick up the same channels again, it seems to be hit and miss. The strength/quality changes without warning.

Again, I am very much a newbie to dvb-s card but have been a computer technican for over 6 years so I know it is not the obvious (bad pci slot, corrupt drivers, etc).

Any feedback is absolutely appreciated, I am about to go crazy

[dtsexpert]

Check the lnbf LO to make sure it is set as 11250.
Michael

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 lnb so I am relatively sure the dish it pointed correctly.

Here is my setup:

- Target Sat: Echostar 7

- Card: TwinHan VisionPlus 1020

- Software: Tried WinDVB, ProgDVB, myTheatre

- PC: 2 ghz, CPU 512mb, RAM 128mb, Nvidia 8x AGP

Problem:

No matter what software I am using the problem is identical. Echostar 7 has 21 transponders and my signal strength/quality varies greatly from transponder to transponder. On the low end I may have 0 quality and 40 strength and on the high end I might get 40 quality and 55 strength. There are about 8 transponders that won't pick up any channels and the ones that do are such low quality (30-40) that I have reception issues (channel locking up, audio/video gets out of sync).

Also, if I rescan the transponders after 30 minutes or so, it may or may not pick up the same channels again, it seems to be hit and miss. The strength/quality changes without warning.

Again, I am very much a newbie to dvb-s card but have been a computer technican for over 6 years so I know it is not the obvious (bad pci slot, corrupt drivers, etc).

Any feedback is absolutely appreciated, I am about to go crazy

[YourNameHere]

The setting vary slightly from program to program but here are the setting I have in ProgDVB.

- Ku-band

- LOF 1: 11250

- Switch: 0

- LOF 2: 11250

- Power unchecked

- Sat: Echostar 7

[dtsexpert]

My assumption is that you slave the card to a your stand-alone receiver since you uncheck the power????
If so, try to connect the card directly to your dish to see if you get a better lock.
Michael

The setting vary slightly from program to program but here are the setting I have in ProgDVB.

- Ku-band

- LOF 1: 11250

- Switch: 0

- LOF 2: 11250

- Power unchecked

- Sat: Echostar 7

[YourNameHere]

No slave, just from the lnb to the card and that is where it stopped. Not sure why power is unchecked but checking it has no effect.

[ssww]

I have the same problem when I use it to receive program on T5.


The signal strength and quality are not consistent and stable by different transpnders. For one transponder, you may get 96% strenght with 13% quality, for the other transponder, you only get 80% with 0% quality, therefore, some programs are not able to be locked. In addition, I may recieve progrem at this time, but lost it 20 minutes later.

i am not sure if it is problem of dish pointing, or generic problem of VP1020 itself.

[YourNameHere]

What is the lowest quality you can expect to be able to receive and watch a channel without choppy/freezing?

[ssww]

I may lock some programs at signal quality level of 10% with signal strength of 96%

[YourNameHere]

What is the playback quality like though? Does it get jerky or freeze?

[ssww]

playback quality is just so-so, sometimes you get jerky or freeze.

changing channels is really slow. (takes about 3-8sec.)