Ku questions

mreaves53 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 08:23 AM

I made the addition of Ku over the weekend. Everything is working well and I can pick up all of the satellites that are designated Ku in the satellite menu. I am having problem getting satellites that are both C and Ku band that don't have a separate menu listing for C and Ku. Some of you more experienced people please let me in on the secret.

Also what does the "+" sign next to a satellite in the menu mean?

I am thoroughly enjoying my new Mercury II receiver. My only complaint is the manual was written for people who already know what they are doing. A good tutorial on FTA and the Mercury II especially would be greatly appreciated.

Any other info any of you can supply will be appreciated.

Thanks,

wejones · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mreaves53

I made the addition of Ku over the weekend. Everything is working well and I can pick up all of the satellites that are designated Ku in the satellite menu. I am having problem getting satellites that are both C and Ku band that don't have a separate menu listing for C and Ku. Some of you more experienced people please let me in on the secret.
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The problem is that you can't set up a "satellite" as both C and Ku in these Fortec receivers. For satellites that have both bands, you need to define a second satellite. For example, I have an AMC3-C satellite AND and AMC3-Ku satellite defined, one with the 5150 LO freq and the other with the 10750 LO freq. This is a bit of an annoyance to have to switch satellites when really staying on the same satellite, but it's not too bad. The problem I had with my first Fortec (Lifetime) was that I ran out of memory. Ie the receiver had a limit to the number of satellites you could define, so I couldn't define all the sats I could see, so I had a generic sat defined that I could use for a couple sats. However the Ultra and the Mercury have more memory, so that doesn't seem to be a problem on the newer receivers.
But the secret is that you have to rename/create new satellites to get both C and Ku.

rainman · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 09:33 AM

also you can check fortec star web site for a video tutorial on the receivers set up.

bill190 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-07-2007, 11:39 AM

I created a new topic here called "Mercury II - Adding sat names for C/Ku".

This explains how to add satellite names for the Mercury II and why you need to do this.