VisionDTV-USB-Sat-STARBOX-Twinhan

[mobrules]

Apologies to darkman whom I accidentally sent a pm.I need help setting this thing up.waste of money so far.but I have learned alot the last couple days.I can get a signal but no channels.my dish is a directv 3 lnb oval shaped dish.its pointed at 101-110-and 119.I unplugged one set top box and connected to my starbox.am I on the right track or not

[reho33]

What channels and programming are you trying to receive? If it ain't FTA then it is hacking and against forum rules.

[mobrules]

I read the rules.I am trying to get any fta channels.Even one would be good.This is getting a little frustrating.Thanks for your concern.What would make you think Im trying to hack or steal anything.I simply asked for help.

[rainman]

I read the rules.I am trying to get any fta channels.Even one would be good.This is getting a little frustrating.Thanks for your concern.What would make you think Im trying to hack or steal anything.I simply asked for help.

101 110 and 119 are sats used by the subscription services and people get nervous when you are trying to get channels from them there are some fta on 110 nasa i think the others are just info channels. that is why you were asked to what type of channels you were trying to receive if you are looking for true fta you will need at least a 30" dish and a linear lnbf.

[wejones]

Apologies to darkman whom I accidentally sent a pm.I need help setting this thing up.waste of money so far.but I have learned alot the last couple days.I can get a signal but no channels.my dish is a directv 3 lnb oval shaped dish.its pointed at 101-110-and 119.I unplugged one set top box and connected to my starbox.am I on the right track or not

I agree with the other responses, but taking you at your word that you're looking for FTA signals, if you just plug into the DTV coax like you said, you will generally be connected only to the 101 sat. While the 101 sat can be locked with some other FTA receivers, the Starbox will not work with it. So to get FTA with the Starbox, you need to tell the DTV switches to switch to the 110/119 sats. You do this by turning on the 22KHz setting on your Starbox.
Once you've done this, you should have access to both the 119 and 110 sats, however, again, with the Starbox, you won't be able to tune the DTV sats, but you can tune the Dishnet sats. As Rainman said, there are a couple FTA signals there. I think that NASA is FTA on 119,
see { EchoStar 7 at 119.0°W - LyngSat } and GOL is FTA on 110, ie
{ EchoStar 8 at 110.0°W - LyngSat } . Check Lyngsat for the transponder freqs.

I talked a bit more about using the 22khz thing in another thread a while back, ie:
Controlling DTV switch with DVB receiver

[mobrules]

So can I do anything with the set up I have?Im just getting started.I dont want to spend any more money.I pay 100 bucks a month for directv.Im not trying to steal anything.But Im not so sure that most of the people here have so much integrity.

[mobrules]

thanks for the info.Ill work on it.and I appreciate your help.my last post was before I read your latest reply obviously.I think I might try a regular sat receiver Ive heard the name pansat ,would that be good with an old dish network dish?

[mobrules]

One more thing.Any recommendation for software.I have downloaded several .twinhan that came with the starbox.progdvb.mediaportal.

[rainman]

thanks for the info.Ill work on it.and I appreciate your help.my last post was before I read your latest reply obviously.I think I might try a regular sat receiver Ive heard the name pansat ,would that be good with an old dish network dish?

the problem with smaller dishes is they will not pull in sats that are linear which is where most of your fta channels are, check sadoun for fta systems has some great package deals.

[vj9999]

thanks for the info.Ill work on it.and I appreciate your help.my last post was before I read your latest reply obviously.I think I might try a regular sat receiver Ive heard the name pansat ,would that be good with an old dish network dish?

Old dish network dish is not adequate for receiving FTA programming. Your receiver is not an issue here. Your dish is. If you fant to receive FTA programming fro sats like IA5 and others, look into getting at least a 31" dish.

This has nothing to do with Directv so I am moving it an appropriate FTA forum.

As far as your statement regarding integrity of posters, majority of us here are honest people. Every now and then we get a surge of dishonest people, but we moderators here try our hardest to weed them out.