Setting up Fortec Receiver - Newbie

[farengi]

Hi,
I'm a newbie to FTA and need help setting up a Fortec star Lifetime Ultra Digital Satellite Receiver I just bought. Here's my current setup:
I currently use Dish Network and have 2 satellite dishes, 1 for local and 1 for Int'l programming. I have one cable coming into the house from the 2 dishes which then plugs into a Dish Network switch that has 2 outputs, Satellite 1 and Sat 2. 2 short cables go from these outputs into the Dish receiver.
The Fortec receiver that I bought has the following equipment:
The receiver, 2 2x Diseqc switches, and 1 null modem cable.
On the Diseqc switches it has 4 inputs labeled Satellite 1-4 and then 1 output. The Fortec receiver has the following connections: IF Input, IF Output, Ant In, & Ant Out. I plugged the cable coming from the satellite dish into my house into the port labeled IF Input. Any channel that I go to, I get the following errors : "No Signal" / "Scrambled or Bad Channel".
I'd really appreciate it if someone could walk me through setting up the receiver or if there is an existing guide, send me the link.

shahab

[Muad'Dib]

You need to set up the receiver correctly first.

Check the diseqc and lnb settings, you need to enable Diseqc 1.0.

[farengi]

How do I do that? I assme that it's one of the menu functions, but under what section and what settings do I set it to?

Originally Posted by Muad'Dib

You need to set up the receiver correctly first.

Check the diseqc and lnb settings, you need to enable Diseqc 1.0.

[BYX]

Originally Posted by farengi

Hi,
I'm a newbie to FTA and need help setting up a Fortec star Lifetime Ultra Digital Satellite Receiver I just bought. Here's my current setup:
I currently use Dish Network and have 2 satellite dishes, 1 for local and 1 for Int'l programming. I have one cable coming into the house from the 2 dishes which then plugs into a Dish Network switch that has 2 outputs, Satellite 1 and Sat 2. 2 short cables go from these outputs into the Dish receiver.
The Fortec receiver that I bought has the following equipment:
The receiver, 2 2x Diseqc switches, and 1 null modem cable.
On the Diseqc switches it has 4 inputs labeled Satellite 1-4 and then 1 output. The Fortec receiver has the following connections: IF Input, IF Output, Ant In, & Ant Out. I plugged the cable coming from the satellite dish into my house into the port labeled IF Input. Any channel that I go to, I get the following errors : "No Signal" / "Scrambled or Bad Channel".
I'd really appreciate it if someone could walk me through setting up the receiver or if there is an existing guide, send me the link.

shahab

Be advised that none of the Fortec receivers are approved and/or supported by Dishnetwork.

You can use that Fortec receiver for FTA using a 76cm satellite Ku dish to receive G18, or G25 and for even for more fun buy your self a 6 footer for C band reception.

[farengi]

I realize that what I'm doing isn't supported by Dish Network. I want to try out FTA before I make a definitive decision. Since I've already got 2 dishes in place, I'd like to see if I can use them with a FTA receiver.

Farengi

Originally Posted by BYX

Be advised that none of the Fortec receivers are approved and/or supported by Dishnetwork.

You can use that Fortec receiver for FTA using a 76cm satellite Ku dish to receive G18, or G25 and for even for more fun buy your self a 6 footer for C band reception.

[Vitruvius]

You may not pick up FTA on a small dish. Go to DishPointer.com - Satellite Dish Pointer / Alignment Calculator with Google Maps to see what size dish is needed for your FTA signal you are looking for.