SatMex6 & SatMex5

[elgemcdlf]

Ran a power scan on both these sats last night and picked up roughly 12 - 15 more channels. For those who are missing TV Azteca from IA6 channel 7 is available on SM6 C Band.

[rainman]

Originally Posted by elgemcdlf

Ran a power scan on both these sats last night and picked up roughly 12 - 15 more channels. For those who are missing TV Azteca from IA6 channel 7 is available on SM6 C Band.

cool thanks Steve will rescan tonight.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by elgemcdlf

Ran a power scan on both these sats last night and picked up roughly 12 - 15 more channels. For those who are missing TV Azteca from IA6 channel 7 is available on SM6 C Band.

I think the 4 Azteca channels here, are the same 4 channels I mentioned a month ago
{ http://www.sadoun.net/forums/new-fin...teca#post46380 }
except that now they just come up as channels 1-4 because there is no SDT, Whereas before they showed up as being Noreste. I know that they show a circle with a "7" in the little bug, but I'm not convinced that this is the same channel 7 that was on IA6. I hope it is.
The 2 4.2.2 Azteca channels on G23 however, are listed in Lyngsat as being channel 7 and channel 13. When I tune them in, the first one doesn't seem to have any bug showing a channel, and has had some paid programming on it most of the time. The second of the two, that Lyngsat calles channel 13, has a bug, but it looks like "11", not 13, so I'm confused. My suspicion is that the channels on SM6 are the US version of Azteca (seems like I saw some advertisements on it from southern California or something), and the channels on G23 are the real Mexico City versions, which were what the IA6 channels were. But my spanish isn't good enough to tell what these channels really are. Only way I can tell, is when the NFL games start this fall. :-)

[elgemcdlf]

As I am told the M6 channels are from Mexico (came straight from her mouth) and the old dead IA6 channels were North America channels. I do believe they are the same channels that have always been there just made the addition to my post for anyone who may not have been aware they could get Azteca.

[wejones]

Originally Posted by elgemcdlf

As I am told the M6 channels are from Mexico (came straight from her mouth) and the old dead IA6 channels were North America channels. I do believe they are the same channels that have always been there just made the addition to my post for anyone who may not have been aware they could get Azteca.

I'm pretty sure that the IA6 channels were from Mexico City. There used to be a fellow from Mexico City in another group I'm in, and he'd post about things that would be on the Mexico City channel, and it matched, and these things weren't found on the US version of Azteca.
You may be right about the SM6 channels being from Mexico though, as I see that the 3 4.2.0 channels on G23 have a bug saying Azteca America or something like that, but the SM6 channels and the 2 4.2.2 channels don't have this bug, which gives me hope that at least one of these channels might be the missing Mexico City channels, but they don't seem to match what is indicated in Lyngsat.
I'm pretty sure that I saw some advertisement on the SM6 channels that had addresses for businesses in California. Is it possible that those channels are from Mexico, but perhaps just across the border from So California or something? The other thing is, that on IA6, there used to be 2 fta channels, ie a channel 7 and if I remember right, a channel 13, however that 2nd channel doesn't seem to match anything on SM6 or on G23.

[elgemcdlf]

I notice with channels close to the border (not Mexico City obviously) do advertise both US and Mexican companies. I think it is the border is fluid concept I have 1 or 2 channels out of Moterey (hope I spelled that right) in Mexico that advertise Texas companies. A former Moterey resident confirmed the channels as being Moterey or at least receivable in Moterey with just an antenna. On that note some of the American channels broadcast shows from Mexico and I know many US movies/shows are shown in other countries with language specific dialog put in place. Univision on G10R shows Mexican TV shows, mainly on the weekends.

Are you getting the G23 channels? Trece is 13 and if these are the missing IA6 channels there should be a 13 in the upper corner of the screen. I am going to have to scan that one on C band. She will be so happy to have her channels back

[wejones]

Originally Posted by elgemcdlf

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Are you getting the G23 channels? Trece is 13 and if these are the missing IA6 channels there should be a 13 in the upper corner of the screen. I am going to have to scan that one on C band. She will be so happy to have her channels back

I was down on G23 an hour or two ago. Lyngsat lists a Siete and Trece, however today there was no SDT on the MUX, so the channels weren't labeled. The one that Lyngsat called Trece had a bug on the screen that looked like an "11" to me . The one that Lyngsat called Siete, didn't have any identifying bug on the screen.
Both these channels were 4.2.2 though, so you'll need either a PC card or one of those HD/4.2.2 STBs. Still waiting to see if Fortec comes out with a HD/4.2.2 like they were promising.
The other 3 channels on the G23 Mux were 4.2.0, however they were the Azteca America channels.

[rleehamn]

Originally Posted by wejones

I'm pretty sure that the IA6 channels were from Mexico City. There used to be a fellow from Mexico City in another group I'm in, and he'd post about things that would be on the Mexico City channel, and it matched, and these things weren't found on the US version of Azteca.
You may be right about the SM6 channels being from Mexico though, as I see that the 3 4.2.0 channels on G23 have a bug saying Azteca America or something like that, but the SM6 channels and the 2 4.2.2 channels don't have this bug, which gives me hope that at least one of these channels might be the missing Mexico City channels, but they don't seem to match what is indicated in Lyngsat.
I'm pretty sure that I saw some advertisement on the SM6 channels that had addresses for businesses in California. Is it possible that those channels are from Mexico, but perhaps just across the border from So California or something? The other thing is, that on IA6, there used to be 2 fta channels, ie a channel 7 and if I remember right, a channel 13, however that 2nd channel doesn't seem to match anything on SM6 or on G23.

Same here, I was told that the channels that were on IA6 were direct from DF- Mexico City, the content being different then here in the US.

[wejones]

BTW, I got involved with something else, and forgot to post this, but several days ago, I went down to G23, and looked again at the 4.2.2 channel labeled as Channel 7 in Lyngsat. At first, as before, it just had paid programming on it, but while watching, it came up with live programming, and it did have the "7" bug, confirming channel 7. To check it out, I went up tothe Satmex channel, and the channel 7 there was completely different, bug in a different place, different kind of bug. So I'm more convinced that the 4.2.2 channel is the same as the one that used to be on IA6.
I captured some images of the Ch7 on G23, and also the channel on Satmex, however I can't remember where I saved the images. I'll post them when I find them.

[wejones]

A couple images from the 4.2.2 G23 Channel 7






And an image from I think the 3rd of the 4 channels on SM6:



Not sure if anyone can tell anything from this, but the images were taken at about the same time, and they're clearly different programming.

[elgemcdlf]

Originally Posted by wejones

A couple images from the 4.2.2 G23 Channel 7






And an image from I think the 3rd of the 4 channels on SM6:



Not sure if anyone can tell anything from this, but the images were taken at about the same time, and they're clearly different programming.

Well in the third one near the border at 10:43 (assuming am) it was 20 C. I know I know but what I am noticing is the difference in logo. In the first one we have the standard Azteca 7 and the second one has the standard Azteca 7. The third may be local programming running on the Azteca network. Kinda like local news or local commercials on national channels.

[wejones]

To add to the {my} confusion. I just now tuned in the SM6 mux. Right now, all 4 channels ARE the same. They were just running a news program, and they had the same logo at the bottom with the "7" and the time and temperature. {the time seems to be CDT, if that helps.} And at the top, they had that strange LOGO that I've seen in several Azteca channels, which I first thought was an "11". However, when they broke for commercial, a screen popped up with a BIG one of those strange LOGOs, only it isn't quite an 11, it is two vertical lines, and to the right of that, three colored dots., and below that LOGO, it said "Azteca Trece", ie "13" !?!? So I thought that this channel "7" must be some local channel 7 that is broadcasting Azteca 13??? However later on near the end of the commercials, another slate popped up advertising a program, and it had the same Azteca 7 logo seen in the 4.2.2 channel. So I'm more confused now.

[wejones]

More info in case anyone isn't bored by this yet.
Yesterday evening, I tuned in to the SM6 mux again, and it was showing the same Azteca 7 bug in upper right that had been shown in the G23 4.2.2 channel. So the SM6 channel seems to be a mixture of various things.
Then this morning, I tuned in, and as I mentioned earlier, sometimes this mux isn't 4 copies of the same thing. An example is:


You see the first 2 channels are one news program and the other two programs are another news program. I saw another example which seemed to be 3 or perhaps even 4 differing contents, but that's hard to prove unless I tune with 3 different receivers. But the above is definately at least 2 different channels.

THis morning, the 4.2.2 channel on G23 again had just infomercials again, then, around noon or shortly thereafter, it went again to programming with the "7" bug in upper right.

I know I seem obsessed with this, but I'm just trying to make sure that I find a version of that channel that was on IA6, and I'm still not sure any of these are the same.

[wejones]

Bringing up an old topic here I know, but in past years, the Azteca channels on IA6(G26) carried NFL games every week, and since they encrypted on G26, I had been curious which of the two remaining FTA Azteca channels might be the same channel that had the NFL game of the week.
First 2 weeks of the season, I was on other sats watching HD feeds, but this week my team isn't available via those feeds, so I just went looking for the 2 Azteca feeds. I went to G23, and unfortunately those Azteca channels are now scrambled. I went over to SM6, and those channels are still FTA. However, I'm betting that these SM6 channels won't have the NFL games on them though, as I'm still convinced that the channel that was on IA6 is one of those that scrambled on G23. I'm thinking that the only hope might be the Azteca HD feed that someone found on G26 (although it was never HD when I tuned it in). Not very optimistic though, as the NFL seems to be going after FTA channels carrying their games.
Luckily, I do subscribe to Sunday Ticket, however I like to find free versions of the game. The past few years, at least 75% of the games I've looked for have been available free on sat, but I'm guessing that percentage is going down this year. (That 75% was helped by the fact that I'm looking for AFC games.)

[wejones]

Originally Posted by wejones

..... I went over to SM6, and those channels are still FTA. However, I'm betting that these SM6 channels won't have the NFL games on them though, as I'm still convinced that the channel that was on IA6 is one of those that scrambled on G23. I'm thinking that the only hope might be the Azteca HD feed that someone found on G26 (although it was never HD when I tuned it in). Not very optimistic though, as the NFL seems to be going after FTA channels carrying their games.
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Looks like I was wrong. The SM6 channels have a game... not the right one, but it's a game.