SatMex5 C Band

elgemcdlf · #1 (**permalink**) 11-01-2006, 07:39 AM

Me gusta M5 por su programacion, tiene notisios de mexico. Tiene novelas que en univision todavia no estan. Algunas novelas que estan pasando en Mexico, las estan pasando en M5 y tambien tiene peliculas y musica tengo 27 canales que son.

1: ADTEC TV 3735 v 3113
2: AZTECA 1 3725 V 5353
3: CANAL -11 SOT 3913 V 2947
4: CH01PROG0 4001 V 3902
5: CH02PROG0 4001 V 3902
6: COMTEC MTY M 3710 V 6654
7: DIGI 1 4025 V 4605
8: DIGITAL 15 4025 V 4605
9: MEXICANAL 4011 V 3130
10: HIPODROMO 3905 V 2975
11: SERVICE 1 4052 V 4307
12: SERVICE 2 3953 V 2599
13: TVCH1 3989 V 8869
14: TVCH 1 4016 V 4035
15: TVCH 2 3989 V 8869
16: TVCH 3 3989 V 8869
17: MULTIMEDIOS 3989 V 8869
18: TVDEMENTE 4016 V 4035
19: AYM SPORTS 4115 H 3255
20: CEMESATE 4076 H 2963
21: GUATEVISION 4084 H 3162
22: MONTEMARIA 3980 H 2534
23: SERVICE 2 3873 H 2170
24: TU SUPERESTACION 3869 H 3000
25: TVCH1 4134 H 3617
26: VEGAS@ 4196 H 2500

The 27th channel was left off the list as it is scrambled at this time but does go back and forth between scrambled and clear. It is Videorola. Should you need PID info I can post that but each of these channels scan in with no problem at all. Some are feeds but all are Espanol out of Mexico with the possible exception being Guatevision and 4 channels from the Dominican Republic.

It is my belief this along with SatMex6 are the sats to watch for a future channel explosion. Most DVB feeds are a single station per tp. Not in a MUX as the American sats. I think once the owners of these 2 sats start placing channels in a MUX there will be many more channels available from both of these sats.

I will also be looking into possible sub services from Mexican programmers for those with CI capable receivers. The above was written by my gf and I have no idea what she will choose to write about next. I asked her to pick her favorite sat and write a few short lines as to why she prefers this sat.

rainman · #2 (**permalink**) 11-01-2006, 12:11 PM

Thanks Steve nice list looks like i need to rescan S5.

sapote · #3 (**permalink**) 11-20-2006, 02:03 AM

I finally got some channels, but I only got some from the list. Why I dont know... I got about 8 or 9 of them. What do I have to do to get the other ones.... Well thanks a million for every body's help!!!!

elgemcdlf · #4 (**permalink**) 11-20-2006, 10:05 AM

I noticed there are 8 H channels. Check your receiver. Do you have it setup for 13/18V or only 18V? Needs to be 13/18V. If it is not try setting that properly and rescanning.

sapote · #5 (**permalink**) 11-20-2006, 11:59 AM

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I noticed there are 8 H channels. Check your receiver. Do you have it setup for 13/18V or only 18V? Needs to be 13/18V. If it is not try setting that properly and rescanning.

OK, I will look for that on my receiver. Did you figure out what does the 13 degrees K Gold Mean on the LNBF??? Also I noticed on the lnbf body It had some numbers on the side like 36, 48, and ?? NOt sure what they were there.

rainman · #6 (**permalink**) 11-20-2006, 06:12 PM

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OK, I will look for that on my receiver. Did you figure out what does the 13 degrees K Gold Mean on the LNBF??? Also I noticed on the lnbf body It had some numbers on the side like 36, 48, and ?? NOt sure what they were there.

the 13 is the temp in kelvin of the lnb the lower the number the better the lnb.

sapote · #7 (**permalink**) 11-20-2006, 06:49 PM

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the 13 is the temp in kelvin of the lnb the lower the number the better the lnb.

Ok, thanks again for the info. I was thinking that I had to adjusted 13 degrees when I put it on the round plate. LOL what about the other numbers that are on the side of the lnbf? the numbers are

34,36,38,40,42 and on each number there is like a line with a groove that goes around it? The numbers are on the shaft right before you get to the round plate that holds it together.... Maybe they are not important??

rainman · #8 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by sapote

Ok, thanks again for the info. I was thinking that I had to adjusted 13 degrees when I put it on the round plate. LOL what about the other numbers that are on the side of the lnbf? the numbers are

34,36,38,40,42 and on each number there is like a line with a groove that goes around it? The numbers are on the shaft right before you get to the round plate that holds it together.... Maybe they are not important??

most likely they are for adjusting the skew don't know for sure.

elgemcdlf · #9 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 09:33 AM

Probably for adjusting focal length. If you are on one setting you measure and know how far to go from there. I just put the thing in and adjust for peak signal

wejones · #10 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 01:04 PM

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Probably for adjusting focal length. .....

My guess that those numbers refer to F/D. (and they probably mean to have a decimal point in front of them) A feed doesn't really care about the focal length, as long as it is sitting at the proper length, but the F/D is important with respect to properly illuminating the dish, and is something that you typically adjust on the feed, by moving the position of the rings with respect to the throat.

elgemcdlf · #11 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 03:34 PM

Depth was the thought. Hands wanted to type length though

sapote · #12 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 04:03 PM

I Tried playing with the lnbf I put it just barely on the end and I got some channels, but the quality signal was like in the 30's and 40's. When I pushed the shaft in all the way I got a better reception. The numbers got higher and so did the quality.. I did get some more channels on Satmex 5. I got the mexicanal and others I did not get the full list that ENGEL? put down on the Satmex 5 Forum, WHy i dont know.. Also I did not find the 13/18 volt adjustment anywhere? Is it on the outside of the receiver like a button? (pansat 2700A) or is it and adjustment with the menus???

rainman · #13 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 04:10 PM

the 13/18 volt is automatic on most receivers one for vertical channels and the other for horizontal turn on the lnb power and it should switch when you go from horizontal to vertical channels.

wejones · #14 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 04:21 PM

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Depth was the thought. Hands wanted to type length though

You're right that F/D is a measure of "depth" of a dish, but just so no-one thinks that the "D" in F/D refers to depth, I thought I'd remind that it stands for "diameter". Ie the F/D is the ratio of focal length to dish diameter, where a high number suggests a long focal length, shallow dish, and a small number indicates a smaller focal length deep dish.

wejones · #15 (**permalink**) 11-21-2006, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sapote

I Tried playing with the lnbf I put it just barely on the end and I got some channels, but the quality signal was like in the 30's and 40's. When I pushed the shaft in all the way I got a better reception. The numbers got higher and so did the quality.. I did get some more channels on Satmex 5.....

Ideally, you should find out what the focal length and F/D ratio are for your dish. You should then set the LNBF so that the numbers on the throat line up with the proper F/D ratio. Then adjust the distance of the front of the LNBF correspond to the focal length by moving the whole assembly, not just the throat inside the rings. This is difficult on some dishes, as it often requires you to lengthen or shorten the 4 feed support bars by equal amounts. If this can be done at the feedhorn, then it isn't too difficult, but on my dumb dish, it needs to be done where the supports meet the dish, which is almost impossible to do once the dish is up, because I can't reach them.
I'm guessing that what you're doing is moving the throat in and out, which is changing both the FL and the F/D ratio. You may optimize the FL that way, but you'll probably end up with the wrong F/D setting for your dish, however considering how difficult it is on some dishes to accomplish the proper FL adjustment, that may be best. Worst case is you're not using your entire dish.
Re not getting all the stations listed in the list, I just did a scan, and while I got most of them, I didn't get the Azteca one at 3725, although I DID get a couple others that weren't listed, which may be channels that aren't up 24/7. They may be changing these channels around a bit, but I noticed that some of the channels are slow to lock for some reason. Some of them are pretty narrow, and if your freq is off a bit, your lnbf may be a bit off frequency, and you might miss it.

I don't speak spanish, so I'm generally not interested in this satellite, but got interested when one of them was in English when I tuned it it, but then it switched back to Spanish. They were just showing some English clip, and talking about it in Spanish.

sapote · #16 (**permalink**) 11-23-2006, 01:30 AM

Thanks for the information you just gave us Wejones. I think I will just leave it like that as long as I can get some channels I am happy. I Want to get that box that Sadoun sells to move my big dish, cuz I got tired of moving manually. I will keep trying to find some more channels now that finally thanks to you guys, I am starting learn something....