Downloading wrong channels

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

Post Number: 1
Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 04:44 pm:

I have a Pansat 2700E and we're suppost to have Dishnet, but everytime I do a scan on Echo 7 all I get is Bellexpressvu, any suggestions??

also read on re-naming SAT 119 to Echo 119, but can not locate where I would do this....

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Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r

Post Number: 183
Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 05:00 pm:

@allison

Your dish is out of alignment, it is aimed at bell sats, either 82w or 91w.

You can rename the sat by going into menu>Installation>Edit TP/Sat>Rename or you can also rename a sat when loading a channel list.

grimreeper

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Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 06:16 pm:

turn your dish to the west a bit at a time till you get siganl again and rescan

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

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Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 07:23 pm:

I am unable to find SAT 119 or SAT 110 anywhere on my list. I've just done a blind scan on Echo 7/Ku. It's picking up dishnet channels, but not in order.

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Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r

Post Number: 194
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Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 10:18 pm:

@allison

Do a blind scan for echo 6/8 (110w) and echo 7 (119w), at this point the channels will be in a TP order not DN, as soon as you finish your scan go to a channel of your choice, press the SAT button on your remote and choose Echostar Package, then press OK and all channels will be grouped in a DN order.

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 01:06 pm:

thanks for the help...i'm a totally newbie, we had direct tv until well...we all know that story.

i'm only downloading forgein channels(but we're able to see them) and every network channel(nbc, abc etc) from the US, but our deck is in the way, so we think we'll have to completely move the dish to a different location to get MTV, etc, I think that's the issue....

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Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r

Post Number: 199
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Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 02:38 pm:

@allison

Your dish is pointed at echo 9 (121w) which is used for international and local programming, you are real close to 119, just a few degrees.

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

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Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 12:52 pm:

Thanks for the help, we moved our dish and we get all the channels on 119, but we're not getting all the channels on 110, we're pretty much missing the whole lot. would it still be a positioning issue or a progamming issue on my receiver?

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Username: Slo_hand2

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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 01:16 pm:

what type of lbn setup do you have ?

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 01:50 pm:

ok i'm a total newbie, what is a lbn setup? I bought the receiver from someone and he programmed it for me.

Spanky FTA

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Username: Spank

Post Number: 168
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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 02:30 pm:

Are you using your old Direct dish or did you get a different one? The LNB that Slo hand is mentioning is the part that the wire comes from on the arm, that points back at the dish.

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Username: Slo_hand2

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Registered: May-05

Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 02:37 pm:

allison can you get your friend to come back and help you? sounds like you really need someone there with you to help you.
Is there a switch connected to the wire between the reciever and the dish? the switch settings may be wrong?

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 02:37 pm:

We are using our old direct dish.

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Username: Slo_hand2

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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 02:42 pm:

you will need to buy a new LBN (the head on the arm that the wire comes from that spanky discribed) but if it is a directv lbn then you might want to invest in a new dish with either 2 legacy lbn's of better yet a dishpro lbn and a dish500 dish. Because I don't think the directv dish can pick up 2 sats at the same time.

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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 03:34 pm:

DTV single LNB dish is simple and great if U only want either the 110 or the 119...IF U want BOTH the 110 and 119 then do a simple poormans dish,by simply adding another single LNB by strapping it or tying it next to the present LNB...then run your 2 cables to a disque switch ..then receiver..

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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 05:52 pm:

yepper..thats all U need...FTA is so simple,but we all have a tendency when starting out to believe its so complicated and fancy expensive hardware is needed..I guess thats like everything new that we do..even like driving a car,U think U need a expensive complicated vehicle,when sometime an old inexpensive beater will serve the same purpose..and driving is driving,no matter what...its all basic,just like most all FTA receivers and a dish..

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 06:53 pm:

Thanks for the answers. I did phone my friend back, he said what you said, i can only get dish 110 or dish 119, and that we're now getting 110, so we need to move our dish 9 degrees, which we will do. I do like the suggestion of adding another lnb that is probably what we'll do. Depends on whether we can get hockey from 119 or not.

Again thanks for the help :-)

Spanky FTA

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Username: Spank

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Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 07:53 pm:

Try these links to see what channels you want:

http://www.lyngsat.co m/packages/dish110_sid.html
http://www.lyngsat.co m/packages/dish119_sid.html

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Username: Slo_hand2

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Registered: May-05

Posted on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 09:25 pm:

glad you found that pix thill, I was going to post it once i found the pix, that is a good suggestion for you allison, and with that you won't need to keep moving the dish and loosing what you have :-)

all you would need to buy is another lbn, and yes that is a 18" dish and it does work!

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Username: Alli817

Calgary, Ab
Canada

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Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 11:32 pm:

Hey guys....

Okay I am at a loss. We've moved the dish 9 degress and we're still picking up the same channels as before. we seem to get channels from 110 but not all of the. I'm looking for the channels from 119. would it have to do w/ the files loaded on the receiver (please be kind as i am a newbie)

we just don't know what to do...any further advise would be appreciated.

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Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r

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Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 11:36 pm:

@allison

Try these dish aligning tools:

http://www.arachnoid.com/satfinder
http://www.satellitenut.com/calculators/SatelliteHeading.html
http://www.hollsco.com/Products/SatCalc/
http://www3.telus.net/rampage/skew.htm
http://www.remotesat.com/lookangle.htm

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Username: Alli817

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Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 11:39 pm:

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Username: H3lt3r_sk3lt3r

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Posted on Saturday, November 05, 2005 - 11:48 pm:

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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 09:50 am:

Lets do the basics?

1..did U add a 2nd LNB?
2..is it raised 3" and to the right of the first LNB?..and read the link below?
3..what kind of LNB is it?.. dish pro or legacy?
4..Do U have a disque switch?
5..have U set the remote antennae configuration?
6...have U succesfully uploaded the factory bin?
7...have U set the default keys?
8..have U sucessfully uploaded the lateset N2 bin?
9..Have U done a sat scan or a blind scan?
10...have U saved it and exited?

Poormans Dish:

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/173184.html

FTA receiver setup:

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/2/173186.html

NOW,its all on you!..U have all the info...now go TEST!

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 12:06 pm:

Is there a stream for dish network ? Are there new keys? Please advise

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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Registered: Oct-05

Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 01:47 pm:

READ!

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 03:46 pm:

I do not have a pansat or fortec my question was can I still get keys that will work on dishnetwork?
Thrill, you said "read" read what?
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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 05:56 pm:

Sports Illustrated...or some Po*rn!...or Locksmith of the Year!

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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 07:00 pm:

Screw off Chimp...back to the mental ward!

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Username: Thill1951akalk

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 07:34 pm:

Later kneegrows

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slo-mo

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Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 11:30 pm:

Need info......my pansat 2500a freezes up on fox sports channels during games ..it works for 15-20seconds and then starts again keeps doing it..need to know what to do to fix it..also can't get ESPN channel but can get espn2 whats up with that.. how many diffrent programs are there?? help please...thanksssssssssss