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    Help - can't receive all fta channels on a satellite, should I adjust satellite?

    On AMC3 - there's a channel called MTA International - I can receive that. The channel I'm trying to get is Montana PBS - I can't get a lock on that signal at all. What's the deal?
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    Help - can't receive all fta channels on a satellite, should I adjust satellite?

    A dumb question, but I gotta ask. I've gotten my FTA system up and running. It's locked on the arc perfectly - most satellites come in crystal clear. One satellite has a channel I love to watch, there's another channel I turn to once in a while. Previously while troubleshooting the antenna - I...
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    Fortec 786NA - How to add a satellite

    The solution to the 786NA satellite problem Here's the quick solution: you can't specifiy the location of the satellite, period. The rationale behind this, I'm not sure why. But they have it that way. I talked to tech support at Fortec as well as the company I purchased from. They say I have to...
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    Fortec 786NA - How to add a satellite

    Iceberg, Thank you for your help in validating what I was originally worried about. I thought I was loosing my mind because it seems so counterintuitive to make a satellite receiver that has the ability to move via a motor system - yet is unable to have the values specified. I'm going to...
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    Fortec 786NA - How to add a satellite

    I tried the USALS mode - it still have no option to edit the location. Hmph, I guess I'll have to wait for someone who is using this receiver. I'll probably end up contacting skyvision - those guys always have many solutions to one problem. It just baffles me why a companylike fortec would...
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    Fortec 786NA - How to add a satellite

    USALS mode? Ok, I will give that a try. The technical writers behind this manual really have left much to be desired.
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    Fortec 786NA - How to add a satellite

    Hi there, I'm installing a FortecStar 786NA receiver. The receiver seems to be intereacting with the LNBF and the motor system is working. The receiver seems to be the problem. I bought this receiver in 2003 - and the satellite locations have changed from that time period. I was wondering how...