Great, you are almost there!
Jar-Jar said:
Merry Christmas to every body. After many months of trying I finally got something on my set-up. I ordered a new LNBF (Label says it is a regular LNBF and not for DBS) and NOW I get Dish Network on satellites NOT part of DN. Including AI5 . What I get is the splash screen: "Congrats. you own a super dish ETC" Rest of channels are not visible or scrambled including those on DN satellite. Their names show, by the way. I am trying to get FTA only, but this is what I get. Anybody has any ideas????
Okay, what you should do now is go to that splash screen, press the "i" button and tell us what you see for frequency, symbol rate, etc. - this will help confirm which satellite you are presently on. Also make a note of the present elevation of the dish, and put a pencil mark on both the dish and the pole so that when you rotate your dish you can easily return to your present position if things go wrong.
The idea is that to get the programming on G10R (which is what I sort of assume you want, unless you're looking for non-English programming) you will have to point the dish further to the west and lower in elevation. But it helps to move from satellite to satellite because there are only small changes from one satellite to the next, so if you know which one you are on then it's usually pretty easy to peak on the next one over, and so on until you get to the one you really want. But for each satellite you move to, you have to find a quality signal and peak on that (that is, something that shows a non-zero reading for signal quality); that signal strength bar is nearly useless in my opinion because it will show a reading if you point it at the ground!
We could probably give you more specific instructions on how to proceed (if you need them) if we knew exactly which of the DN satellites you're on right now.
Anyway, getting that first satellite is often the biggest hurdle, it gets a lot easier after that! Good luck! And Merry Christmas to you also, and to everyone here.
Edit: One other note, before you go any further, make sure that your skew adjustment (on the feedhorn) is peaked to get the best signal. You'll also have to tweak that as you move from satellite to satellite but if the skew is way off when you get to G10R it will be hard to pick up a signal even if you have the dish aimed spot on. The skew can be several points off and still give you some quality, but peaking it can make a huge difference in the quality.
Iceberg?? 
