Burnt out on a viacast receaver (newbe)

[C64C64!!]

I have a fortec star lifetime ultra receiver, Fortec universal lnb, Fortec 30in dish (I think) and a viacast receiver. First off all thanks for the "what can I get with an 18in dish" info! That helped me out to get started; Happy to get any channels for free to tell me I am doing something right. With my Fortec lnb I can seem to only point my dish and get 2 Chinese channels Intelsat Americas 13, G10R? Frustrating but at least I get something to work with. Problem could be trees I will post pics soon. Just ordered a motor Too. Any way I read the viacast post and sill don't fully understand how to program it, Mainly how I get the information to programming a transponder? I would like to start by getting the information to program my viacast with these 2 Chinese channels.

Record number is the channel # (0,1,2,etc)
LNB LO Frequency
LNB Power is polarity
Down Link Frequency is the frequency
Symbol Rate
0/12 mode
DISEqC

I would be very grateful if someone could help me!
My zip code is 53074
By the way this whole Fta thing has got me hunting for old dishes and one old
Bud might disappear (It's on the edge of the city and the house was burned down so it sits in the middle of know where)

 

[PSB]

Hello and welcome to the SatelliteGuys.US FTA forum

For a universal the LNBF L.O. should be set at 09750-10600

Hopefully the pictures will help........


Port Washington, WI 53074
Latitude 43° 23.730'N Longitude 87° 52.782'W

Sat Name Sat Lng Az(t) Az(m) El Skew
---------------------------------------------------------------
Intelsat 901 18.0W 104.1 107.7 5.8 -44.8

Intelsat 603 20.0W 105.6 109.2 7.2 -44.4

NSS 7 22.0W 107.1 110.7 8.7 -44.0

Intelsat 905 24.5W 109.0 112.6 10.4 -43.4

Intelsat 907 27.5W 111.3 114.9 12.6 -42.6

Hispasat 1C/1D 30.0W 113.3 116.9 14.3 -41.9

Intelsat 801 31.5W 114.6 118.1 15.3 -41.4

Intelsat 903 34.5W 117.0 120.6 17.4 -40.3

AMC 12 & Telstar 11 37.5W 119.6 123.2 19.4 -39.2

NSS 806 40.5W 122.3 125.9 21.4 -37.9

PAS 6B/3R 43.0W 124.6 128.2 23.0 -36.7

PAS 1R 45.0W 126.5 130.1 24.2 -35.7

Intelsat 705 50.0W 131.5 135.0 27.3 -33.0

Intelsat 707 53.0W 134.6 138.2 29.0 -31.2

Intelsat 805 55.5W 137.3 140.9 30.4 -29.5

PAS 9 58.0W 140.1 143.7 31.7 -27.8

Amazonas 61.0W 143.6 147.1 33.1 -25.6

EchoStar 3 & Rainbow 1 61.5W 144.2 147.7 33.4 -25.2

Estrela do Sul 1 63.0W 146.0 149.5 34.0 -24.0

Brasilsat B2 65.0W 148.4 152.0 34.9 -22.4

Brasilsat B1 70.0W 154.8 158.4 36.8 -18.0

Nahuel 1 & AMC 6 72.0W 157.5 161.1 37.4 -16.1

AMC 6 72.0W 157.5 161.1 37.4 -16.1

DirecTV 5 72.5W 158.2 161.7 37.6 -15.7

SBS 6 74.0W 160.2 163.8 38.0 -14.2

AMC 5 79.0W 167.2 170.8 39.1 -9.3

Nimiq 2 82.0W 171.5 175.0 39.6 -6.2

AMC 9 83.0W 172.9 176.5 39.7 -5.1

Brasilsat B3 84.0W 174.4 177.9 39.8 -4.1

AMC 16 85.0W 175.8 179.4 39.9 -3.0

AMC 3 87.0W 178.7 182.3 39.9 -0.9

Intelsat Americas 8 89.0W 181.6 185.2 39.9 1.2

Galaxy 11/Nimiq1 91.0W 184.5 188.1 39.8 3.3

Brasilsat B4 92.0W 186.0 189.6 39.8 4.3

Telstar 6 93.0W 187.4 191.0 39.7 5.4

Galaxy 3C 95.0W 190.3 193.9 39.4 7.5

Intelsat Americas 5 97.0W 193.2 196.7 39.1 9.5

Galaxy 4R 99.0W 196.0 199.5 38.7 11.5

AMC 4 101.0W 198.7 202.3 38.2 13.5

AMC 1 103.0W 201.5 205.0 37.7 15.4

AMC 15 105.0W 204.1 207.7 37.0 17.3

Anik F1 107.3W 207.2 210.7 36.3 19.4

DirecTV 6 & EchoStar 6/8 110.0W 210.6 214.2 35.2 21.7

Anik F2 111.1W 212.0 215.6 34.8 22.6

Solidaridad 2 113.0W 214.3 217.9 33.9 24.2

SatMex 5 116.8W 218.8 222.4 32.1 27.1

EchoStar 7 & DirecTV 7S 119.0W 221.3 224.9 31.0 28.7

EchoStar 9/Intelsat Americas 13 121.0W 223.5 227.1 30.0 30.0

Galaxy 10R 123.0W 225.7 229.2 28.9 31.3

Galaxy 12 125.0W 227.8 231.3 27.7 32.5

Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 127.0W 229.8 233.4 26.5 33.7

Intelsat Americas 7 129.0W 231.8 235.4 25.3 34.8

AMC 11 131.0W 233.7 237.3 24.1 35.9

Galaxy 1R 133.0W 235.6 239.2 22.8 36.8

AMC 10 135.0W 237.5 241.0 21.5 37.8

AMC 7 137.0W 239.3 242.8 20.2 38.6

AMC 8 139.0W 241.0 244.6 18.9 39.5

EchoStar 1/2 148.0W 248.5 252.0 12.7 42.5

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[Cascade]

Hmm, C64 - am I on the right track in thinking Commodore?

 

[C64C64!!]

Yep, thats my first pc. I'm an electronic junke and collect everything. I havent messed around with one of mine in awhile but it's my favorate old-school pc.

 

[Mr Tony]

to program the Viacast, you need to add some zeros to stuff

To get the chinese channels on IA13, which are at 11720 H 26800 enter it as such

0 (1,2,3,etc)
10750000
18
11720000
26800
off
off

and hit "OK"...make sure the 3 zeroes are on the end of the LO frequency and frequency

 

[rkrenicki]

For the universal LNB, that should be
0
10600000
18V+22k
11720000
26800
off
off

 

[Mr Tony]

crap you're right

 

[ken2400]

So point the dish using the lifetime ultra then connect up the viacast receiver.

Can you get the two chinese channels with the Viacast?

I have a fortec star lifetime ultra receiver, Fortec universal lnb, Fortec 30in dish (I think) and a viacast receiver. First off all thanks for the "what can I get with an 18in dish" info! That helped me out to get started; Happy to get any channels for free to tell me I am doing something right. With my Fortec lnb I can seem to only point my dish and get 2 Chinese channels Intelsat Americas 13, G10R? Frustrating but at least I get something to work with. Problem could be trees I will post pics soon. Just ordered a motor Too. Any way I read the viacast post and sill don't fully understand how to program it, Mainly how I get the information to programming a transponder? I would like to start by getting the information to program my viacast with these 2 Chinese channels.

Record number is the channel # (0,1,2,etc)
LNB LO Frequency
LNB Power is polarity
Down Link Frequency is the frequency
Symbol Rate
0/12 mode
DISEqC

I would be very grateful if someone could help me!
My zip code is 53074
By the way this whole Fta thing has got me hunting for old dishes and one old
Bud might disappear (It's on the edge of the city and the house was burned down so it sits in the middle of know where)

 

[C64C64!!]

Thanks alot, I will try this asap (Going to summerfest in Milwaukee tonight ). This site is awesome!

 

[ken2400]

Please keep us posted. As someone who bought one of these BEFORE joining this site I am real intested how you make out.

Thanks alot, I will try this asap (Going to summerfest in Milwaukee tonight ). This site is awesome!

 

[Mr Tony]

Please keep us posted. As someone who bought one of these BEFORE joining this site I am real intested how you make out.

same here

(took me 3 weeks to figure out how to program it)

 

[C64C64!!]

Thanks, I now have a working example. The Chinese channel and info channel worked

 

[Mr Tony]

glad it worked out