OTHER can I watch 2 satellites at the same time?

[unclejohn]

This is going to make me sound stupid but I have been trying all day to get some channels and after hours of trying and research it appears that I will need a second dish?

This is my set-up: dish on the roof, coaxial cable down from roof to back of fta receiver. This dish was installed years ago and the only channel that I cared about is the last one in this list

but today I realized I also need all the ion channels. so I went to my receiver's menu and it didn't have SES 18 and 19. so I created those with 103.0 W and 135.0 W in the receiver settings. Then I did all sorts of scans, blind scan, accurate scan, I messed with LNB settings from I think 550 to 1700. at the end of the day I realized that 103.0 W and 135.0 W are literally the positions of the dish upstairs?

so do I have this right? currently my dish is pointed at angle 97 W so it's not possible for it to be pointed at 103 at the same time? I will need another dish to watch ion channels? if the answer is yes, can the second dish use the same coaxial cable so I don't have to run another cable from the roof to my house?

 

[SDA_FL_USA]

Not doable with a KU dish. you will need a C band big dish for 103 Ion channels.

 

[Pepper]

Yes, you need either a motorized dish, or one dish (well, one LNBF) per satellite and the LNBFs connected thru multiswitches. It gets complicated real quick.

Additionally, if the frequency is C-Band (4000 Mhz range) you need a big dish preferably around 8 feet or more across. The smaller Ku dishes typically get frequencies in the 11750-12500 more or less.

 

[cyberham]

...I will need another dish to watch ion channels?...

I am receiving Ion, Ion Mystery and Ion Plus via streaming, if that's an option. Although Ion Plus is freezing after a few minutes. Not sure if this is a glitch this morning or typical since I don't watch the channels. Ion and Ion Mystery are playing in high quality.

 

[unclejohn]

I am receiving Ion, Ion Mystery and Ion Plus via streaming, if that's an option. Although Ion Plus is freezing after a few minutes. Not sure if this is a glitch this morning or typical since I don't watch the channels. Ion and Ion Mystery are playing in high quality.

thanks, how do you stream them on your tv? I know these channels play on tubitv website but connecting a laptop to the tv is too inconvenient for various reasons.

 

[cyberham]

...how do you stream them on your tv?...

My Edision Mio+ receiver allows me to download streaming addresses from the Internet. I can then stream the channels on my TV as though they are satellite channels which means I can record them also if I choose. Other receivers may have this capability. You must have a good quality high-speed Internet connection for them to play well.

 

[unclejohn]

My Edision Mio+ receiver allows me to download streaming addresses from the Internet. I can then stream the channels on my TV as though they are satellite channels which means I can record them also if I choose. Other receivers may have this capability. You must have a good quality high-speed Internet connection for them to play well.

when you do it this way is closed captions preserved or lost?

 

[cyberham]

when you do it this way is closed captions preserved or lost?

Showing closed captions (or not) is a function of the receiver used. Edision receivers are designed in Europe so they cannot show North America-standard closed captions. So I can't ever see closed captions with my Edision.

If I need closed captions, I watch the streaming address using PotPlayer on my PC as shown below: