Can you force receiver to pull channels from one satellite only

[ctajbm]

The problem with my Charlotte HD locals dropping out appears to be because the Charlotte HD locals are offered through CONUS on 118 and spot beam on 61.5. I have dishes pointed to both 118 and 61.5 but obviously i don't get the 61.5 spot beam for Charlotte. For some reason my receivers occasionally try to pull the HD locals down from 61.5 and when they can't get a signal I get the dish network message. Is there anyway, other than disconnecting 61.5 from my switch, to get my receivers to only pull the HD locals from 118?
I don't want to disconnect 61.5 because there are a lot of HD channels on it that we watch and the signal is good. However i know that most of the HD programming on 61.5 is mirrored on 129. Do you think it likely that i would get any kind of signal from 129 in the Cayman (600 miles due south of Miami) or is that a no go?

 

[ahuevos]

I would guess it is a no go for 129 in the caymans. Nelson has posted footprint maps for most sats including 129 (current) not the new one going up, and it looks like a no go. From the looks of it the new 129 might be a possibility at your location.

 

[chainblu]

Try putting 118 on port 3 and 61.5 on port 4 (and rerun checkswitch).

SOME posters have reported success with this while others have not. It's worth a shot.

 

[ctajbm]

Thanks. I'll try this. Right now 61.5 is on port 3 and 118 is on port 4.

 

[ctajbm]

Moving the sat inputs didn't seem to work (make any difference). Current setup is:

Port 1: 119
Port 2: 118.7
Port 3: 110
Port 4: 61.5

System still seems to default to 61.5 for the Charlotte HD locals, which are of course on spot beam so I can't get them, even though they are via CONUS on 118.7. I would have thought the system would take the input with the best signal strength but it's choosing zero over 47. Any other suggestions would be welcome.