Possible Help Please w/G10R
As far as the MPEG-2 FTA I can be considered a newbie (just getting my first DVB receiver in July 2005). But I've had a 10' C/Ku band dish for over a decade. I am very good at getting things working and can usually do so without a manual. But something is biting me when it comes to FTA. Let me explain.
My big dish is a Weingard mesh dish in excellent shape. I am using a Echostar SRD-6000 receiver for the analog signals, polarity control, and positioner. Dish is aligned and I can get the analog C-Band and Ku Band birds correctly and with no sparklies. This all works fine.
I have connected (for now) the Ku LNB (0.6 dB) to my MPEG-2 DVB receiver. I've figured out how to use the Lyngsat parameters to program the MPEG receiver but continue to experience receiving issues. I put in the DRO frequency for Ku LNBs of 10750 MHz. I move the dish to the proper location (confirmed by seeing the proper satellite transponders on C-Band) and start programming the individual transponder frequencies and SR parameters into the DVB receiver. Sometimes I leave the FEC automatic, other times I use what is given. I bring up the signal meter, peak the dish position, and change channels on the C-Band receiver to get the proper polarity and maximum signal. The receiver will get a LOCK and will pull down a bunch of channels. I can then change to different channels and get a steady signal. My problem is not figuring out HOW to program the receiver, it is figuring out HOW to keep the channels.
For instance I was able to program G10R Ku transponders 1, 5, and 15 and watch the various channels. (The Tube was real interesting as it was a music video station that actually played music videos!) All the channels were coming in fine except for a couple that did not have audio but I was not interested in those anyway. I come back the next day without ever having moved the dish or without changing any programming and all the stations associated with TP1 were gone but everything else was fine! So I do a search for TP1 again and can't get a lock. So I try reprogramming TP5. TP 5 reprograms and locks right away. Thus I know the receiver is working fine as is the LNB. The polarity works because when I change channels or play with the skew on the C-Band receiver I can watch the signal strength vary on the MPEG.
I did note that even though the signal strength was stronger it was jumping quite a bit and I could not get a "QUALITY" reading (thus no lock)on TP1. TP5 worked fine.
On the signal strength meter of the MPEG receiver there are wild fluctuations in the signal strength; and no quality lock. I figured it must be the way I have the dish aligned and hook up my SAT FINDER meter. When I first programmed in the three transponders without using the SAT finder meter I was getting a signal strength of 57% or so. I use the SAT FINDER to tweak the dish to a sweet spot where I get a much stronger signal (about 65%). Still no lock. I give up and watch something else. But the next night I found none of the stations on TP 5 are available. I cannot reprogram any of the shows on G10R.
Is there something up with the way the MPEG signal is received that, even with a stronger signal you can't get a lock? Can someone explain what might be causing this? I moved the dish to a different satellites and can tune in previously programmed channels most of the time. Other times I must tweak and rescan before I can watch those channels. What is it that causes this?
As far as the MPEG-2 FTA I can be considered a newbie (just getting my first DVB receiver in July 2005). But I've had a 10' C/Ku band dish for over a decade. I am very good at getting things working and can usually do so without a manual. But something is biting me when it comes to FTA. Let me explain.
My big dish is a Weingard mesh dish in excellent shape. I am using a Echostar SRD-6000 receiver for the analog signals, polarity control, and positioner. Dish is aligned and I can get the analog C-Band and Ku Band birds correctly and with no sparklies. This all works fine.
I have connected (for now) the Ku LNB (0.6 dB) to my MPEG-2 DVB receiver. I've figured out how to use the Lyngsat parameters to program the MPEG receiver but continue to experience receiving issues. I put in the DRO frequency for Ku LNBs of 10750 MHz. I move the dish to the proper location (confirmed by seeing the proper satellite transponders on C-Band) and start programming the individual transponder frequencies and SR parameters into the DVB receiver. Sometimes I leave the FEC automatic, other times I use what is given. I bring up the signal meter, peak the dish position, and change channels on the C-Band receiver to get the proper polarity and maximum signal. The receiver will get a LOCK and will pull down a bunch of channels. I can then change to different channels and get a steady signal. My problem is not figuring out HOW to program the receiver, it is figuring out HOW to keep the channels.
For instance I was able to program G10R Ku transponders 1, 5, and 15 and watch the various channels. (The Tube was real interesting as it was a music video station that actually played music videos!) All the channels were coming in fine except for a couple that did not have audio but I was not interested in those anyway. I come back the next day without ever having moved the dish or without changing any programming and all the stations associated with TP1 were gone but everything else was fine! So I do a search for TP1 again and can't get a lock. So I try reprogramming TP5. TP 5 reprograms and locks right away. Thus I know the receiver is working fine as is the LNB. The polarity works because when I change channels or play with the skew on the C-Band receiver I can watch the signal strength vary on the MPEG.
I did note that even though the signal strength was stronger it was jumping quite a bit and I could not get a "QUALITY" reading (thus no lock)on TP1. TP5 worked fine.
On the signal strength meter of the MPEG receiver there are wild fluctuations in the signal strength; and no quality lock. I figured it must be the way I have the dish aligned and hook up my SAT FINDER meter. When I first programmed in the three transponders without using the SAT finder meter I was getting a signal strength of 57% or so. I use the SAT FINDER to tweak the dish to a sweet spot where I get a much stronger signal (about 65%). Still no lock. I give up and watch something else. But the next night I found none of the stations on TP 5 are available. I cannot reprogram any of the shows on G10R.
Is there something up with the way the MPEG signal is received that, even with a stronger signal you can't get a lock? Can someone explain what might be causing this? I moved the dish to a different satellites and can tune in previously programmed channels most of the time. Other times I must tweak and rescan before I can watch those channels. What is it that causes this?
