Help with Guide Download on Echostar 72.7 west

[osahdtv]

Hi,

I am in a remote location on Echostar 72.7 West Sat. I am using a 2.4 meter dish and although most of the transponders get a usable signal there are about 5 of them that are below 10 and not locking. I am using a 722k receiver and I am unable to download the guide to the box which inhibits me from being to record anything. Does anyone know which transponder transmits the guide download or how this works? My idea is if I can focus in on that transponder and get it locked I will be able to get the guide downloaded so i can record.


Thanks in advanced,

 

[navychop]

Sounds like you are using a circular dish, and the Dish LNBs expect offset. I would think Dish would be willing to install a 1000.4 dish for you, to receive all of Eastern Arc, assuming you are a subscriber.

 

[Dah-Henny]

2.4 meter dish? Sounds like WAY south and/or east of FL.

 

[osahdtv]

i am a subscriber, not a hacker..way south....had a 2.4 laying around from an old internet system, was recommended to get a 2.8....is the guide downloaded via a certain transponder?
Can I download the guide via the broadband connection or with my cpu and then pass it to the box via usb?

 

[Dah-Henny]

You can check "the list" tab at the top of the page. It appears that TP 7 and 23 have data streams on them. Digiblur, the uplink guru, knows for sure.

 

[osahdtv]

Thank you I will PM him....

 

[digiblur]

I need to put the EPG and EEPG's in to the do not filter list for outputing to TheList... I filter all the EPG tagged streams since there are a ton of subchannel ones.

I'll put it on my things to do on the uplink tool...

The EEPG (used for DVRs) is on 119 TP 18 and 72.7 TP 21
36862 - EEPG [EPG] - Nimiq5 72.7W TP 21 ConUS beam - Available
36862 - EEPG [EPG] - EchoStar7 119W TP 18 ConUS beam - Available

The regular EPG(non DVRs).. think its the 46 hour or whatever one:

121 TP 21
110 TP 21
61.5 TP 29
118.7 TP 07
119 TP 19
129 TP 21

 

[whatchel1]

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Sounds like you are using a circular dish, and the Dish LNBs expect offset.

Just not sure that this statement makes sense. An offset dish is in most cases just a section of a circular dish that is offset to start with. The tricky part would be just to make sure that the prime focus to the feed horn is correct. He may be at the wrong spot to get optimum signal. In other words to close to the dish for max gain. .