I am helping my grandfather out as he does not speak much English. He initially had someone come in and install a satellite dish and whatnot and he has 1 FTA channel from Serbia which is primarily what he watches as he doesn't understand the other languages of the other channels. He does not pay monthly for the service at all just paid the guy a 1 time setup fee.
Here is where the problem lies and I hope I am posting this in the correct subforum.
The receiver he has currently is the OpenBox S16 HD PVR and it is having problems turning on and slowly dying. I am assuming he really doesn't need the same receiver as it seems capable of a lot more and all he wants to watch is FTA channels. I have bought a replacement receiver and the GeoSatPRO microHD receiver is what I have coming to me.
Now I am new to the FTA satellite game, I do have a degree in computer science so I understand some of the lingo and what not but this is all new territory for me. I had a few questions hopefully someone can help me out.
I have not been to my grandpas house lately so I am unsure which satellite the dish is pointing to. I do know the channel he watches is RTS SAT which from what I gather is only available on Eutelsat 16 East. But from what I have gathered searching online Eutelsat 16 East is not a satellite that can be reached from North America, specifically Chicago, IL where his house is. Is this correct or am I completely confused?
Now I had another question as far as channels go. He did say he has a lot of other channels none of which he watches. But if my theory is true that the dish is pointed to Eutelsat 16 East and from looking at the FTA channels offered on that satellite I see that there are 150+ FTA channels and at least a handful more from Serbia/Bosnia/Croatia which he would be able to understand. There is a Eutelsat 16A and 16B and both have some channels he would be interested in, if its the case that his satellite is pointing correctly would I be able to catch all those channels from A and B for him?
Lastly what is the easiest way to go about setting up the geosatpro micro hd receiver when I go there to switch it out? Do channel searches usually do a good job at picking up all the FTA channels available on that satellite? Is it possible to program channels manually if the receiver did not pick them up? If so how would I go about that? Also is there a way to edit the channel list so it only shows channels that I want? Being that my grandfather is old, it'd be a lot easier for him just to use channel up and down rather than inputting the actual channel number.
Here is where the problem lies and I hope I am posting this in the correct subforum.
The receiver he has currently is the OpenBox S16 HD PVR and it is having problems turning on and slowly dying. I am assuming he really doesn't need the same receiver as it seems capable of a lot more and all he wants to watch is FTA channels. I have bought a replacement receiver and the GeoSatPRO microHD receiver is what I have coming to me.
Now I am new to the FTA satellite game, I do have a degree in computer science so I understand some of the lingo and what not but this is all new territory for me. I had a few questions hopefully someone can help me out.
I have not been to my grandpas house lately so I am unsure which satellite the dish is pointing to. I do know the channel he watches is RTS SAT which from what I gather is only available on Eutelsat 16 East. But from what I have gathered searching online Eutelsat 16 East is not a satellite that can be reached from North America, specifically Chicago, IL where his house is. Is this correct or am I completely confused?
Now I had another question as far as channels go. He did say he has a lot of other channels none of which he watches. But if my theory is true that the dish is pointed to Eutelsat 16 East and from looking at the FTA channels offered on that satellite I see that there are 150+ FTA channels and at least a handful more from Serbia/Bosnia/Croatia which he would be able to understand. There is a Eutelsat 16A and 16B and both have some channels he would be interested in, if its the case that his satellite is pointing correctly would I be able to catch all those channels from A and B for him?
Lastly what is the easiest way to go about setting up the geosatpro micro hd receiver when I go there to switch it out? Do channel searches usually do a good job at picking up all the FTA channels available on that satellite? Is it possible to program channels manually if the receiver did not pick them up? If so how would I go about that? Also is there a way to edit the channel list so it only shows channels that I want? Being that my grandfather is old, it'd be a lot easier for him just to use channel up and down rather than inputting the actual channel number.
