Question on equipment:

[dencover]

Hi guys. I've been using a coolsat 5000 receiver for some time now. I have a dish with a dishpro lnb on it. I recently suscribed to direct tv and I'm installing it myself. So here's the question. Can I set my coolsat on sat. 101.0 west direct tv and locate the satelite using my old dish and lnb? And if so, do I have to change any of the settings. The only thing I want to use the coolsat for is locating the satelite

 

[Mr Tony]

unfortunately no

DirecTv uses its own proprietary encoding (DSS)...the 5000 decodes DVB so it wont work. You would need a DirecTv receiver (and probably a different LNB)

 

[dencover]

unfortunately no

DirecTv uses its own proprietary encoding (DSS)...the 5000 decodes DVB so it wont work. You would need a DirecTv receiver (and probably a different LNB)

I have a DirectTv receiver and I have ordered an LNB. I was just wondering if the coolsat would recognize the satelite with the Dpro LNB . I knew it wouldn't decode the transmission. Just trying to save time while waiting for the other LNB.

 

[Mr Tony]

all DBS transponders on 101 are owned by Direct so you'd have to wait

well sort of.....you could hook up the LNB that you have and select a channel with an odd transponder. On a bandstacked LNB (DishPro is bandstacked) the Vertical (or in this case odd) transponders are "normal"....its the Horizontals that are whacked