Thought I would post a feedback thread of thanks for all those who helped me get my first ever C Band dish up and running. It has now been "tweaked" so that I get every channel available from 72W to 137W including all (most all?) of the DVB S2 channels scattered across the sky.
It starts with TOUCANman who found the dish on CRAIGSLIST near me. I bought it for $30 and hauled it home including a 14ft 3 1/2" steel pole. My wife was not happy, as I already had 10 dishes and several receivers to get rid of, but that's another story. After many questions here and LNB problems, I removed the problem dual outlet LNB (I was only getting one polarity) and replaced it with a single. This I was finally able to fine tune on my due South (AnikF3@119W) and also my lowest Easterly satellite of AMC6@72W.
I now am hitting everything with a average QUALITY reading of 70% or better (OPENBOX), except for a few weak transponders at 53%.
I have it hooked to a splitter going to an OPENBOX S9 and a 4DTV GI DSR922. I cannot use both at the same time, but I have a workable system for now. I am using the OPENBOX connected to an XBox sat mover to move the dish. I ran the power side of the splitter to the 4DTV. I don't know if that's right or not as I did not check switching connections.
I'm afraid I am quite spoiled now looking at the HD feeds and channels through the OPENBOX S9 and a cheapo HD TV I bought for the bedroom at COSTCO. Now when I watch my main HD TV I am comparing channel quality between 4DTV subscription, KU FTA on a VIEWSAT PRO, and Dishnetwork pizza pan subscription soon to go with that C-Band picture in the bedroom....
I think I need another OPENBOX....
It starts with TOUCANman who found the dish on CRAIGSLIST near me. I bought it for $30 and hauled it home including a 14ft 3 1/2" steel pole. My wife was not happy, as I already had 10 dishes and several receivers to get rid of, but that's another story. After many questions here and LNB problems, I removed the problem dual outlet LNB (I was only getting one polarity) and replaced it with a single. This I was finally able to fine tune on my due South (AnikF3@119W) and also my lowest Easterly satellite of AMC6@72W.
I now am hitting everything with a average QUALITY reading of 70% or better (OPENBOX), except for a few weak transponders at 53%.
I have it hooked to a splitter going to an OPENBOX S9 and a 4DTV GI DSR922. I cannot use both at the same time, but I have a workable system for now. I am using the OPENBOX connected to an XBox sat mover to move the dish. I ran the power side of the splitter to the 4DTV. I don't know if that's right or not as I did not check switching connections.
I'm afraid I am quite spoiled now looking at the HD feeds and channels through the OPENBOX S9 and a cheapo HD TV I bought for the bedroom at COSTCO. Now when I watch my main HD TV I am comparing channel quality between 4DTV subscription, KU FTA on a VIEWSAT PRO, and Dishnetwork pizza pan subscription soon to go with that C-Band picture in the bedroom....
I think I need another OPENBOX....
