Slingbox?

[JosephB]

I just setup my first FTA system and I've gotten the bug Right now I have a non-motorized primestar dish. Today I've pointed it at AMC5 @ 79W, but I think I'm probably going to bounce around, especially if I hear of certain basketball feeds at 91, etc. The trick is the dish is about 100 feet from the house, and I dont have a meter. I DO get a good wifi signal out there though, so I figured a good way to solve this problem was to get a slingbox. I've been wanting one anyway to connect up to my DirecTV HD DVR but this just pushes me over the edge

I have a Fortec Mercury II FTA receiver, and I'm wondering if anyone has set this up before? I have zero experience with a slingbox, so I'm wondering if either it has the IR codes or if you can custom program IR codes? I might check some other boards, but of course I don't want to get labeled a hacker, which I'm sure most people who want to get FTA receivers working with sling are doing (happens all the time in the Tivo forums)

 

[SpiffWilkie]

I don't know whether it's possible to get the slingbox to work with a FTA receiver, but I would recommend getting one for the DirecTV. My brother-in-law purchased one that I installed on my network while he lived in the Netherlands. He had his own Tivo and could then watch whatever US tv he wanted while overseas. Definitely a cool device.

I just setup my first FTA system and I've gotten the bug Right now I have a non-motorized primestar dish. Today I've pointed it at AMC5 @ 79W, but I think I'm probably going to bounce around, especially if I hear of certain basketball feeds at 91, etc. The trick is the dish is about 100 feet from the house, and I dont have a meter. I DO get a good wifi signal out there though, so I figured a good way to solve this problem was to get a slingbox. I've been wanting one anyway to connect up to my DirecTV HD DVR but this just pushes me over the edge

I have a Fortec Mercury II FTA receiver, and I'm wondering if anyone has set this up before? I have zero experience with a slingbox, so I'm wondering if either it has the IR codes or if you can custom program IR codes? I might check some other boards, but of course I don't want to get labeled a hacker, which I'm sure most people who want to get FTA receivers working with sling are doing (happens all the time in the Tivo forums)

 

[warnerwlf98]

It is possible to use a slingbox to control an FTA receiver. In fact, I have a slingbox connected to my Pansat 3500.

You can check through slingbox's message boards to see if they posted a remote control file (usually in the BIN format) for your receiver. If you have one of those fancy programmable remotes (like a harmony one) that you can connect to your PC, then you can make your own BIN IR remote file for your satellite receiver.

I think the process just involves the programmable remote "memorizing" all the keys from the FTA receiver's remote.

 

[ParaclipseCKu]

The Slingbox works quite well with both of my Pansat receivers along with my DSR-922. Its kinda cool being away from the house and moving the C-band dish and Ku through the arc. Quality isn't too bad either.