Finally, success!
I got authorized for programming today and everything seems to be working. I'm receiving channels from both Anik F1 and F2. The HD channels have a black band on top, bottom, and both sides. Changing Video Settings didn't fix this. I guess it's because I'm still using a SD TV . The SD channels are all fine. I'm hoping to get a large screen LCD HDTV later this year, probably in the fall.
Checking signal strength randomly on a number of different channels, both on F1 and F2 the Ecb/No's ranged from 7.4dB ---> 8.1dB. I might do some additional tweeking next weekend. Anybody know if these numbers seem OK for Southern California?