starchoice in mn

[stone phillips420]

hey ice i need some help im having S* installed here in the tc on sunday i bought the equip from kusat i got 1 65cm dish i got the bigger one and 2 dsr315
i have a guy come by with his birddog on sunday which sats do i need anik f1&f2.
is this corect.
please give any tips if you can thanks.
cant wait to watch hustler tv

 

[cablewithaview]

F1 ku and F2 ku are the birds you are looking for. When I put my dish up, I turned to ch.299 and entered the installer menu and found F1 using the tune satellite part, then change channels to ch.298 and lined F2 ku right up and went from there. I would change back and forth a time or two to make sure I had the max. readings between the two. Happy StarChoicing. "The orginal better TV for all" .

 

[stone phillips420]

thanks for your help

 

[Mr Tony]

didnt know you were in MN too

F1 (107.3) and F2 (111.1) are the two satellites, but you want to look for 111.1 because once you get skew set, 107 falls into place.

When you get the units, turn them to 284 then options-6-0-5 right arrow to Diagnostic C. In the right corner there is a number that will be either + or -
+-signal from dish
- no signal

You want at least a +5, shoot for +7.5 or more. On mine, I can get +10.0 on most channels (I have a 75e here in the TC)

Once it gets signal for at least 5 minutes, 284 will disappear and you can tune in 299. You need to leave it on 299 for the "hit" from SC to take place for programming

Good luck!

 

[stone phillips420]

thanks for the tips ice, go goph's

 

[Mr Tony]

, go goph's

I should delete my post just on the base of the above

GO DOGS!!

 

[PSB]

Go Sioux, may as well jump on the band wagon : )

 

[stone phillips420]

lol, ice

 

[stone phillips420]

i scanned the sky earlier this afternoon looking for anik 2 111, i was using a birddog and no luck
i have the 75cm dish
i guess i need some more assistance
help if you can guys thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

did you get it working yet?

 

[stone phillips420]

no luck

 

[Mr Tony]

uh oh. here are the angles for SC

35.3 elevation
204 azimuth
107 skew

Change skew to 107 and elevation to 35-36. You should get a signal on 284 when you are close.

USe the diagnostic C screen (options 6-0-5 right arrow to Diag. C). The number in the corner should move to a + number when you have a signal. Fine tune it to get the signal the best

 

[stone phillips420]

thanks for your help ice, if your not doing anything this weekend perhaps you'd like to come over and help me with *c, ill have beer, grilling, and money to compensate you for your time as well as college football on saturday via Gameplan or pro football via Sunday ticket, let me know if your interested and ill send ya a pm
thanks ice

 

[Mr Tony]

thanks for your help ice, if your not doing anything this weekend perhaps you'd like to come over and help me with *c, ill have beer, grilling, and money to compensate you for your time as well as college football on saturday via Gameplan or pro football via Sunday ticket, let me know if your interested and ill send ya a pm
thanks ice

PM sent

(oh, and I don't drink)

 

[stone phillips420]

reply sent
if no alcohol coke, pepsi, or dew
thanks

 

[Mr Tony]

coke