Tracvision L3 locking to 119/110

[jglantz78]

Good afternoon,

First this site has been incredible in helping me with the L3 dish. I bought this RV from someone who used DirectTV and it would lock to that satellite instantly.

I plugged in my Dish VIP211k receiver and used my laptop to tell the dish to lock to the Echo_119 satellite. The dish wouldn't lock, so I tried Echo_110, and then both. No luck.

I then did the firmware upgrade and it will lock to the 119 satellite right away. But then then it starts looking for the other satellites (110 and 61.5)

From what I have been reading is that I might need to let it search for all the satellites and then do a switch config test and remove the 61.5 from the menu on the receiver. Is that correct?

Or do I need to tell the satellite to ignore the 61.5 satellite??

Thanks
Josh

 

[Bobby]

If you are getting 110/119, 61.5 is not necessary. You might want to look for 129 which is also western arc....

 

[jglantz78]

If you are getting 110/119, 61.5 is not necessary. You might want to look for 129 which is also western arc....

Thanks, but how do I get it to stay locked on one of the satellites? Once it sees 110 it starts to look for the other satellites and won't stay locked on it?

 

[ChadT41]

It should be remembering positions, so if you change to a channel on 110, it will transverse to the correct position that is in its memory from the initial scan.

 

[jglantz78]

It should be remembering positions, so if you change to a channel on 110, it will transverse to the correct position that is in its memory from the initial scan.

Update, I was out using the RV and gave it time to learn the satellites. It never did...I let it go for 30 min

So I hooked up the laptop to it to watch what was going on and it seemed to lock on a satellite and then start the scanning process again. The only thing to note is that I have my Dish box on the same zip code as my house (16801 central PA). I eventually watched the screen long enough that when the satellite locked I quickly jumped up and shut off the dish so it stayed on the satellite. This allowed me to get TV during the day.


At this point I am willing to pay someone to come and fix/adjust what is going on. Is there anyone in the MD area that does this type of work?

Thanks