This guide is for use with the Pansat 2500 and a SG2100 Motor. Reading some of these threads can be quite tedious. the posters should write like they are talking to a baby. So here it is.
Required Information Your Longitude (This will determine your heightest Satellite which would be the one closest to your longitude) Your Latitude Your Motor Angle (This is determined by your latitude. Check manual for the angle that corresponds to your latitude)
Installation Process Turn on your Pansat 2500.
Press Menu (Select Installation-->Antena Setup)
Select the satellite that is closest to your longitude (For me it was 74 SBS6)
Press Ok (Select Positioner Settings, change it to USALS then press ok)
Input you latitude in the field called (My Latidude) Input you longitude in the field called (My longitude)
For now input you longitude in the field called (Sat Position)
Goto Store and press Ok. (If your motor is near by you can test it by changing Sat Position to any number then press select Move and press ok. USALS will automatically calculate the the distance between the satellites. Notice if you leave Sat Position at your longitude and press move it will not. this is because your longitude is your starting point.) ok, had fun, now back to work..
Set the angle on your motor that is specific to your location. (My location is New York, so my motor angle would be 50 degrees because the manual says to set it to 50 because of my latitude. You can determine your latitude by using the sat calculator provided in this thread or somewhere in this forum.)
Mount your dish perfectly aligned to the center of the motor pole. (to do this remove the dish from the anchor. Place the anchor on the motor pole and line up the center of the anchor with the line in the center of the motor pole then tighten the bolts. Re-attach the dish to the anchor but not too tight.)
Mount the satellite dish pole absolutly vertical (You can do this by using a level from any hardware store.)
Mount the motor on the pole (do not tighten too tight because you will have to move the entire contraption from left to right.) Go back to your pansat and set Sat position to the location of the next closest satellite that your lnb can view (For me it was 82 Nimiq2 which is Ku band, to find out what satellite your lnb can view use the sat list provided in this thread.)
Go back to you motor and elivatate you dish to the angle the sat calculator specified.(This would be the elivation angle, Give or take 10 degees. you should also see another angle called Azimuth. if you have a comp!!! it will give you a general idea of where to point your dish. either left or right)
At this point you should have some type of dialogue with someone watching the level and quality located at the bottom of the screen. (If you have a SatHawk3000 then you're in good shape.)
Find a starting point to begin the sat search process.
Now slightly move the motor to the right, elivate then decline the dish in that 10 degree buffer. (repeat until you find you get a good level and quality)
Check to see if you are pointing at the right satellite by scanning that satellite. (To do this ,!!!uming you are still at the screen you enter you latitude and longitude, go to store and press Ok. when it is finished saving press exit one time. under Posistioner Settings you should see a field called Satellite or something. The word All should be selected. Press Ok and the sat scan will begin. press exit when you have determined you are or aren't looking at the right satellite. if you don't see a channel that is listed for that satellite then you are pointing at the wrong one. Repeat Step 17 until you find the correct one.)
Now that you found the correct satellite tighten the motor and the dish bolts. (if you tighten the motor bolts too tight the it will squeze the pole and bend it out of shape and that will result in a screwed-up arc.)
!!!uming you are still at the screen that has your satellite selected, press exit one time. it should ask you to save. (Press Ok) Now go to another satellite. Enter the apropriate Sat Position if it is not already there and select move and press ok. (At this point if that satellite uses your lnb's band you will have some type of quality. You can fine tune the quality by adding or subtracting a number from the decimal place in Sat Position. If you can't fine tune by that then go to the motor and slightly move it to the left or right.) Please loosen the bolts first Now if the scan messed up your channel list just reload the the unit with the channel list. Feel the joy of FTA.
1. Using the switch on the back of the receiver, turn the power "OFF"!!
2. Connect the "Null Modem cable"
3. Open the GTRom Loader your going to use!! (For Pansat 3500).
4. Click and browse to select the "unzipped Bin File" which is to be downloaded.
5.Select the file type "APP FILE ONLY !!"
6. Turn power on the 3500 with the switch on the back and as soon as you see the front display flash "B-70" hit the download button of the GTRom loader.
7. Do not interrupt the receiver or its' power while downloading until after the reciever re-boots on its own.
8. Press OK after you see"Download Complete!!" appears on the PC screen.
9. Reset "Default key" enter keys manually or let autoroll grab the keys!!
I Hope You Find This Helpful thanks to "Mr Kokes" for the Step by Step guide for the sd card!!!
Follow The Procedures in Chronological Order
Format SD Card:
First, you must place the SD Card into the pansat reciever go to main menu and select "SD Memory" and the pansat reciever will format your card into three directories.a) CH Data (Channel lists) b) Code (Working bins) and c) MP3 (music). Then, Remove the card from your pansat reciever.
Saving On To SD Card:
To save working bins or channel lists on to the SD Card, Find a good channel list for the sats you have and then use (Channel Master) or the pansat 3500 (Channel Editor), To modify the list to best suit your needs. In other words, you should likely modify the locals and/ or the favorite lists.(Note: Don't forget to get the latest versions of the stated programs)
Top Box Settings (channel Master):
Once you have modify the channel list, or even before, make sure the list is configured to your specific reciever. In Channel Master, you can do this by either right clicking the mouse button on the sat or favorite lists within the window content, or click the (Edit) on the tab bar and scroll down and click properties. In the pop up , select the project type(ie: Pansat 2700a, Pansat 3500) and hit okay to exit. Now you have a channel list suited for your pansat. You can use this file and download into your reciever via com port (Null Cables) as is. However, if you want to use your SD Card, you must convert the channel master document into a "Bin Format".
Saving The Channel List On To Your SD Card:
Insert your SD Card into your Card Reader from your computer. In order for the "Reciever" to recognize the file on your "SD Card" it must first be converted into a "BIN" format. To do this, go to file on the tab menu in the "Channel Master" program and scroll down to "Save As". A pop up directory will appear. Now locate the "CH Data" directory for your SD Card in the drive of your card reader(ie: removable drive G). Name your file and then use the scroll down button as to your file type. Select Bin Channel Files (*.bcf, *bin). Wait. This is very important!! Whatever you named your file, add the extension bin before saving For Example: the full file name should look like this " Jan15CMList.bin" Now click and save your bin channel file will be downloaded into your "SD Card" via the card reader.
(The pansat channel editor does not seem to have the ability to convert the channel list into a bin file.Hopefully updates will allow this conversion in the channel editor)
SD Card To Reciever:
Now take your SD Card with the bin file and plug it into your SD Slot of your reciever. Go to main menu.. and click and the "SD Memory". A pop up should appear with the three directories" ie: a) Ch Data (channel lists) b) Code (working bins) and C) MP3 (music). Click on "CH Data" and select your newly created channel list bin file.Uploading will now occur when complete, (reciever should shut off when finished) exit program!!
Backing Up Working Bins and Channel Lists to SD Card:
For backing up a Channel list for example: Select "CH Data Backup" and hit the "RED BUTTON" at the bottom of the remote, A pop up will come up to confirm,"Select Yes". Then use the next pop up to name your file (Ps I believe you can only use a maximum of 7 letters or numbers to name file). Once this is done, hit your OK button and the download screen will appear and download info to your SD Card. After download is complete, exit out. You can do the same thing for the working bins. Just place the backup under "Code Backup" do the same procedure as you did with the channel backup
* Go to " Main Menu" * Go to " Parental Control" * Go to " Second PIN" - Enter 0000 or (Enter: " 8282" to get to the " CAS System") * Select " Nagravision 2" and press "OK" * Right klick volume arrow until the " Provider ID" is " 09 01" * Key Number " 00" * Down channel arrow twice to select " Key Data" * Enter first line of Keys * Press "OK" to Store (OK-STORE confirmation blinks twice in lower right of screen) * Down arrow once (to enter 2nd line of keys) * Press "OK" to Store * Go back up to " Key Number" * Enter Key Number " 01" (Right volume arrow) * Down arrow once Enter first line of Keys * Press "OK" to Store * Down arrow once (to enter 2nd line of keys) * Press "OK" to Store * Keep hitting " EXIT" until you return to channels * Watch TV !!
Changing Dish keys on 3500s/SD
* Go to " Main Menu" * Go to " Parental Control" * Go to " Second PIN" - Enter 0000 or (Enter: " 8282" to get to the " CAS System") * Select " Nagravision 2" and press "OK" * Right klick volume arrow until the " Provider ID" is " 01 01" * Key Number " 00" * Down channel arrow twice to select " Key Data" * Enter first line of Keys * Press "OK" to Store (OK-STORE confirmation blinks twice in lower right of screen) * Down arrow once (to enter 2nd line of keys) * Press "OK" to Store * Go back up to " Key Number" * Enter Key Number " 01" (Right volume arrow) * Down arrow once Enter first line of Keys * Press "OK" to Store * Down arrow once (to enter 2nd line of keys) * Press "OK" to Store * Keep hitting " EXIT" until you return to channels * Watch TV !!
Here is a guide to fix the B-70 problem hope this helps some people solve there B-70 problems this seems to work the best never had any problems doing it this way!!
1. Using the switch on the back of the receiver, turn the power "OFF"!!
2. Connect the "Null Modem cable"
3. Open the "GTRom Loader V3.36" (Pansat 3500S).
4. Click and browse to select the unzipped Factory Bin File(110 factory bin) which is to be downloaded.
5. Select the file type: APP FILE ONLY !!
6. Power up the 3500 with the switch on the back and as soon as you see the front display flash "B-70", hit the download button of the GTRom loader.
7. Do not interrupt the receiver or its' power while downloading until after the reciever re-boots on its own.
8. Press OK after "Download Complete!!" appears on the PC screen.
9. Do the same thing flashing in the newest bin in your reciever !!!
10. Reload your channel list or rescan sats.
11. Reset "Default key" enter keys manually or let autoroll grab the keys!!
12. Reset time,date @ timezone !
13. Watch Tv !!!!
PS: If loading with null cables turn the power off on the back of your reciever turn power back on when you see B-70 hit download don't touch nothing until you see "Download Complete" it work's better this way!!
Dear Sunny You are so nice to post those. Thank you!!!! I have a 30' dish, Pansat 2500A, and SG2100. My question is why I can't receive PPV channels? Do I need Jtag? Thnaks!!!!!!!!!!!!!11