After using Pansat receivers for the last 4 years and after frying my last pansat 3500 with the 375 bin, I decided to go for a change and I bought a viewsat ultra. I am facing some problems in getting all the channels (my dishes still pointed as they were before ). for example when i do a channel scan on echo 8.1, all i get is 135 channels (they are all working, i even get p0rn channels but no ppv at all) but when i do a blind scan i get almost 450 channels (ppv are there but none of them is working and the same for the rest of 300 other channels, all i get when i put a ppv channel is signal search). So what is wrong that i am doing. thank you.
The P0RNS are on vertical TPs. The PPVs on Echo 8,10 (110W) are on horizontal TPs. It seems you are not getting the horizontals as is seen on some LNBs.
Go to lyngsat*com and get frequency for Sat TPs. Then in channel scan menu check each manually but for each horizonal subtract the number of the TP from 25600 and change it to vertical. Note: Lyngsat lists TPs as L or R as opposed to H and V. L=H and R=V (or vice versa?)
In summary, manually change each horizontal by subtracting its number from 25600 and changing it to vertical. Its called bandstacking.
i know this question is for Nalin,but you do not do blind scan on vs ultra the problem is in your settings if you post settings for all sats we can help
I have the same problem. How do you do advanced scan... I do not see that option on my viewsat ultra or may be i do not know where to find it....Any advice. Step by Step
Hey African and Nalin, thank you for trying to help. here are the settings for echostar 8.1 (110 W)as shown on my viewsat ultra: LNB Power:on LNB Type: OCS-DP LNB Freq.:11250 22 Khz: off TP Freq.:12224 DISEqc 1.0:port2 Motor:off Legacy SW:None
Posted on Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 01:11 pm: Edit Post I have the same problem. How do you do advanced scan... I do not see that option on my viewsat ultra or may be i do not know where to find it....Any advice. Step by Step
hey, let me explain everything again. on port 3 i have echo 1.2 (i cannot move this dish because down on the balcony and it is stuck eventhough when i scanned it i got only 102 channels and there are lot of missing channels like Aljazeera for example) and on port 2 i can put echo 8.1 or echo 7 but i cannot put them both at the same time as you know. is that helping you?
i am not asking you to move your dish i am talking about your antenna settings on your receiver this is what you should have port 1 >119 port 2 >110 port 3 > 61.5 or anything else now do that and let us do 1 sat at a time start by bringing up 119 and make sure the switch is on port 1 and let me know if you get 119 on top right hand corner and quality gets better
ok, I put 119 on port 1 110 on port 2 and 148 on port 3. now, on the top right, i got: 148 when using port 3 110 when using port 2 nothing (no quality ) on port 1
Same problem so I am trying your solution. (My settings are similar as Robert's posting). When I select Port 1 on echo 7 (119) top right hand corner shows nothing and the quality flickers between 0 and 10. Can youplease tell me the settings for 119?
sometimes when you flash your receiver with a new bin the settings get messed up . No need to add or change TPs just check all the settings b4 you scan.
ok, i think the problem is solved. thank you African. TO RVM: GO to Antenna Setup, then go to LNB type and change it from OCS-DP to STANDARD and you will be able to capture H and V at the same time. And African, Thank's again
GLAD THAT YOUR UP AND RUNNING AGAIN here are the settings for some sats
EchoStar 7 - 119. 8,10 - 110.0W LNB Power------ON LNB Type-------Standard LNB Freq-----------11250 22kHz-------------ON-----------------Off if you don't have a 22kHz switch both can be off. TP Freq----------12224 Search option-----All DiSEqC ------Port of your choice Motor--------------Off Legacy SW------None
Satellite: Nimiq 1,3 91.0W LNB Power------ON LNB Type-------Standard LNB Freq-----------11250 22kHz-------------OFF you can't use a 22kHz switch with more then two Satellites. TP Freq----------12224 Search option-----All DiSEqC ------ what ever Port you have it set at Motor--------------Off Legacy SW------None
THIS IS WHAT MY SETTINGS ARE. You can start here then change them later. MENU, OPTIONS Close Caption---------OFF Sort by SID-------------ON AUTO TP---------------ON AUTO ROLL-----------ON EPG Hours-------------24 Full Channel Name--ON
ok you might have the wires in different port on switch go to settings change tp freq to 12224 and change switch port from 1 to 2 and wait see if quality improves,if not try 3 and do same if not try 4 and do same post results
You are right, When i switch to port 2 and frequency 12224, i get echo 8.10 in the top right corner and signal 78 and quality 82, but when i do auto scan, it scans echo 8.10 and not echo 7. Please advise. thanks
you got to do it for each sat now go to antenna settings and change first line to echo 7 then all settings should be same as echo 8.10 but you will have to change switch port until echo 7 comes up on top and scan. when everything is working good go back in settings and write down settings for each sat and keep for future reference post results
Tried what you said. Even with antenna setting at echo 7 and all other settings being the same, i tried changing the switch but all settings give me fluctuating quality between 0 -10 and nothing at top right corner. Only port 2 gives me good signal as well as good quality. Echo 8.10 is already set at port 2 and the same results come when i try to switch the port from port 2. Thanks
wow, i just bought this set about 3 weeks ago! Anyways, thanks a lot and could you please advise where to get the switch from and how to replace it. Appreciated.
you can buy at e bay. ALWAYS TURN RECEIVER OFF WHEN CHANGING SWITCH OR UNHOOKING CO AX FROM RECEIVER OR HOOKING IT BACK. once you get the switch start a new thread and we will help you