Need some assistance with dish/lnb setup

[Babadem]

Originally Posted by KRLOS

....that's truth, viewsat receiver are not pretty good reciver for FTA (they dont have blind scan feature) and that feature is very important for FTA.

@ the Red Highlighted.....That's not accurate. I have a ViewSat Ultra and it has Blind Scan. The only slight draw back to the blind scan feature is that it has problems seeing S/R below 3800 or so, otherwise it works well.

[KRLOS]

Originally Posted by Babadem

@ the Red Highlighted.....That's not accurate. I have a ViewSat Ultra and it has Blind Scan. The only slight draw back to the blind scan feature is that it has problems seeing S/R below 3800 or so, otherwise it works well.

.I had one that i already did sell, it has software blind scan not hardware blind scan (there is a diference), Pansat (exept 9000 have real hardware blind scan) and Fortec have real hardware blind scan, viewsonic ( is a brand selled by viewsat and it has real hardware blind scan), dreambox500 has software blind scan, CW700 and CW ultima have real hardware blind scan, i did sell my viewsat ultra because it didn't do a good job scaning and working with motors, regards babadem.

[Buzz]

Yea, I had a Viewsat also and sold it. I really think it being made was for the hackers market. About the blind scan, this is why I never sold my Fortec Lifetime Ultra - I use it as a tool and what a great tool it is.

[KRLOS]

Originally Posted by Buzz

Yea, I had a Viewsat also and sold it. I really think it being made was for the hackers market. About the blind scan, this is why I never sold my Fortec Lifetime Ultra - I use it as a tool and what a great tool it is.

.........that's correct, ...........that's why i keep my Pansat 3500 as a great tool to scan. [they are almost the same receiver (Pansat3500 and Fortec Lifetime Ultra)], regards.

[Babadem]

Originally Posted by KRLOS

.I had one that i already did sell, it has software blind scan not hardware blind scan (there is a diference), Pansat (exept 9000 have real hardware blind scan) and Fortec have real hardware blind scan, viewsonic ( is a brand selled by viewsat and it has real hardware blind scan), dreambox500 has software blind scan, CW700 and CW ultima have real hardware blind scan, i did sell my viewsat ultra because it didn't do a good job scaning and working with motors, regards babadem.

@ the Red highlighted........that's also inaccurate krlos. Viewsat Ultra has Hardware based Blind scan. As I stated earlier in my post, VS Ultra for some reason doesn't seem to display video signal below S/R 3800 or so, but it definitely has a Hardware Blind scan capability. See partial listing of VS Ultra Features below. For full VS Ultra information see the ViewsatUSA Website. What Firmware version of the VS Ultra's did you use for your motor operation? I also have a Coolsat 5000 to compliment my VS Ultra for Blind scanning. Regards to you too.

VIEWSAT ULTRA Features:

Fully MPEG-2 & DVB Compliant
Input Frequency 950-2150MHz
200 MHz Conexant Processor
32 Mb SD RAM
Supports 7 Day EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
Supports PIG (Picture in Graphic)
Supports SCPC & MCPC from C / Ku-band
1 LNB Input Tuner with Loop Through IF Signal
Tuner Symbol Rate: 1-45MS/s
New Universal Remote Control
Card Reader (X Crypt Conditional Access System)
Fast Booting & Auto Scan
Hardware Driven Blindscan
4000 Channel Programmable (TV & Radio
Fast Channel Changing
User Friendly 256 Colors OSD & Easy GUI
Multi OSD Language supported
Radio Channel Screen Saver
Favorite Channel List Programmable
Master PIN Code Function & Parental Lock Function
100 Step Volume Control
Automatic Detection of Forward Error Correction
USB Host Interface (Only for USB Memory Stick)

[KRLOS]

............every viewsat have that feature on the paper (not in the receiver), i respect your opinion but mine is diferent.

[richyrich]

Originally Posted by Rob357

I appreciate everyone's help but looks like i have to give up. I was injured while serving with the Army in Iraq a couple of years ago and i am not able to
get around very well. If there is anyone in the Daytona Beach, Florida area willing to assist me it would be greatly appreciated. I will try a few more times, if no luck i will be offering the LNBs, Complete Dish and a couple of GI 920, 922 4DTV receivers for sale.

thanks again

Been thinking about goin on vaca to Florida one day. I've got 25 years experience using big dishes, and can make that puppy hum every tune and picture imaginable. PM me here!

I have over 25 years experience in big ugly dishes, Your problem could be one of a hundred possibilities. I still do not think I've seen every prob possible, but i have fixed thousands of different ones, each unique to the situation and site.

[richyrich]

When I hook a FTA receiver in with a big dish with 4DTV, I always use a couple of 950-2150 two-way High Frequency single (1) port DC passive so that the FTA receiver does not "overload" having to supply all currents to the LNB or LNBf's located at the dish. This is the same thing that a DISEq SW does, only supply voltages through one output that come from the receiver to one input, that is, one LNBf. Maybe this is the problem, as I've noticed, especially on the Viewsat models, current draw on the units are a little iffy. Hope that helps, and I really do need a vacation. Just one of the many "probs" can also be coaxial cable lengths, or a little water in the coax; and multi LNB or LNBf's have shown; like a 22 KHz sw draws current and voltage from both lnbf input ports. let alone, 3 lnbf's or 4 or 5...