FTA channels on Star Choice? The technical talk of this thread is beyond my comprehension. I just have one simple question: What FTA channels are available from Star Choice. I thought there were none so what is the objective of trying to receive Star Choice in California?

In the last few days i have an issue with the picture on my tv turning black/white from color. After channel surfing a bit the picture turns back to color. My set up consists of a DVR522 running in dual mode. The first stream is used for the TV downstair and the 2nd stream is used for the TV...

Bvn I am Dutch and watch the channel occasionally. However every weekend the kids watch Sesamstraat for developing their Dutch language skills. They are all born here and the only way (other than speaking to me) to build their vocabulary is to watch some Dutch TV. When I watch I look at...

have not been able to watch too much FTA recently but my dish is normally pointed at IA5. The other day I switched to it and notice that the quality is gone. I moved the dish to G10 and that signal quality is good. Before I had good quality on a number of satellites but somehow IA5 is no longer...

What's the best TP on IA5 to finetune my dish at? The signal quality I get does not get above 60% from southeast michigan with 30" dish (not sure which Tp though). My set up is in my signature. Thanks.

math on dish size the length times width will only result in the correct sq inches if the dish was perfectly rectangular. With the eliptical shape obviously the sqi's will be far less than length times width.

quick one: Can't find my pansat 2700A manual and my remote is acting up. I can't control the receiver with the remote. batteries are good, not sure whether the remote is messed up or the wrong buttons were pressed by the kids to let it control anything but the receiver. Any suggestions?

alignment issue? I get a good signal from IA5 = 60%, good signal from G3R as well. Anyone have any data on IA5 from Michigan? I read that people have quality of 90+%. I don't get anywhere close to that with my 76cm dish.

My set up consists of a 76cm Winegard dish with HH90 motor and pansat 2700A. I lined up the dish to IA5 and the best signal strength I could get was 60%. When I move the dish with the motor to Anik F1 I get no signal whatsoever. Some other satellites I get a signal from . However most are...

true south The method I described I used to determine the true south from my location. After I did this I used the receiver to move the motor by selecting the satellite. In your case you could chose AMC3. By doing this and if you get a good signal, or slightly adjusting the dish you will also...

winegard dish not compatible with stab hh90 I found out the hard way that the winegard dish is not compatible unless. I bought my dish with the motor from an online dealer. Once received and when I started to put it together I noticed that there was no way that the dish elevation could be...

true south I have a crude method that worked for me. I was tired of the compass getting interference of all the metal in the dish. Went to Lowes picked up a straight 6' piece of wood and put this horizontally across the dish with the compass on the very end. As long as the reading on the...

finetuning the dish happy so far with IA5, not so happy that when moving to another satellite I get no signal. I have purchased a signal strength meter to reaim the dish. Should I first peak it out from east to west till I get the highest strength fasten it and then see whether any...

pansat 2700 next question... Happy with the reception so far on IA5. Yesterday I thought, what the heck, let's move the dish (motor) to Anik F1 just to confirm everything works well. I got absolutely no signal on Anik F1. Does this mean I have to fine tune the dish to IA5 and try again. When I...

pansat 2700 set up Succeeded! Was able to move the dish with help of a 6ft long stick with compass to measure the direction. Am currently locked on to the telstar 5/intelsat satellite. Still have to purchase a signal strength meter to fine tune outside with the dish, the receiver's...