Power Scan Question

[satcustomer]

When I scan a satellite on my Fortec Mercury II receiver (just for the FTA channels) and it starts displaying the frequency, polarity and symbol rate, what does it mean when a [+] appears after the symbol rate?

 

[updatelee]

I beleive it means that the ird found a new transponder that wasnt previsouly stored in the receiver.

 

[Mr Tony]

I know on the Classic white TP's are new and blue are existing. So maybe the Mercury II dioes it that way (+ for new TP's)

 

[satcustomer]

If the scan finds new transponders, that doesn't necessarily mean that there will pop up new channels?

 

[Mr Tony]

If the scan finds new transponders, that doesn't necessarily mean that there will pop up new channels?

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They could be data channels or if you say "FTA only" they could be scrambled.

Also, I've noticed that a power/blind/smart scan will pick up a weak transponder (say with a 15 or 20 quality) but when it tries to scan in the channel there isn't enough signal strength to bring in a channel.

 

[brentb636]

If the scan finds new transponders, that doesn't necessarily mean that there will pop up new channels?

That is true. I have scanned birds, found transponders, but no channels at all were found.

 

[satcustomer]

I did set my preferences to blind scan just for the FTA channels. I was thinking that possibly that [+] thing may have been related to 4:2:2 channels.