Is LyngSat accurate?

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Terence Parker wrote:
>
> Having just moved house I have a dish on my roof already (complete with
> LNB), left over from the previous occupants. However, they have taken away
> the accompanying decoder. In not wanting to waste the dish (and in wanting
> more channels), I have gone to purchase a decoder.
>
> Initially I couldn't get it to work - as I was using the settings found on
> the LyngSat site. Well I assumed them to be the settings anyway. For
> example, http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/cbsat.shtml , which I believe to be
> the satellite feeding my dish, shows a SR of 41530. Signal rate I assume? In
> my box I entered this number - and it found nothing. I also entered figures
> around the 12440 V mark (V for vertical I assume?) - and the box also found
> nothing.
>
> I have now got it to work, by asking the person at the shop who told me to
> enter an SR of 20000. I didn't need to enter anything else. What I don't
> understand is why my box now works.
>
> Also, the channels I am picking up, while largely matching the list on the
> site above (for Sinosat 110.5E) - don't match entirely.
>
> Is the lyngsat site correct?

Give them the update.
They DO rely on others for information.
Satellites and the companies that run them change all the time.

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SLPSHOT1 wrote:
>
> How come I cant get rid of the PPV movie channels and others from my user 1
> giude...even when I go in preferences and cancel them from my user guide.
> I dont use them and many others and cant seem to eliminate them from the guide
> list. Is this to tempt you to look at the channels or am I doing it wrong ?
> Mark

Considering that you posted this as a reply to a completely different
thread, my money's on you doing something wrong (My apologies for
perpetuating the error.)

How about some specifics? What brand of receiver are you using? How
exactly did you attempt to remove these channels?