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More info?)
I posted the same to him in the tvro newsgroup,valdivar.He`ll probably
figure it out :>)
-shep-
"Valdivar" <rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1bSrc.56259$qJ5.1419301@news20.bellglobal.com...
> The fix is you use your analog rcvr to control thed dish!
>
> What you reported is as I said.
>
> For example on G0 ) chs 100.800s are one polarity,whereas some of the
others
> are different.C3:100s....580 -616,680,700,780 one polarity,whereas 125-127
> and the 620s and 800s are another polarity(I might have mixed the 100s up
a
> bit there,but you get the idea.)...
>
> On G1...the 100s,the polarity changes about every 10 channels,ie: 100 is
> opposite polarity of 600-602,and the same on C4.
>
> It appears the sidecar you are referring to is not changing skew...also on
> my system if I switch back to anlog,but leave the sidecar on,when I change
> channels on the same sat,if I change to a channel that's the same,or
> opposite skew to what channel I left the sidecar on,the light goes
green,or
> red accordingly.
>
> As I said,seems like that sidecar is not changing skew.
>
> "jmd" <jmdaoust@comnet.ca> wrote in message
> news:40afb9ee_2@news.cybersurf.net...
> >
> > Thanks to Valdivar and others that have responded so far. I have my own
> > sidecar which works just fine on all channels, however, this second
> > sidecar with which I am having trouble is for some relatives of ours.
> >
> > As with my own sidecar, I have only used the Sat In and Sat Out
> > connections between the C-band receiver and the sidecar, using the
> > C-band receiver to move between satellites.
> >
> > Here is what I have been able to observe so far:
> >
> > When I go on C4, for channels 100, 102, 107, 108, 109, I get 2 green
> > lights and the authorisation status says NS (since I am not subscribed)
> > which seems ok. The dish polarity can be either Horiz or Vert. But when
> > I go to channel 400 and above, the light goes red and there is no
> > picture. The authorisation statuses are NS for channel 400, S for
> > channels 601, 602, 603 and NS for channels 860, 861, 867. The screen
> > typically says it's looking for the channel. When I toggle back to
> > Analog the lights go green and toggling again to Digital makes the one
> > light go red. When toggling back and forth, I seem to get a picture for
> > a split second before the light goes red and the screen goes black. It's
> > as if I don't have a strong enough signal. My receiver is a Uniden
> > SQ560. When I spoke to the fellow who originally installed my C-band
> > system, he indicated that my system has electronic skew control that is
> > adjusted automatically.
> >
> > On the upper problem channels, it looks as if the polarity must be Horiz
> > for odd C-band receiver channels and Vert for even C-band receiver
> channels.
> >
> > On G0, I get 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110, 111, 112, 117 and all the
> > music channels in the 800's.
> >
> > On G1, I can get channel 602 but not 100 or 102.
> >
> > On C3, I get channels 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 110,110, 112, 117, 806,
> > 807 ok, but I can't get 601 or 616.
> >
> > I have similar problems on satellites W1, W4 and T7 where some channels
> > work and others don't.
> >
> >
> > Has anyone seen or heard of such problems? I checked with Motorola and
> > they said I had the latest software. All they would say was that I
> > needed to adjust the skew, but playing with the skew for my c-band
> > receiver doesn't seem to have any effect at all.
> >
> > Valdivar mentioned that some sidecars had a bug regarding the polarity -
> > is there a fix?
> >
> > I would greatly appreciate any ideas or suggestions at this point since
> > I don't know what else to do.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > j-m
> >
> >
>
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