Little help with my first Big Dish system please

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How long will your cable run be? I have some left over ribbon cable
that I would be willing to part with. If you have KU there would be two
LNB's on the polar rotor. -RP

Ben wrote:
> HI,
> I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it all to me
> for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
>
> 10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
> General Instrument Innovation 450i
> Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
> and one big steel pole (very rusty)
>
> He tells me that everything wored perfectly before his wife disconected it.
>
> All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even all the
> cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3". Luckily not
> the power cords.
>
> How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor cable
> do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have seen
> RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite cable.
>
> Hope this is the right NG,
> ~Ben
>
>
>

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I'm going to need 100'. That's counting in 10' of extra incase I'm off a
little. Does a Ku/C system require an extra conductor or do both signals run
down the same coax line? I guess I should open the manual for the
Innovation 450i and start reading. :-)

If you do have that much cabling you could spare, that would be GREAT. I
would obviously be happy to pay for shipping if you're not too far away. I'm
in Southern California, Newbury Park.
~Ben

"Randy" <randy@bajaspanospam.com> wrote in message
news:taaMc.62$wx3.2742@news.uswest.net...
> How long will your cable run be? I have some left over ribbon cable
> that I would be willing to part with. If you have KU there would be two
> LNB's on the polar rotor. -RP
>
> Ben wrote:
> > HI,
> > I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it all
to me
> > for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
> >
> > 10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
> > General Instrument Innovation 450i
> > Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
> > and one big steel pole (very rusty)
> >
> > He tells me that everything wored perfectly before his wife disconected
it.
> >
> > All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even all
the
> > cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3". Luckily
not
> > the power cords.
> >
> > How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor
cable
> > do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have
seen
> > RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite cable.
> >
> > Hope this is the right NG,
> > ~Ben
> >
> >
> >
>

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As I recall it was a piece about 70', I'll check it when I go home this
afternoon. KU and C each need their own coax. -RP

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Randy,
I found this on eBay. Looks like what I need. Do you agree?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=...

~Ben

"Randy" <randy@bajaspanospam.com> wrote in message
news:G2bMc.65$wx3.3176@news.uswest.net...
> As I recall it was a piece about 70', I'll check it when I go home this
> afternoon. KU and C each need their own coax. -RP
>
>

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I can't tell from the picture but it probably is. Email him and make
sure besides the coax it has the other wires, for the servo and
positioner. -RP

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See http://www.21st-satellite.com/tvro_cables.html

While it is true the C and Ku need separate coaxes there should be 2
coaxes on the cable, one for each C and Ku.


"Ben" <none@none.moc> wrote in message news:aPaMc.85$PK5.74@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
| I'm going to need 100'. That's counting in 10' of extra incase I'm off a
| little. Does a Ku/C system require an extra conductor or do both signals run
| down the same coax line? I guess I should open the manual for the
| Innovation 450i and start reading. :-)
|
| If you do have that much cabling you could spare, that would be GREAT. I
| would obviously be happy to pay for shipping if you're not too far away. I'm
| in Southern California, Newbury Park.
| ~Ben
|
| "Randy" <randy@bajaspanospam.com> wrote in message
| news:taaMc.62$wx3.2742@news.uswest.net...
| > How long will your cable run be? I have some left over ribbon cable
| > that I would be willing to part with. If you have KU there would be two
| > LNB's on the polar rotor. -RP
| >
| > Ben wrote:
| > > HI,
| > > I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it all
| to me
| > > for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
| > >
| > > 10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
| > > General Instrument Innovation 450i
| > > Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
| > > and one big steel pole (very rusty)
| > >
| > > He tells me that everything wored perfectly before his wife disconected
| it.
| > >
| > > All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even all
| the
| > > cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3". Luckily
| not
| > > the power cords.
| > >
| > > How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor
| cable
| > > do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have
| seen
| > > RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite cable.
| > >
| > > Hope this is the right NG,
| > > ~Ben
| > >
| > >
| > >
| >
|
|

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This may come in handy. It has info on installing and aiming/peaking the dish.

http://www.geo-orbit.org/sizepgs/tuningp2.html


"Ben" <none@none.moc> wrote in message news:G%9Mc.55$Nu4.41@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
| HI,
| I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it all to me
| for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
|
| 10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
| General Instrument Innovation 450i
| Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
| and one big steel pole (very rusty)
|
| He tells me that everything wored perfectly before his wife disconected it.
|
| All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even all the
| cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3". Luckily not
| the power cords.
|
| How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor cable
| do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have seen
| RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite cable.
|
| Hope this is the right NG,
| ~Ben
|
|
|

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WOW, Great link. Thank you.

"DRLev" <fake@ddress.tv> wrote in message
news:XnbMc.24850$qa2.20302@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> See http://www.21st-satellite.com/tvro_cables.html
>
> While it is true the C and Ku need separate coaxes there should be 2
> coaxes on the cable, one for each C and Ku.
>
>
> "Ben" <none@none.moc> wrote in message
news:aPaMc.85$PK5.74@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> | I'm going to need 100'. That's counting in 10' of extra incase I'm off a
> | little. Does a Ku/C system require an extra conductor or do both signals
run
> | down the same coax line? I guess I should open the manual for the
> | Innovation 450i and start reading. :-)
> |
> | If you do have that much cabling you could spare, that would be GREAT. I
> | would obviously be happy to pay for shipping if you're not too far away.
I'm
> | in Southern California, Newbury Park.
> | ~Ben
> |
> | "Randy" <randy@bajaspanospam.com> wrote in message
> | news:taaMc.62$wx3.2742@news.uswest.net...
> | > How long will your cable run be? I have some left over ribbon cable
> | > that I would be willing to part with. If you have KU there would be
two
> | > LNB's on the polar rotor. -RP
> | >
> | > Ben wrote:
> | > > HI,
> | > > I just picked up my first C-Band system yesterday. The guy gave it
all
> | to me
> | > > for free, just to get it out of his yard. This is what I got:
> | > >
> | > > 10' dish\LNB with 1 year old turning motor.
> | > > General Instrument Innovation 450i
> | > > Motorola 4Dtv DSR905
> | > > and one big steel pole (very rusty)
> | > >
> | > > He tells me that everything wored perfectly before his wife
disconected
> | it.
> | > >
> | > > All the caballing had been cut to shreds by his wife. I mean even
all
> | the
> | > > cables coming off the back of the units were sniped at about 3".
Luckily
> | not
> | > > the power cords.
> | > >
> | > > How do I know if what I have includes Ku-Band and how many conductor
> | cable
> | > > do I need to buy to run between the dish and my units inside? I have
> | seen
> | > > RG6 cable , 5 conductor C-Band cable and 6 conductor satellite
cable.
> | > >
> | > > Hope this is the right NG,
> | > > ~Ben
> | > >
> | > >
> | > >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>

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On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:47:39 -0400, "Valdivar"
<rebelleader68@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On C band there are 3 video formats used:

For consumer/hobbyist reception.
There are other formats not available to home viewers/hobbyists.

>
>analog -ITC("in the clear") and VC2+
>Digicipher 2 -4dtv format (there are other non-4dtv compatible
>formats) -requires a 4dtv receiver,or sidecar
>mpeg-2\DVB -free to air (there are many encryption methods) -requires an
>mpeg-2\dvb free to air receiver
>
>cf. www.skyvision.com or www.sadoun.com for more info.
>
>
>