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<blockquote data-quote="Jack187" data-source="post: 625270" data-attributes="member: 328344"><p>I need help from the satellite gurus here...</p><p></p><p></p><p>I few months back, I moved into a new apartment building with a shared satellite connection. The feed comes directly from the roof to a wall socket, which I connect to the receiver.</p><p></p><p>The problem is, nobody knew what the exact settings are. The original company which installed the system has gone bankrupt. The building management company is clueless. None of the other tenants are interested in getting the correct settings.</p><p></p><p>I've since brought in 5 different satellite 'technicians' who couldn't figure it out either. I've personally tried dozens of permutations of different settings, sometimes getting a few channels here and there, but never getting the perfect configuration.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As a last resort, I tracked down a former employee who worked for the installation company, who had since moved back to his hometown in India. Over a long distance call, he told me that the settings his company used for all buildings are:</p><p></p><p><strong>Nilesat - Diseq AA - UNIVERSAL - 22k on - Voltage on</strong></p><p><strong>Arabsat - Diseq AA - UNIVERSAL - 22k off - Voltage on</strong></p><p><strong>Hotbird - Diseq BB - 10600 - 22k on - Voltage on</strong></p><p></p><p>Since I'm not interested in Arabsat, I translated the relevant settings into my DM 600 as follows:</p><p></p><p><strong>Nilesat (7W)</strong></p><p><em>LNB 0 - LoF 09750 - HiF 10600 - Threshold 11700</em></p><p><em>DiseqC v1.0 - DiseqC Parameter A/A</em></p><p><em>22Khz On - Voltage H/V</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Hotbird (13E)</strong></p><p><em>LNB 1 - LoF 10600, HiF 10600 - Threshold 11700</em></p><p><em>DiseqC v1.0 </em></p><p><em>22Khz On - Voltage H/V</em></p><p></p><p>With that, I got <strong>531 </strong>Nilesat TV channels which seems complete.</p><p></p><p>But I only got <strong>346 </strong>Hotbird TV channels.</p><p>Their frequencies range from <strong>11747 </strong>to <strong>12713</strong>. They all have <strong>Vertical </strong>polarization.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I tried playing around with more combinations of settings until I reached another working configuration:</p><p></p><p><strong>Hotbird (13E)</strong></p><p><em>22Khz off - Voltage 18v</em></p><p></p><p><strong>340 </strong>TV channels.</p><p>Their frequencies range from <strong>11747 </strong>to <strong>12731 </strong>and they all have <strong>Horizontal </strong>polarization.</p><p></p><p></p><p>With both searches combined, I have 686 TV channels, but they don't work at the same time. Vertical channels work with 22k H/V, and Horizontal channels work with 22k off 18v.</p><p></p><p>So basically, I'm missing hundreds of channels below the 11747 frequency, and I cannot get horizontal and vertical channels working at the same time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I doubt it's a problem with the Dreambox itself, as it was working perfectly in my old apartment with different settings. I'm using the latest Gemini image with an auto updated satellites.xml</p><p></p><p></p><p>If anyone can figure out what's happening or somehow deduce what the correct settings would be based on the above scenarios, I would be eternally grateful. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack187, post: 625270, member: 328344"] I need help from the satellite gurus here... I few months back, I moved into a new apartment building with a shared satellite connection. The feed comes directly from the roof to a wall socket, which I connect to the receiver. The problem is, nobody knew what the exact settings are. The original company which installed the system has gone bankrupt. The building management company is clueless. None of the other tenants are interested in getting the correct settings. I've since brought in 5 different satellite 'technicians' who couldn't figure it out either. I've personally tried dozens of permutations of different settings, sometimes getting a few channels here and there, but never getting the perfect configuration. As a last resort, I tracked down a former employee who worked for the installation company, who had since moved back to his hometown in India. Over a long distance call, he told me that the settings his company used for all buildings are: [B]Nilesat - Diseq AA - UNIVERSAL - 22k on - Voltage on Arabsat - Diseq AA - UNIVERSAL - 22k off - Voltage on Hotbird - Diseq BB - 10600 - 22k on - Voltage on[/B] Since I'm not interested in Arabsat, I translated the relevant settings into my DM 600 as follows: [B]Nilesat (7W)[/B] [I]LNB 0 - LoF 09750 - HiF 10600 - Threshold 11700 DiseqC v1.0 - DiseqC Parameter A/A 22Khz On - Voltage H/V[/I] [B]Hotbird (13E)[/B] [I]LNB 1 - LoF 10600, HiF 10600 - Threshold 11700 DiseqC v1.0 22Khz On - Voltage H/V[/I] With that, I got [B]531 [/B]Nilesat TV channels which seems complete. But I only got [B]346 [/B]Hotbird TV channels. Their frequencies range from [B]11747 [/B]to [B]12713[/B]. They all have [B]Vertical [/B]polarization. I tried playing around with more combinations of settings until I reached another working configuration: [B]Hotbird (13E)[/B] [I]22Khz off - Voltage 18v[/I] [B]340 [/B]TV channels. Their frequencies range from [B]11747 [/B]to [B]12731 [/B]and they all have [B]Horizontal [/B]polarization. With both searches combined, I have 686 TV channels, but they don't work at the same time. Vertical channels work with 22k H/V, and Horizontal channels work with 22k off 18v. So basically, I'm missing hundreds of channels below the 11747 frequency, and I cannot get horizontal and vertical channels working at the same time. I doubt it's a problem with the Dreambox itself, as it was working perfectly in my old apartment with different settings. I'm using the latest Gemini image with an auto updated satellites.xml If anyone can figure out what's happening or somehow deduce what the correct settings would be based on the above scenarios, I would be eternally grateful. :confused: [/QUOTE]
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