Hi Group,
I would like to thank you all for the excellent information I gathered from this group while I set my system up. I received my Nexus S about a week ago and have it connected with 50 feet of new radio shack low loss 75 ohm coax to a new LNB on a 75 cm dish I got off Ebay ( the LNB only says Expr*ss Vu, D*sh Network on it so I believe it to be circularly polarized). I am running ProgDVB 4.38.6 and my location is Northern Mexico with a clear shot to the south.
For a preliminary test I carefully aimed my dish at Echostar 7. My problem is that I only get transponders #5 ( with a 30% signal) and transponders #20 , #21, and #22 with an 80% to a 100% signal and am unable to receive the remaining transponders. I have spent many hours moving my dish by minute amounts in both the elevation and azimuth directions until the signal drops off then return it back to the highest signal position( using the Prog DVB “scan transponder” window that has a large quality and level indicator as a guide).
I replaced the coax thinking it might have been bad and also tried a smaller DISH 500 two satellite antenna ( thinking the LNB might be bad) and got even a weaker signal. BTW I set up my LNB with the DiSEqC setting drop down menu to LOF 10750, circular and power on.
Is there any other setting I am missing that might be attenuating the signal or causing lack of sensitivity? I did this same test on Echostar 5,8 and got similar results. What is the possibility it is the Nexus S malfunction?
BTW the picture and sound quality of the FTV channels (NBATV and NASA) plus radio on the transponders I can receive is excellent.
Thank for your time and help,
Andre
I would like to thank you all for the excellent information I gathered from this group while I set my system up. I received my Nexus S about a week ago and have it connected with 50 feet of new radio shack low loss 75 ohm coax to a new LNB on a 75 cm dish I got off Ebay ( the LNB only says Expr*ss Vu, D*sh Network on it so I believe it to be circularly polarized). I am running ProgDVB 4.38.6 and my location is Northern Mexico with a clear shot to the south.
For a preliminary test I carefully aimed my dish at Echostar 7. My problem is that I only get transponders #5 ( with a 30% signal) and transponders #20 , #21, and #22 with an 80% to a 100% signal and am unable to receive the remaining transponders. I have spent many hours moving my dish by minute amounts in both the elevation and azimuth directions until the signal drops off then return it back to the highest signal position( using the Prog DVB “scan transponder” window that has a large quality and level indicator as a guide).
I replaced the coax thinking it might have been bad and also tried a smaller DISH 500 two satellite antenna ( thinking the LNB might be bad) and got even a weaker signal. BTW I set up my LNB with the DiSEqC setting drop down menu to LOF 10750, circular and power on.
Is there any other setting I am missing that might be attenuating the signal or causing lack of sensitivity? I did this same test on Echostar 5,8 and got similar results. What is the possibility it is the Nexus S malfunction?
BTW the picture and sound quality of the FTV channels (NBATV and NASA) plus radio on the transponders I can receive is excellent.
Thank for your time and help,
Andre