Help! Dish 500 and coolsat 7100

[dariuspl]

Hi all,

Trying a hand at this hobby and having a bit of a difficult time right now...

Hooked up everything, have the dish set up and skew at 42.9 degrees (110/119) and I'm only getting 82% for the signal and 0% for quality. I'm pretty sure I have all the settings right, as specified on this site...

What am I missing? doing wrong?


Thanks,
Darius

[boboisno1]

You actually have no signal Q reading. Have you checked with dishpointer.com to see if it gives you the same dish settings you have?

[dariuspl]

Originally Posted by boboisno1

You actually have no signal Q reading. Have you checked with dishpointer.com to see if it gives you the same dish settings you have?

Yes I have...that's why I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...

[jc7257]

If you have the DP LNB, set it up like this and then aim...
110

LNB type - OCS-DP
LNB freq - 11250
22khz - off
LNB power - on
transponder - 12224
search option - all
network search - on
disqec - port 2
motor -off
legacy switch -off


For 119,

LNB type - OCS-DP
LNB freq - 11250
22khz - off
LNB power - on
transponder - 12239
search option - all
network search - on
disqec - port 1
motor -off
legacy switch -off

[boboisno1]

Use trans 12224 for 110 and 12239 trans feq to check for signal strength.

[boboisno1]

The reading your getting is the connection between the lnb and the receiver.

[dariuspl]

Just double checked... that's what I have everything set at...

I also set the skew... should I wait and find one of the sat's first?

Should I update the 7100 also, or find the sat first?

[heath j arnold]

coolsats are down but its best to set skew at 90 set elvation then azmuth side to side to get 110 then ajust the skew for 119 u might have ajust the skew difrent dish pointer

[dariuspl]

Well, I played with the dish some more and found 119 now, so I'm happy now that I'm making progress.

I'll try to change the skew now and find 110.


How do I unscramble the channels though? It only found 280 channels - is that about right? From reading on here, that seems low...

[boboisno1]

For 119 about right. Nothing for the cs receivers right now as far as files go.

[jc7257]

You will have to wait on Coolsat coders to release a new bin. It may be a a while...

[VGiddy]

dariuspl - For your information the 7100 software is outdated and new software has not been issued as yet and you will not be able to watch any TV.

However, if you have already got 119 to lock and have the confirmation flag for it, then adjust the skew to lock onto 110. After which you will have to wait for a new bin for the Coolsat 7100.

[dariuspl]

Originally Posted by VGiddy

dariuspl - For your information the 7100 software is outdated and new software has not been issued as yet and you will not be able to watch any TV.

However, if you have already got 119 to lock and have the confirmation flag for it, then adjust the skew to lock onto 110. After which you will have to wait for a new bin for the Coolsat 7100.

Well, good deals always come at a price... (found the 7100 at a good price on ebay...) Great...so no tv now...

Should I start looking for another receiver now?

[VGiddy]

In my opinion, I would wait till the Transition of N3 before I plunk any money on any receiver.

However, the best of the receivers are Sonicview and NFusion.

[heath j arnold]

the qustion is do you have highspeed internet if so nfusion if not sonicveiw

[dariuspl]

Originally Posted by heath j arnold

the qustion is do you have highspeed internet if so nfusion if not sonicveiw

Thanks for the help...

So nfusion solaris or hd... correct? Are the updates through usb like the coolsat or something else?

[snakebite]

the only reciever with the usb feature is the HD model of nfusion.the other 2 models load by serial cable or webloader as does the HD.