Dish aimed at 91W, sat name showing up as Galaxy instead of Nimiq - ABA DSS

Poe408 · June 2nd, 2009

hi everybody,

i have a dish500 aimed at 91/82. currently i only care about receiving 91. i am getting a strong signal on every transponder but the satellite name is identifying as "galaxy 91w." however, when i scan the channels, i'm getting Nimiq channels. what's going on? should i just leave it as is? is there a problem causing me to pick up galaxy instead of nimiq?

**creativegenius** · June 2nd, 2009

What receiver are you running ... please provide Brand and Model #
Is the Galaxy name showing in the upper right hand corner of the ANT set up screen?

Creative Genius

**creativegenius** · June 2nd, 2009

Galaxy 25 is 97W so you might be a few (i.e. 6 deg) too west

Galaxy 26 is 93W so you might be just 2 degrees too west.

Creative Genius

**gibahca** · June 2nd, 2009

yeah galaxy 17 but there is nothing for ku band.
you may have a universal LNB and you're using lnb freq 10750.

Poe408 · June 2nd, 2009

thanks for the replies everybody. i'm using a sonicview 360 elite receiver. i don't believe i'm aimed wrong because when i scan channels, i get BEV channels. it's just the NAME of the satellite reads "Galaxy 91W."

the LNB is an old dish legacy one. it's the one where 119 and 110 are on separate LNBs.

the channels are coming in fine, and i am able to watch BEV programming despite the name reading Galaxy 91W. is this something i should worry about or try to fix?

Poe408 · June 2nd, 2009

also, the LNB frequency is at 11250.

and yes, the name is showing up in the upper right corner of the installation screen, the same place where i see "echostar 7" and such when i change to those sats. 91W is the only one whose name is incorrect.

**creativegenius** · June 2nd, 2009

Check you dish settings by visiting www.dishpointer.com and punching in your Zip Code.

Creative Genius

**gibahca** · June 2nd, 2009

are you watching BEV on your sonicview?
ihub installed?

**creativegenius** · June 2nd, 2009

Do you have an SV iHub ethernet adapter installed on your unit?

Creative Genius

Poe408 · June 2nd, 2009

yes, i'm watching bev on my sonicview 360e with ihub installed.

creativegenius, i believe the dish settings are correct because bev channels are indeed coming in. i'm watching M on channel 300 right now. i'm just wondering if i should worry about the satellite name being wrong. and am i missing out on channels because of this?

also, i did indeed check out my dish settings and it is pointed correctly.

**creativegenius** · June 2nd, 2009

Might simply be an error in the SAT info file. But since it appears to be working ... go with it

Glad to hear you are up!

Creative Genius

**gibahca** · June 2nd, 2009

hum..thats sound awesome man.
man i'm scratching my pockets to get my hands on a sonicview and a ihub.
i dont remember but you should get 350+ channels on 91w and with you have it forget about the name and enjoy it.

Mike1sc · June 3rd, 2009

Poe...I am getting the same title for 91W with a 8000 and IHub, and it is Bev channels. It must be in the Sat file, but your not going crazy, I have the same thing.

**Old toy** · June 3rd, 2009

Same here on 360 elite The nfusion i have reads 91 nimig

**BLAZE1** · June 3rd, 2009

I am getting the same title for 91W with a 8000 and IHub, and it is BEV channels. It must be in the Sat file. i thought i was crazy to for a while.