SD unit no "see" HD? - ABA DSS

**SLY-CAT** · June 21st, 2009

Hi,
Found some spare time today(not very often)took the equipment out to the dish and made another attempt to find the fourth sat I have been looking for. About an hour into it, beep, beep, beep, there is was. So after a scan to see what could be found, I discovered something.
This sat has SD and HD channels. My receiver is SD only. I picked up several channels. But, nothing HD. This made me think that an SD receiver will not get ANY signal from an HD channel. Is this thinking correct?

R.T.

**bigevil69** · June 21st, 2009

a sd unit will not scan in any hd channels

**SLY-CAT** · June 21st, 2009

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Originally Posted by bigevil69

a sd unit will not scan in any hd channels

Thanks, I kind of thought so.

R.T.

dirtywill2001 · June 21st, 2009

my cw800 will scan bev hd on 82w. its unviewable but its there.

**bill of oz** · June 21st, 2009

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Originally Posted by SLY-CAT

Hi,
Found some spare time today(not very often)took the equipment out to the dish and made another attempt to find the fourth sat I have been looking for. About an hour into it, beep, beep, beep, there is was. So after a scan to see what could be found, I discovered something.
This sat has SD and HD channels. My receiver is SD only. I picked up several channels. But, nothing HD. This made me think that an SD receiver will not get ANY signal from an HD channel. Is this thinking correct?

R.T.

i will assume you are talking about DN HD channels.....the reason why your SD receiver will not scan these in is because your receiver is an MPeg-2 receiver.....DN HD channels are broadcast in MPeg-4 format.....

BEV HD channels are broadcast in MPeg-2 format, so your receiver actually would scan in these channels, you just wouldnt be able to view them.....

so it really doesnt have anything to do with HD or SD.....your MPeg-2 receiver can only scan in MPeg-2 channels....HD or SD is irrellevant.....

when you buy an HD receiver, it is an MPeg-2 receiver out of the box.....so it is capable of receiving MPeg-2 channels only (SD or HD).....

when you add in the external module/board, this board is basically upgrading the receiver from an MPeg-2 receiver to an MPeg-4 receiver.....so after the install your receiver can now scan and view MPeg-4 channels......

**SLY-CAT** · June 21st, 2009

Bill Of Oz,
Interesting info. Some of that was my best guess on why. Now we know for sure.

R.T.

originalfacsimi · June 22nd, 2009

Seen the same on Coolsat for TRUE FTA which turned out to be radio stations.