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How-to-check-dish-alignment-for_110 and 119
Many have flashed their receivers successfully and moved on to do a “scan” for the channels only to find that they not get all of the channels that should be for their area.
This is a check procedure that will help determine where the problem is located and point you in the proper direction to fix the problem.
This procedure is written around the Coolsat 5000 Platinum (CS 5k) and two (2) typical dish setups: the first is a
DP LNB such as a dish500 . . the second is for a
Legacy LNBs using a diseqc switch.
Preliminary:
Your CS 5k should be already flashed with
V119 or the latest flash release from NorW. Connect the coaxial cable from the dish to the LNB IN terminal on the back of the receiver.
This is a troubleshooting (t/s) procedure to help boresight the 110 and 119 satellites.
Checkout Procedure:
1) Using the remote, press the "POWER" button, it should boot up and display a ‘channel’; the last channel that you were viewing.
2) Press the “MENU” button; select “Installation” by pressing “OK”. A dialog box “Enter PIN” shows; enter “0000”.
3) We need to first make sure that the settings are correct for BOTH satellites, so under “Dish Setting” menu, use the right (or left arrow) until you see “110W Echostar 6,8”.
4) Make sure that the settings are correct for this satellite, so a
DP LNB setting for 110 sat, the setup should be as follows:
------ Echostar 110 ------
LNB power ------------- ON
LNB Type --------------
OCS-DP
LNB Freq -------------- 11250
22 Khz ------------------ OFF
DiSEqC Switch --------- 1.0
Committed --------------- 2 <-- this setting MUST be “2”
Legacy SW ------------ Off
At the bottom of the screen, you should see a “green” bar chart showing the strengths of the signal;
- Level: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 93%
Quality: oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 91%
If your ‘quality’ signal is less than 80%, you need to align the dish to improve the signal quality. It should easily show over 90% since the signal from both satellites is quite strong.
If the dish is aligned properly, you should see a
satellite ID banner in the upper right corner of the screen showing “
Echostar 110 West”. If it is anything OTHER than that your dish is not aimed properly.
5) With 110 sat settings correct, scroll until you see “Echostar 119” satellite. It should be set to the following:
------ Echostar 119 ------
LNB power ------------- ON
LNB Type --------------
OCS-DP
LNB Freq -------------- 11250
22 Khz ------------------ OFF
DiSEqC Switch --------- 1.0
Committed --------------- 1 <-- this setting MUST be “1”
Legacy SW ------------ Off
At the bottom, you should see a “green” bar chart showing the strengths of the signal;
- Level: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 93%
Quality: oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 91%
If your ‘quality’ signal is less than 80%, you need to align the dish to improve the signal quality. It should easily show over 90% since the signal from both satellites is quite strong.
If the dish is aligned properly, you should see a
satellite ID banner in the upper right corner of the screen showing “
Echostar 119 West”. If it is anything OTHER than that your dish is not aimed properly.
Typically you will see “Echostar 110”. This means your dish is not aimed properly;
probably the ELEVATION is a bit low -- or -- the skew is not set properly. If you can only receive "Echostar 119",
probably the ELEVATION is to high or there's too much skew. This assumes that the pole that holds the dish is "plumb". If not the above statements may not be true depending how-out-of-plumb the dish is. You should correct that first.
To fix this, download the “Satfinder” program in the “Channel Lists & Utils” section, install it and check for the proper settings for ‘elevation’ , ‘skew’ and ‘azimuth’ for your locality. Make those changes
while viewing the TV screen and when you “boresight” the Echo 7 sat, the Sat ID banner will change to “Echostar 119”. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[b]
Legacy LNBs:
This section is for those who are using "legacy" LNBs; substitute this for 4) and 5).
4) Make sure that the settings are correct for this satellite, so a
legacy LNB setting for 110 sat, the setup should be as follows:
------ Echostar 110 ------
LNB power ------------- ON
LNB Type --------------
Single
LNB Freq -------------- 11250
22 Khz ------------------ OFF
DiSEqC Switch --------- 1.0
Committed --------------- 2 <-- this setting can be either "1" or “2” depending on how you wired the diseqc sw
Legacy SW ------------ Off
At the bottom of the screen, you should see a “green” bar chart showing the strengths of the signal;
- Level: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 93%
Quality: oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 91%
If your ‘quality’ signal is less than 80%, you need to align the dish to improve the signal quality. It should easily show over 90% since the signal from both satellites is quite strong.
If the dish is aligned properly, you should see a
satellite ID banner in the upper right corner of the screen showing “
Echostar 110 West”. If it is anything OTHER than that your dish is not aimed properly.
5) With 110 sat settings correct, scroll until you see “Echostar 119” satellite. It should be set to the following:
------ Echostar 119 ------
LNB power ------------- ON
LNB Type --------------
Single
LNB Freq -------------- 11250
22 Khz ------------------ OFF
DiSEqC Switch --------- 1.0
Committed --------------- 1 <-- this setting can be either "1" or “2” depending on how you wired the diseqc sw
Legacy SW ------------ Off
At the bottom, you should see a “green” bar chart showing the strengths of the signal;
- Level: ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 93%
Quality: oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 91%
If your ‘quality’ signal is less than 80%, you need to align the dish to improve the signal quality. It should easily show over 90% since the signal from both satellites is quite strong.
If the dish is aligned properly, you should see a
satellite ID banner in the upper right corner of the screen showing “
Echostar 119 West”. If it is anything OTHER than that your dish is not aimed properly.
Typically you will see “Echostar 110”. This means your dish is not aimed properly; probably the
ELEVATION is a bit low -- or -- the skew is not set properly. If you can only receive "Echostar 119", probably the ELEVATION is to high or there's too much skew. This assumes that the pole that holds the dish is "plumb". If not the above statements may not be true depending how-out-of-plumb the dish is. You should correct that first.
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