Ten Commandments of FTA

[mjl12407]

1. The keys are the same no matter what receiver you have.

2. If autoroll quits working, do a hard reset back switch,or load the latest opkey,or softcam if your reciever uses one.

3. If you only receive the free/preview channels, then most likely the keys are wrong.

4. If epg guide does not work, check your time, date and time zone.

5. When loading bins, make sure you have unzipped the bin, are using the correct loader and are loading the correct bin for the receiver

6. High signal strength (>60) is most important when you are aligning the dish. Quality strength is what is most important to see a picture. If quality is low then you need to re-align (or tweak) the dish.

7. When setting up a dish 500, adjust elevation and azimuth for one sat. To receive the second sat should only require a skew adjustment.

8. Fta receivers cannot be damaged from the satellite signal. The receiver only RECEIVES, and DECODES the signal. The service providers cannot 'ZAP' or damage your fta receiver in any way.

9. The wrong bin CAN damage your receiver....hence BE CAREFUL to use the right bin, and DO NOT experiment with other bins out of frustration, or you may end up with a great looking doorstop.

10. There is no best receiver or best company for fta receivers. They all do what they were intended to do....pick up fta signals.A receiver is only as good as its support group is.

[shadiah]

This looks like a sticky!

Thanks mjl12407.

[Spired12]

Some great info ....Homer...LoL

[KiowaEagle]

Nice post mjl.....and all so true.....

[Decius]

Now that's a post!

[oscarlemos]

That post is perfect! Thanks.

[cybersam45]

Thanx for the info. It really helps!

[armyvet1951]

where can I find a good Viewsat Loader 2?

[olympusom]

armyvet1951 Welcome to Rookie. A little site/net etiquette. please dont hijack a thread. all members are welcome to start a fresh thread in the appropriate area. it might help if you were to start here
http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/font...te-229192.html
then visit the VS forum below
http://www.dssrookie.com/forums/img-...nt-discussion/

[lutz diagram]

#7 is wrong,you always adjust the skew first then aim for 1 sat.
As proof,use the echo* program called zipecode32.The elevation settings for a dish 300 dish are different than the elevation settings for a dish500 for any particular sat.So if you set the elevation then skew you would have to set the elevation again to compensate.