Originally posted by Blnkstare:

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Originally posted by chrisg18:

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thanks man, i will pass that on to cj. if i understand this right i do the following to get this to work:
got to favorites and set up a list of channels(not all will fit unfortunately)
exit and save, then tune to channel 212 or 1212 and leave it for thirty minutes?

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1) menu>channels>set favorites>

2) pick one of the favorite lists (eg. sports)

3) add channels to the list, delete channels that already are there if you dont want them

4) be sure to include EPG carrier channel (Chris case 212)

5) exit and save

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this is how you get your guide to show the correct info. thanks again to blnkstare for helping us out as he always does.

Originally posted by chrisg18:

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Originally posted by Blnkstare:

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Originally posted by chrisg18:

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thanks man, i will pass that on to cj. if i understand this right i do the following to get this to work:
got to favorites and set up a list of channels(not all will fit unfortunately)
exit and save, then tune to channel 212 or 1212 and leave it for thirty minutes?

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1) menu>channels>set favorites>

2) pick one of the favorite lists (eg. sports)

3) add channels to the list, delete channels that already are there if you dont want them

4) be sure to include EPG carrier channel (Chris case 212)

5) exit and save

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this is how you get your guide to show the correct info. thanks again to blnkstare for helping us out as he always does.

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Your welcome chris, lets keep this thread as a help all and we all benefit. Thanks for the support Jerry

Hey Blank & Chris. Just for the hell of it , I tried the instructions for getting better EPG(even though i have no new bin), but with no luck. As Blank said i will probably have try again when we have a new bin. Thanks again fo the help guys.

Originally posted by CJC76:

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Hey Blank & Chris. Just for the hell of it , I tried the instructions for getting better EPG(even though i have no new bin), but with no luck. As Blank said i will probably have try again when we have a new bin. Thanks again fo the help guys.

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After you perform the factory rest and load the new bin and update the channels then try the fav settings for EPG

Why do you always say to do a factory reset? Usually i jus put the new file in and it works fine. Are you supposed to do a factory reset?

its seems that after you load so many bins on the receiver it acts a little funny. so doing a factory reset puts all the settings back to what they were when you got the box. just make sure you know what all you Dish Settings need to be set back to after you do it because all settings(except the bin)are erased

on my cs 5000 i messed up all my settings for my dishes 119, 110 and 77. The qualities and levels were all red and when i would do a auto scan everything would show for a couple hours. When it stop showing i would auto scan and it would work for another couple of hours. Any reason why?

Hey Blank, I tried that site f2atv. it must be a huge site and very busy because it took like 5 minutes to load and open the front page. It still says there are no new bins from coolsat though:(

Originally posted by divindra:

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Why do you always say to do a factory reset? Usually i jus put the new file in and it works fine. Are you supposed to do a factory reset?

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You are supposed to erase all aspects of last bin so you dont get glitches

Originally posted by CJC76:

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Hey Blank, I tried that site f2atv. it must be a huge site and very busy because it took like 5 minutes to load and open the front page. It still says there are no new bins from coolsat though:(

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Yeah thats top CS and IV200/300 site Norwgroup.

Nothing yet

hey divindra. You got me stumped, but i am no expert at this like jerry breck and blank. when the sat stops working for you, is it just saying "scrambled channel" or is it saying "bad or no signal"

congrads Divindra on your new status, it takes a long while no move up

I saw that there is not bin yet, darn it, was hopeing it would be before now

Originally posted by jenni641:

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tv today would be nice..

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Jenn: Stop squeezing that tax refund and go buy a new stb. You can squeeze is as hard as you want, you aren't going to get any more.

LOL

Originally posted by chrisg18:

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my hat is off to anyone who can tune a dish in by themselves. i tried for 2 hours and couldn't so my cousin came over and had it in under 90 seconds(almost kinda hate him for making me look that bad in front of the wife) in east tenn dish is 20 degrees west of canada and slightly higher but i think it depends on where you live and whether your pole is both plumb and level.

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Does that mean if I wanted to get bev, it would be 20 degrees east of DN

Originally posted by jenni641:

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I saw that there is not bin yet, darn it, was hopeing it would be before now

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Wife is watching lifetime right now

Originally posted by KYhardt:

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Originally posted by chrisg18:

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my hat is off to anyone who can tune a dish in by themselves. i tried for 2 hours and couldn't so my cousin came over and had it in under 90 seconds(almost kinda hate him for making me look that bad in front of the wife) in east tenn dish is 20 degrees west of canada and slightly higher but i think it depends on where you live and whether your pole is both plumb and level.

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Does that mean if I wanted to get bev, it would be 20 degrees east of DN

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If you go here and type in your zip code it will tell you what you have to do to set up your dish. All you need is a compass and someone watching the signal strength


http://satcalculator.freehostia.com/index.php

bill im haivng trouble keeping track of you, you keep bouncing around..

Originally posted by KYhardt:

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Originally posted by chrisg18:

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my hat is off to anyone who can tune a dish in by themselves. i tried for 2 hours and couldn't so my cousin came over and had it in under 90 seconds(almost kinda hate him for making me look that bad in front of the wife) in east tenn dish is 20 degrees west of canada and slightly higher but i think it depends on where you live and whether your pole is both plumb and level.

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Does that mean if I wanted to get bev, it would be 20 degrees east of DN

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Bev is 19 degrees south south west of DN 91.0 W and 82.0W but the skew and elevation are different. easiest screnario is to buy a 2nd dish with dual lnbs for BEV

Originally posted by jenni641:

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bill im haivng trouble keeping track of you, you keep bouncing around..

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I am stuck in this one now, I promise not to be moving around

Originally posted by CJC76:

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hey divindra. You got me stumped, but i am no expert at this like jerry breck and blank. when the sat stops working for you, is it just saying "scrambled channel" or is it saying "bad or no signal"

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scrambled channel mean your bin is not allowing you to view it. bad or no signal is hardware problem or snow on the dish or heavy rain/winds

there are atleast 5 out there now, where has jerry been?

Originally posted by jenni641:

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there are atleast 5 out there now, where has jerry been?

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Which one?

Hey guys. Still no news out of f2atv. site yet.Got a question, does anyone know or understand why it takes much longer to get new bins on the cs4k,5k,& 6k models, as compared to cs6100,7000,ect? Are they that much different? Not complaining, just tryin to understand. It just seems to me that if they(the coders) can updated some models, the others would be fairly similar. Again, I'm a "newbie" and just wondered if anyone knew. I have read that it may have something to do with "cloned" models.

Hi Guys:

I need a advice which is the best FTA Rec is out there, i am using Coolsat 5000 & 4000 right now they are perfect but haing too much problem with down time.

they are easy to update and program, does any other brand like Viewsat Ultraversion2,Viewsat ProCaptiveWorks 800s,Captiveworks 700s Sonicview, nFusion Nova any one like coolsat please let me know..........

Thank you