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Q.1 : Q; I situated my dish at 42 degrees east Turksat 1C. I can receive the vertical polarized channels but not the horizontal polarized channels. I don't think there is something wrong with my receiver, because the horizontal polarized channels at the Astra-sattelite I do receive perfectly. Is it possible at all to receive them? (Anwar Iqbal, Quetta)
Ans: There is no problem with your polarizer. All vertical channels on TURKSAT 1C are on the west-beam and the horizontal channels are on the east-beam, which can't be received with your dish in your location. Sorry, no help this time.
Q.2 : I want to know if I can receive digital signals on the present C or Ku band LNBs which I am using to receive analogue signal. The second question: Are there dish receivers capabale of handling both analogue and digital signals? What is their cost? (Aftab Alam, Islamabad)
Ans: You first question get's a simply Yes, because all Free to Air-receivers will accept different types of LNB. Dish Channels published during the last months quite a lot of test-reports on digital/analog satellite-receivers. With and without build-in positioner and able to control a servo-polarizer. Echostar, Praxis, NextWave etc. to name some of them, offer suitable equipment. Prices differ from market to market, depends what equipment you choose and in which country you buy your receiver.
Q.3 : I desperately need your expertise on the following question - nobody that I know can answer it - you are my last hope. Need some help with picking up the Arabsat bouquet on Hotbird 13 degrees digital in particularly, Saudi 1 (12.654H 3/4). I require a receiver that can de-crypt Power Vu. I already have an 80cm dish pointing at 13 degrees east from my analogue days. Can you advice me on a receiver that will allow me to receive these channels please. Is the Echostar 2500IP a good bet ? Syed Hassan, UK
Ans: If you like to get reliable charts and backround information, please use http://www.tracksat.com for daily updated charts and subscribe to Dish Channels to get everything about satellite communications, provided by international experts. SAUDI 1 is broadcasting as FTA MPEG-2 (DVB). This means, a 2500IP will do the job. But have a look on the Echostar 3000 (analogue/digital, FTA and CI) which will be tested in one of the next issues of Dish Channels soon.
Q.4 : I have a small problem. I have been trying to set up my digibox at the weekend with no joy, even when using a Satellite finder. It appears by using the Satellite finder I can
find two Satellites roughly in the right bearing for the Analogue and Digital Astra Satellites (Analogue 19 deg E of S Digital 28 deg E of S) but the digibox reports a System ID of 013e and not 0002 as should be set for ASTRA 2A (Sky digital) and also I get a different Transport Stream. (Mansoor, Kuwait)
Ans: I do not know which satellite-receiver you are using, but I believe it is pre-programmed just for the 19 degree position of ASTRA and is searching now without any success on the 28 degree position. A sat-finder is a very unsecure method to do exact positioning of a dish. If you have only ASTRA t 19 degree preprogrammed, you should activate a second satellite for 28 degree east. Then set the parameters of one of the known SKY-programmes and turn your dish very carefully to the east. If you have a signal strengths and quality meter in the software of the digital receiver, adjust for maximum strength and if possible for 100% quality. After this, just start the automatic search and all ASTRA 2A channels will be loaded inside your box. Another way to keep the satellites apart, just use a old analogue receiver and adjust the dish on this signals for maximum signal on the different satellites. On the 28 position it could be difficult to find a analogue signal, but try 12.316 GHz (v).
Q.5 : : I own a Echostar 2500Ip with common interface, which is a fine FTA receiver. Recently I bought an Italian Stream card for the small package and the suitable Irdeto access module. I am now very disappointed, because the unscrambling is done, but only with disrupted video and audio. Like a mispointed antenna. No problem with FTA-channels on different satellites and also SCPC works great. Did I do anything wrong? (Arshad Khan, Hyderabad)
Ans: Not at all. There are some problems reading Irdeto-cards properly. The Praxis DigiMaster 9800Ci (which is identical) has the same problem. After receiving several complains, we have contacted Echostar and got as answer: it could be one of the first access-moduls which makes the trouble and one should use a new version and also download the latest software for the 2500Ip. We did and the problems still arises. Then I contacted Praxis and got the promise that the technicians will look into this matter immediately. This means, if I get a solution, I will pass it on to you. After testing both receivers with different modules and cards for Irdeto, we tried Viaccess and got no problems at all.
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