Fortec Ultra

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I just bought a Fortec Lifetime Ultra. I previously owned a Fortec
DVB-786NA.

I have a couple of questions:

1) The 786 model had a button on the remote to switch between the receiver
mode and TV mode, the Ultra does not. It appears you have to use the power
on/off switch to do that. I don't like that. Any comments?

2) I'm confused on how to program the receiver for a satellite that has
both Ku and C-band DVB offerings. I see that on a few satellites, the
satellite list has both, for example, G0-Ku and G0-C. But some do not. For
example, W7 is simply W7. What do you do if you want to try to watch Ku and
C channels on a satellite with just one entry?

3) In the antenna setup screen, the LNB choices have Single-L and
Single-H, but they appear to be the same. What is different about these
two?

Regards,
Greg O.

 

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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:03:31 GMT, "Greg O." <ozbirn@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>I just bought a Fortec Lifetime Ultra. I previously owned a Fortec
>DVB-786NA.
>
>I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1) The 786 model had a button on the remote to switch between the receiver
>mode and TV mode, the Ultra does not. It appears you have to use the power
>on/off switch to do that. I don't like that. Any comments?
>

Live with it.

> 2) I'm confused on how to program the receiver for a satellite that has
>both Ku and C-band DVB offerings. I see that on a few satellites, the
>satellite list has both, for example, G0-Ku and G0-C. But some do not. For
>example, W7 is simply W7. What do you do if you want to try to watch Ku and
>C channels on a satellite with just one entry?

Each satellite band on a satellite would have its own entry (so as to
switch to the proper LNB). FWIW, W& (BKA AMC7), is C-band only.

>
> 3) In the antenna setup screen, the LNB choices have Single-L and
>Single-H, but they appear to be the same. What is different about these
>two?
>
>Regards,
>Greg O.
>

 

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That may refer to "single -low" and "single-high" wherein someone may be
using a dual c band feed,in which case 1 lnb is for vertical
polarization,the other horizontal.

"Gary J. Tait" <classicsat@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:dfg8u0pfgmp38aqbhevba5sk1ejvpd6l5u@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:03:31 GMT, "Greg O." <ozbirn@sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I just bought a Fortec Lifetime Ultra. I previously owned a Fortec
>>DVB-786NA.
>>
>>I have a couple of questions:
>>
>> 1) The 786 model had a button on the remote to switch between the
>> receiver
>>mode and TV mode, the Ultra does not. It appears you have to use the
>>power
>>on/off switch to do that. I don't like that. Any comments?
>>
>
> Live with it.
>
>> 2) I'm confused on how to program the receiver for a satellite that has
>>both Ku and C-band DVB offerings. I see that on a few satellites, the
>>satellite list has both, for example, G0-Ku and G0-C. But some do not.
>>For
>>example, W7 is simply W7. What do you do if you want to try to watch Ku
>>and
>>C channels on a satellite with just one entry?
>
> Each satellite band on a satellite would have its own entry (so as to
> switch to the proper LNB). FWIW, W& (BKA AMC7), is C-band only.
>
>>
>> 3) In the antenna setup screen, the LNB choices have Single-L and
>>Single-H, but they appear to be the same. What is different about these
>>two?
>>
>>Regards,
>>Greg O.
>>
>