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I have had a serviceman come out and he has peaked the dish. Works finebut
the strength of signal needs improvement when compared to remaining
transponders on G1.
"A Brick in the Wall" <NoSpam@NoThanks.com> wrote in message
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> "Jim" <jglenn29@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>I am in central california....own a BUD and 4DTV receiver
>>920.......experiencing problems with G1 HBO AND MAX digital signals,
>>transponders 100 thru 111. For some time I attempted to correct this
>>problem to no avail and then finally realized that the digital signals
>>were confined to HBO and Max digital signals, and not the digital signals
>>of Startz and Encore.
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>> I called my provider and was told that digital HBO AND MAX signals are
>> being sent at a compression of 16 to 1 and not 10 to 1 as are the other
>> programmers on this satellite of which I am not experiencing problems
>> with their digital signals (whatever that means). The only transponders
>> I have problems with are digital HBO AND MAX transponders G1 100 thru
>> 111. The rest are no problem.......coming in beautiful..........with the
>> Startz and Encore programming.
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>> I have attempted to contact HBO via email and have received no answer as
>> of yet, and was given a phone number to call also. That number is 1 212
>> 512 1000 for those that are interested.
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>> I pay for HBO and Max analog signals and thus the digital signals are
>> also suppose to be available as alternatives. Being that I pay for the
>> analog, I believe that HBO and Max need to get with it and provide these
>> digital signals as the proper compression thus providing alternatives to
>> viewing times.
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>> If you are successful in determining if this is the problem for these
>> transponders..............please keep me advised @ my email addy.
>>
>> thanks
>> J
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> I was having problems with anything on G-1 at 100 or above & below 150. A
> new LNB restored them to their old strength -- which is viewable but much
> lower in signal strength than Starz/Encore.
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>> "A Brick in the Wall" <NoSpam@NoThanks.com> wrote in message
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>>> "kryppy" <kryppy@.> wrote in message
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>>>> On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 22:16:11 -0500, "A Brick in the Wall"
>>>> <NoSpam@NoThanks.com> wrote:
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>>>>>I know this seems to make little sense but ----
>>>>>
>>>>>On G1 I can get a decent signal - quality 36+ on channels above 150.
>>>>>
>>>>>From 100 to anything under 150 I can get a signal of 12 or so that
>>>>>often
>>>>>degrades to a pixilated mess or no video at all.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sometimes I can watch the channels from 100 - to under 150 for an hour
>>>>>with
>>>>>no problems - sometimes they just won't come in.
>>>>>
>>>>>I can move to another Sat & get good quality numbers --- 99 on C4.
>>>>>
>>>>>I am at a loss to figure this out -- I have an extra LNB laying around
>>>>>somewhere --- but I can't think of a reason that the LNB would cause
>>>>>this
>>>>>kind of issue.
>>>>>
>>>>>I thought it might be a some tree/bush problems -- but I trimmed them
>>>>>back
>>>>>without any positive results.
>>>>>
>>>>>Anybody got theory? Anybody else noticed a signal drop from these
>>>>>channels?
>>>>>
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>>>> Sounds like it is time to peak the dish. You get any KU?
>>>>
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>>> I don't have KU --- I tried peaking it without success -- a new LNB has
>>> solved the issue.
>>>
>>> Thanks though...
>>>
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