Raptor and KETV/ABC 7 @ 89.0W Ku-band

[mengram]

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[el bandido]

Upload your systems file so we can look at it.

[mengram]

I hope I did this right. I am not that tech savvy.3333

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[el bandido]

You have tuner 1 and tuner 2 listed as separate, but these channels are in both tuners. This can cause problems for me.

I was able to get the 11967H/1666 channel in a blind scan.
I do not seem to have a signal on the 12196H transponder that you mentioned. Is it active right now?
Also, Do you want both tuner 1 and tuner2 configured for this satellite?

[mengram]

I configured both tuners by accident after a blind scan. The popup said do you want to copy to another tuner, I did not read it like I should have and just thought it was prompting me to save the channels it scanned. To answer your question, no I don't want both tuners. Can you tell me how to remove the unwanted tuner?

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[el bandido]

Delete all of the transponders is one way. Highlight the satellite name in the Dish Setting menu, then press the correct color button on the remote to delete all transponders.

I cannot get to the Raptor for a few more minutes. I would like to load this systems file and see what it does. Also, your time and date do not seem to be set correctly.

[mengram]

I deleted all transponders, rescanned 72.0W, still a nogo on KFTL-CA. Thanks for your help elbandido.

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[el bandido]

Try doing a manual scan of those transponders and see if that Raptor can scan it. I got the KFTL-CA channel only 1 time out of 6 blind scan attempts. It did show up pretty consistent in a manual scan. EB

[mengram]

Finally got the KETV/ABC on 89.0W. Still a nogo on KFTL-CA on 72.0W.

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[el bandido]

What happens when you manually enter it as a PID?
BTW, I have a four foot dish for ku and that may be helping me with the 72W channel

[el bandido]

I am getting KFTL-CA pretty consistent using "TV Only" as the Search Type in the blind scan menu.

[mengram]

I'll give it a try tomorrow, getting late here. Thanks

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[Guest]

Just gave it a shot with the anaconda receiver. KFTL at 72w scanned in only manually, no go with a regular blind scan and one with setting on tv only. Ketv on 89w scanned in normally with a blind scan.

[el bandido]

The blind scan on these receivers could use some work in these areas. I do not think the Optibox receivers were designed with feed hunting in mind.

[mengram]

Thanks for all the help guys. I finally got KFTL to scan in but it does not show a signal quality for several minutes when I change to that channel. I let it set there for the several minutes and all of a sudden the picture comes in with 78%-81% quality. This has me baffled.

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[el bandido]

I have similar results so I do not think it is our antenna systems.

[Guest]

Might be a raptor issue. Aside from needing a manual scan signal quality appeared immediately:


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[eastof111]

Still no go for me. It shows up as Svc_1065_1066_1065 after entering the TP info manually, but no signal strength. Let it sit there for about 15 minutes and still no signal. Switch over to the Openbox and it comes in fine.

[Guest]

Still no go for me. It shows up as Svc_1065_1066_1065 after entering the TP info manually, but no signal strength. Let it sit there for about 15 minutes and still no signal. Switch over to the Openbox and it comes in fine.

That's really odd, I thought the raptor and anaconda were identical with the exception of only one tuner.

[eastof111]

After plugging away for the last few days, I was able to manually scan KFTL at 11968 H 01666 using the search by TV. BUT, I still had to let it sit on that channel about 5 to 10 minutes before a picture would appear.

Looked at the sat list for my Openbox and it shows as 11964 H 01666. So, I plugged in that number into the Raptor and it scanned and played right away.

My assumption is that the Raptor is not as forgiving as the Openbox when scanning and locking in transponders that are off by 4 Mhz plus or minus.

Guess the blind scan coding can use a little tweaking along with the lethargic signal meter.