Got all 3 services in the mux added. Here are the exact specs to use in Demon Editor.
T2MI vs NON-T2MI drivers
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Thanks, @el bandido for your help. Very pleased to see this receiver tuning a low SR! I will have to try some others. There is a list compiled by a user on Rick's forum, but it's a couple years old. Does anybody know any other low SR's I could try?
el bandido
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I owned the original version --for the year or two that it worked. This receiver (sf8008<Enter Version Here>) and the rest of them with very few exceptions are built from the cheapest parts known to man. That is why a lot of them die every few years. Vu+ and maybe DreamBox at times offered decent hardware....JMO.
We got this one primarily for the dual tuners. Running KU on one and C-band on the other. I tried for months to find a used Edision OS MIO 4K+ without any luck.
Moody Radio Nashville, 87W C-band, 4156 H 283 (please ignore the satellite indicating 101 C-band, I haven't loaded all the C-band sats yet so I'm just using 101 as a placeholder).
Note: this is the lowest SR I have ever locked with a hardware satellite receiver. I've gotten down to 125 on an SDR.
Note: this is the lowest SR I have ever locked with a hardware satellite receiver. I've gotten down to 125 on an SDR.
Just had a thought- these low SR feeds started to lock after I did an update to TNAP 6.1 via the receiver menu earlier today. I wonder if the SW update made the difference here?
WAY Media Mux, 97W C-band, 4021 V 373
Megatron817
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I was able to get the signal this morning on the Octagon sf8008 Supreme v3 and they do scan in with DVB-S QPSK. It is at 12028 V 360 on my Lnbf. Very hard to lock, takes 20+ seconds.
What LNB are you using? I find the Bullseye TCXO LNB's work great for locking these skinny services.
99W C-band 4163 H 240
New Hampshire Public Radio
New Hampshire Public Radio
Megatron817
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Maverick MK1-PLL
el bandido
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You may try other images and see. The demodulator/tuner may take some time to lock and one thing that has been edited is lock time on low symbol rate transponders. Just create a transponder out of thin air. Something like 4130H 200SR on 101w. Enter that into Signal Finder and scan it. Of course it will come back empty because you were scanning "Air", but it shows the time-out time for the low symbol rate lock. Repeat for the image of your choice and you will see the difference. And other tweaks for low symbol rate signals have been made...
Megatron817
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Seems only the OpenPli images do the AAC audio on the Octagon supreme v3.
I found a signal on 101w 4015v 583 3/4 DVB-S QPSK with a blindscan. Nothing scans in but It has two hidden audio streams.
one in english pid 4609 and one in spanish pid 4610. Both AAC audio. Christian radio, KHCB, Houston TX.
I found a signal on 101w 4015v 583 3/4 DVB-S QPSK with a blindscan. Nothing scans in but It has two hidden audio streams.
one in english pid 4609 and one in spanish pid 4610. Both AAC audio. Christian radio, KHCB, Houston TX.
el bandido
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I have been working on an aiassistant plugin for the receiver that would add the hidden channels for us. There is a lot we can do with AI and FTA, but unfortunately something like this will cost money. But other things like aisubtitles can be gotten for free. And absent an aiassistant plugin, we might get by at least partially with a fancy script that could be ran and add the "hidden" stuff for us. It takes time....
I see it as well. I wonder if adding the channels manually via editor would play them?
Side note, so far I haven't been able to get the Octagon to tune anything below SR 200. New Hampshire Public radio at SR 240 is the lowest so far. Was hoping to get KNPR on 99W, 12027.5 V 185, no luck.
Megatron817
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Yep, I used dreamset but that other editor you used will work.
@Megatron817 how did you find the feed on 101 C-band? There is a list (linked below) from a poster at Rick's, but it's a couple years
old and doesn't include many feeds on the C-band side. FWIW, many of the KU services are still active, although I have no clue where all the ones on 103 KU went.
old and doesn't include many feeds on the C-band side. FWIW, many of the KU services are still active, although I have no clue where all the ones on 103 KU went.
Megatron817
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It was found with the Octagon sf8008 Supreme v3 in a blind scan. The blind scan of 101w c band doesn't find it every time, just on occasion and usually a blind scan that doesn't find much of the other transponders on 101w. One of those hit and miss blind scans. Just have to get lucky.
el bandido
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Tune to this until it shows a signal: 101w 4015v 583 3/4 DVB-S QPSK
Then open a terminal to the receiver (telnet) and run: dvbsnoop -s pidscan
Patiently wait as it may take some time. Does it return and PIDS? The receiver will need to be tuned to this transponder and showing a signal before this will work.
Then open a terminal to the receiver (telnet) and run: dvbsnoop -s pidscan
Patiently wait as it may take some time. Does it return and PIDS? The receiver will need to be tuned to this transponder and showing a signal before this will work.