Actually it's the FTA receiver that supplies the voltage. As I said, if you feed the output from the cband receiver into the FTA to use the IF, you want to setup the FTA box for no power to lnb or you'll have issues with both units.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "andrew vanvakaris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [TVRO] Receiving Digital FTA > if you use that setup ,do not use a Diseqc switch(normally used for an FTA > receiver) it puts a voltage to your lnb and with the polarity voltage from > your Cband receiver you will have a conflict. > Andyvan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] ; Stephen Smith > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [TVRO] Receiving Digital FTA > > > In a message dated 2/5/08 11:54:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > As for satellite, you'll need an FTA receiver. Most likely if your > setup is > > more than a couple of year old, the lnb is not LNBF, which means that > the > > lnb needs to use a polarotor or similar to change polarities from H to > V. > > In this case, you'll need to use the CBand receiver to setup the dish > and > > polarity, then use the FTA to do the scanning. Be sure to check out > > lyngsat.com to see what you can expect on each sat. > > > > Steve > > Hi Stephen, > > My name is Eugene, also a member of this TVRO group. > > I've read this subject, "Receiving Digtal FTA" helping other > member, Don on how to set up HIS Digtial FTA. > > I'm from Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. > > I am wondering could you help me how to setup to > receive Digital FTA with my BIG DISH??? > > I would like to know how would you setup to receive > Digital FTA with the BIG DISH, or BUD. I have a 10 > foot KTI mash satellite dish antenna. > > Someone told me once that Pansat receiver was tested > with the big dish successfuly. > > My C/Ku band LNBs says "Digital Ready" and they're on > a Co-Roter II feedhorn. The Ku band LNB also says, > "Digital Ready" and "Freq: 950 - 1450 MHz." > > I have a analog C/Ku band receiver, GENERAL INSTURMENT 650i > or GI 650i which also controls the actuator arm to move the dish as well. > NOT a Horizon-to-Horizon mount, H-180. > I can go from AMC-6 to W7 satellites. But not in a horizon with the > actuator arm. > > I have a Viewsat 2000 Platinum Digital FTA reciever. > > Now my question for you is, since I'm using the GI 650i to > browse my BIG DISH, should I disconnect the Ku band cable > that's coming from the Ku band LNB to the GI 650i, and connect > it to the DiSEqC device and then from the DiSEqC to the Viewsat > receiver???? > > Do I need to go the GI 650i to swich modes, from C-band to Ku band > in order this setup to work??? Because the GI 650i is focusing on the > C-band LNB. It shouldn't make any difference because I would be > using a cable coming in from the Ku band LNB seperately on the > same feedhorn??? > > I still would want to see analog feeds on C-band that are still up there. > > Hope you could help with suggestions that you might have. > > Regards, > Eugene <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Biggest Grammy Award surprises of > all time on AOL Music.<BR> > > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548)</HTML> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > MPEG2 Charts and Info: http://www.global-cm.net/mpeg2central.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.20/1261 - Release Date: 2/5/2008 > 8:57 PM > >
