LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

He said "is it crap" not "it is crap". Big difference.

Exactly - I asked "is it crap?", and I even began my question by suggesting
it was ME who'd got it wrong.

Anyway, enough of this. It still looks to me like the Lyngsat site is wrong
in a number of areas. I'll compare it with the other sites Michael and
David gave links to, and report back.

If I've got my knickers in a twist, or my sat box is misreporting what is on
which frequency, I'll make a public and humble apology in this forum. If
not, I'll rephrase my question into a statement!

Steve

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

"Mike" wrote in
:

As a newbie you appear to have little respect for a website that has
been around 8 years of more bringing everyone satellite channel
information from many satellites.

As a newbie, how is he supposed to know much about it? Even if he does
have 'respect' for it, is he supposed to believe that Lyngsat is
infallible?

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

In article ,
Anthony Haines wrote:
"Mike" wrote in
:

As a newbie you appear to have little respect for a website that has
been around 8 years of more bringing everyone satellite channel
information from many satellites.

As a newbie, how is he supposed to know much about it? Even if he does
have 'respect' for it, is he supposed to believe that Lyngsat is
infallible?

Like all of us a newbie is expected to treat anything and everything with
respect unless there is clear evidence to the contrary. Not "is this site
crap?" but "is this site reliable?". It's a different approach but it's one
that we could all use to general benefit.

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LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

"John Cartmell" wrote

Like all of us a newbie is expected to treat anything and everything with
respect unless there is clear evidence to the contrary. Not "is this site
crap?" but "is this site reliable?". It's a different approach but it's
one
that we could all use to general benefit.

OK, OK, I put my hands up! I was feeling pretty cheesed off, which may well
have coloured my language.

Please, everyone, accept my humble apologies.

Is there any chance we could put this behind us now?

Steve

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

In article , Steve
wrote:

"John Cartmell" wrote

Like all of us a newbie is expected to treat anything and everything with
respect unless there is clear evidence to the contrary. Not "is this site
crap?" but "is this site reliable?". It's a different approach but it's
one that we could all use to general benefit.

OK, OK, I put my hands up! I was feeling pretty cheesed off, which may
well have coloured my language.

Please, everyone, accept my humble apologies.

Is there any chance we could put this behind us now?

We're all cheesed off at times and make stupid comments - usually far worse
than your own minor slip. What does clear it all up nicely is what you have
just done! ;-)

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LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

"Steve" wrote in message
...

"John Cartmell" wrote

Like all of us a newbie is expected to treat anything and everything with
respect unless there is clear evidence to the contrary. Not "is this site
crap?" but "is this site reliable?". It's a different approach but it's
one
that we could all use to general benefit.

OK, OK, I put my hands up! I was feeling pretty cheesed off, which may
well have coloured my language.

Please, everyone, accept my humble apologies.

Is there any chance we could put this behind us now?

Steve

Don't you take any notice of them.

Bill

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

In article ,
(Steve) wrote:

Is this something I'm misunderstanding, or is the LyngSat Web site a
load of crap?

Probably the former I'm afraid. Please check what LNB the receiver
thinks you have, and alter if necessary. Your receiver is reporting
that the transponder at 11260 is on 12109, which says to me that the LNB
LO settings are wrong. I'm sure somebody will be along to correct me if
I am wrong, but check it anyway (it is in the Antenna Setup menu I
believe) - it will give you something to do between everybody having a
go at me for being wrong and somebody popping up with the right answer :-)

SPB

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

Thanks, Simon, for that reply.

My LNB is "Quad universal SkyWare SX719QS/S LNB, mounted on a standard Sky
minidish.

My receiver (the Fortec Star Lifetime Classic from Maplin) has the following
choices for the "LNB" setting:

5150
9750
10000
10050
10600
10750
11200
11475
SINGLE-SL
SINGLE-SH
0
UNI

I have it set to UNI.

I have the "LNB Power" set to 14/18, although I've tried it on 14/19 and it
seems the same.

The "22kHz" can be set to OFF, ON or AUTO. However, when the LNB type is
set to UNI the "22kHz" setting goes straight to AUTO and is greyed out
(visible but can't be altered).

I've had my knuckes rapped for dissing the Lyngsat site, and am quite happy
to be shown that I've got my set up wrong. If so, I'll make a fulsome
apology!

Does it look like I've got everything set up correctly? I can't see
anything wrong myself.

Thanks,

Steve

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Simon, for that reply.

My LNB is "Quad universal SkyWare SX719QS/S LNB, mounted on a standard Sky
minidish.

My receiver (the Fortec Star Lifetime Classic from Maplin) has the
following choices for the "LNB" setting:

5150
9750
10000
10050
10600
10750
11200
11475
SINGLE-SL
SINGLE-SH
0
UNI

I have it set to UNI.
It might be worth selecting 10.600 and 9.750 manually instead of setting UNI
and then doing a rescan, just in case the box has a fault. The UNI setting
switches automatically between these two options.

Has the box got one LNB connector or two, by the way? Some boxes have auto
input switching and some have loopthrough to a second box. The latter is
useful for diagnosing switching faults when you have left your expensive
test gear at home (or your son has nicked it out of your van while you were
having a lie-in).


I have the "LNB Power" set to 14/18, although I've tried it on 14/19 and
it seems the same.
Check with a volt meter whether the voltage on the LNB connector switches as
it should.


The "22kHz" can be set to OFF, ON or AUTO. However, when the LNB type is
set to UNI the "22kHz" setting goes straight to AUTO and is greyed out
(visible but can't be altered).
That makes sense.


I've had my knuckes rapped for dissing the Lyngsat site, and am quite
happy to be shown that I've got my set up wrong. If so, I'll make a
fulsome apology!
Don't you take any notice of them. They're all a set of grumpy old men on
here! There's only me that's nice.

Bill

LyngSat Web site wrong??
 

In article ,
(Steve) wrote:

I've had my knuckes rapped for dissing the Lyngsat site, and am quite
happy to be shown that I've got my set up wrong. If so, I'll make a
fulsome apology!

Don't know about that, but although Lyngsat can have the odd error, it
does have a good reputation so I would be most surprised if it was as
wrong as your results make it look.

Does it look like I've got everything set up correctly? I can't see
anything wrong myself.

IME it usually take someone else to spot these things :-) Follow Bill's
advice - he knows far more about it than me! And, as he pointed out, he
is the only nice one here.

SPB