Official Thread of Free To Air Satellite TV (Part 2)

@ all
Before you know it, this thread will be turn into football rivalry, and I dont want it that way. We should shelve our football rivalry to sports section. Having said that, I am not saying no mention of football rivalry, but our post should not be based solely on that. For instance, a whole post by me centering on a particular football club is unacceptable, but a mere mention may not be a bad idea, that is if we cant resist the temptation of mentioning it. I am inclined to delete post that go offtopic henceforth.

am really sorry for given a whole post to my dear chelsea. plz i can only do it once in a while.
may be on wednesday evening. if not for FTA, people like me can neva watch EPL
in the comfort of my home. i posted it because it is a gift that FTA gave me, OLOFOFO  many others in the house. I LOVE FTA

Even Mr. Christian Lyngermark (Lyngsat) himself would tell you that the EIRPs reported are "official" i.e. as stated by the owners of these signals, so don't blame him. Usually, when I send updates to him, he'd contact the owners who'd then give him EIRP figures. Sometimes the owners of signals try to understate signal strength and reach to shake-off freebooters like all of us FTA forum members (especially when they're FTA signals). Other times they do so for territorial regulation purposes so as to appear to be receivable in some territories only, when they actually go much further. The moral of the story is to try your luck on any bird you fancy, especially if the signal is within your Horizon and especially if rated for anywhere in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region. Even the American beams can "stray in" too.

@All
If you're having booting problems with any Strong Srt 46** STB, try downloading and loading this software on your receiver through RS-232 cable and see if it can solve your problem. I've not tried it, but I guess it might be of help to people who have the problem. you would have to register to be able to download the file. The URL is http://www.sat-television.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=45551&d=1194781554

Anyone who tries can always post a feedback to let us know what happened.

@Maddoxoj>> This your signature na wao. Well, whoever speaks a language should be the one to interprete it because communication is never completed until its receiver(s) is(are) able to decode it. Please, can you explain better?

@enigma, badaru1, adewest, and all the gurus on KEYS> i got a key for a channel on w6 and imputing it into my 4653x stb the channel opened but only audio came up no video. PLEASE HELP

@sammu,

That key is for audio only.Take a close look at it and  it was stated clearly the key is for audio only.

Pitodenz

I'm still waiting for your response on the tp and sr for the crtv on eurobird.Thanks

@Pitodenz
i tracked W6 in Lagos not PH

@Captainus
Thanks for pointing that out.PLEASE do you have the KEY that works for the VIDEO? If yes, kindly send to my mail sam2001ng@yahoo.com as keys are not allowed on the forum

@ekonibaje
I want to say thank you for the call

Sammu is ok.   @ capitanus - 12600v/3255

  pls can someone tell me @tox,adewest,olofofo, where exactly the position of sirius 4, is its position on the same side with that of eutelsatw3a.Olofofo thanks very much on your replied over my last post.

@xwallace,
Sirius 4 is next to eutelsat w3a. While sirius 4 is at 4.8E,
w3a is at 7E. And yes they are on the same side.

@toxnaija,
The installation is quite simple. Just unzip the software into another folder, open the exe file and go through the process. When you have finished installing it, copy the licensed version from the folder named 'crack'. Then go to your program files. Navigate to the 'mixesoft' folder and replace the original exe file with the one you copied from the crack folder. After that close and enjoy!

It is a very good observation. But I wonder how many receivers have got the USALS facility.

@ George D - is not a matter of having the software inside but whether it has the hardware, i dont think  there's any provision for the positioner inside our usual strong receiver. But i use to see it in analog satellite receivers.

ou rece
Let me see how I can break this down, , OK! The DiseqC 1 switch you use to connect multiple dishes to one receiver is the progenitor of the USALS positioner. Eutelsat developed the DiseqC 1.2 as an improvement to the DiseqC 1 by enabling a software in your receiver to move one dish to different orbital positions rather than just switch ports between different dishes. However, you will need to tweak and manually position each positon and then save them for the DiseqC motor to remember. After that, when you select each sat position the dish would automatically move to that position. However, some smart bobos like Adewest improved on the technology by upgrading it to a Universal Satellite Auto Location System (USALS). The USALS just requires you to manually track the dish to any giVen satellite, then you enter the orbital co-ordinates of the satellite, next you enter the co-ordinates of your location or city (there are provisions for doing this on any USALS enabled receiver). When that is done the USALS motor would automatically locate any other satellite for you. You don't need to manually configure or key-in their positions. The USALS motor would do all the math for you (and the hard part of nailing the bird). Some USALS motors can go H-H (Horizon to Horizon - East to West) or 90 degrees maximum angle. The sweet thing about it is that you only need the coaxial cable that goes into your Antenna In port at the back of your receiver to connect to a USALS positioner. The cable first goes into the motor-base and from there to the Lnbf, chikena! Almost all modern receivers are USALS capable (including Strong and the other easily available receivers).

That was the good news. Now the not-so-good news. USALS positioners don't come cheap. You can Google their prices. And it gets worse. USALS motors cannot drive any dish larger than 1.2 m!!!! So you're stuck to using only KU band dishes on them, no C Band as they require at least 1.5m and larger dishes. When you check the price and the limits of KU reception in these parts you'll concur with me that it's not worth it. That's why it's not hot in this parts but makes a good buy in Europe. Let's keep our fingers crossed to see if some smart Alec can develop a USALS system fro Larger dishes. I hope thus was of some heip.

@ Mr. Gem
You want translation, nde?  If you know how much money (and hard work) I put into learning Latin you would down like say dem pour you ice water. Anyway, I fit still teach you. Just arrange one Echolink receiver and Abracadabra card as you tuition fee and bring them down to me in Abuja then I might consider teaching you. Well, one interesting thing about the phrase is that it is a palindrome. Simply put it reads the same when you arrange it backwards, in a circle or square form check this:

ROTAS
OPERA
TENET
AREPO
SATOR

  lol.

Can I use the Hitv branded decoder for FTA?

@All,
You may learn more about USALS motors and Installation here:_http://www.usals.info/inglese/home.htm_.