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enitan2002:
There's a time I've had problems with some fellas in here guys like bodejohn(TV Malawi stuff),

@ Enitan2002
You see what it feels like to be accused wrongly.

I did not leave the forum, i just took time off to do some solo research on my own since we have been engulfed in controversies and power tussles than solving each other's problems and answering questions. i visit this forum like 3 to 4 times daily and i can tell you that the quality of intellectual ideas passed is been watered down by the controversies.

@
Can someone confirm for me the frequencies of MBC 1& 3 on W3
I have not been able to track it after setting up the W3 dish.

i suggest we stop calling each other gurus, maybe some other names like , comrades maybe better  

@ all

RDV on Nss 7 has been having some low quality ( 35 - 43%) with my 60cm dish.
I hope it will improve as weather conditions improve.

There ia also a new music channel on Pas 7/10.
It is on the same transponder with the footschool.
It is called NG Music. I think it belongs to Mytvafrica.

We can atleast enjoy it while it is still free.

What matches will be up on RDV this weekend?

Cheers

bodejohn:
@ all

i tried my might out on Nilesat with a 2.4m mesh dish.
The bird showed me that kaki no be leather.

2.4m mesh was my choice because of space contraints
and the fact that my supplier assured me i could pick the nauhgty bird on it.

i tried the dish on some other birds like Pas7/10, W4 and Nss 7.
I was suprised as i could not track W3 (7W) which i had ealier on a 90cm dish.

I am using strong's c+ku combined lnbf with the dish.

My questions are:

1) Has anybody in the south west (probably Lagos or Ibadan)
been able to track the bird with a 2.4m mesh.

I am asking this question again because there has been no clear answers on the thread.

2) Am i doing something wrong on the elevation since i couldn't track W3 on the east?

3) If Nilesat is elusive to a 2.4m dish what are my other options. i plan to motorize the dish.

I am in Ibadan.

Thanks

I decided to take a break from the forum to google out solutions
Since i did not receive convincing answers or suggestion.
Hope to give you details when i get it hooked up.

@ all

I think Dstv is up to some hidden agenda.
Twelve free channels of W4 and many more on pas 7?
When did they suddenly become father xmas afterall they are not vanzekin.

@ enitan2002

Since what you were doing before the receiver went off was just a software upgrade.
I suggest you leave the hardware and concentrate on the software.
There is just one more thing i think you can do.
Get another receiver of the same brand and do receiver to receiver transfer.
I have tried it before with the same cable that you used with your computer.

@ dvbguy

How are you, quite sometime.
I will look for a way of trying the new software.
Thanks once again.

@ Gangsta101

It is to some extent difficult to get the progdvb to work.

You will need a computer with Processor speed greater than 1.5Gb
Ram greater than 256Mb to be able to enjoy a relatively smooth operation.

I will advice you to go through the list of compartible cards with progdvb before you order.
You will also be on a safer side to go for a desktop setup.

I think the tuner of the dvb cards are less sentitive to the receivers.
You will most likely notice that the signal quality are always lower on the dvb cards.

You will be able to ask more specific questions when you have your own setup.

Thanks for joining the discussion as this place is becoming too queit.

@ all

i tried my might out on Nilesat with a 2.4m mesh dish.
The bird showed me that kaki no be leather.

2.4m mesh was my choice because of space contraints
and the fact that my supplier assured me i could pick the nauhgty bird on it.

i tried the dish on some other birds like Pas7/10, W4 and Nss 7.
I was suprised as i could not track W3 (7W) which i had ealier on a 90cm dish with the new dish.

I am using strong's c+ku combined lnbf with the dish.

My questions are:

1) Has anybody in the south west (probably Lagos or Ibadan)
been able to track the bird with a 2.4m mesh.

I am asking this question again because there has been no clear answers on the thread.

2) Am i doing something wrong on the elevation since i couldn't track W3 on the east?

3) If Nilesat is elusive to a 2.4m dish what are my other options. i plan to motorize the dish.

I am in Ibadan.

Thanks

@ dvbguy

I do not know what i am doing wrongly.
I have also set the minimum of the files to 1kb.
I have not at anytime seen the progress window that you attached with your post.
I am installing a bigger dish in my house now, i will try it when i have the dish motorized.

Thanks.

@ all

Hello friends,
I am happy to see the great work going on here.
I had to take a little break to explore the offline downloading stuff.

@ pitodenz
I doubt if you will be able to get the dvb card here in Nigeria.
I had to link a friend who got mine from cairo, Egypt for like 12k.

enitan2002:
CAN WE REALLY SAY WE ARE ALL BUNCH OF INGRATE IN THE FTA WORLD?

How many of our local stations can u all view on your 90cm dish but still yet you view stations from across various countries who ask you not to pay a dime, at least with this let all still show apppreciation and be contented with what we can watch presently and if later on more stations are added which am very sure of then we all be smiling but before then let all be contented with what we can see.

I quite agree with enitan2002 and Enigma on this.
I am going to be enjoying my free channels in August as i have a lot on my hands and not even a dime can drop into the pockets of dstv. I thought AfMag was da bumb until i saw a beautiful nollywood movie on DBN (Pas7/10) Same for Stv 1 or 2 (Nss 7). Both channels feature beautiful nollywood movies in the evening.
We need to appreciate our collective knowledge in fta and enjoy the channels we have.

@dvbguy

You have been of immense help.

I am using two computers to try out the offline downloading.
My laptop is 1.5Gb celeron with 512Mb ram.
The desktop is 3.0Gb P4 and 512Mb ram.

I discovered that the + and - signs work only on the desktop.
I have to use the shift option with the laptop since it has no num pad.
The skynet programme does not recognise the shift botton (i think).

I do not have any plugins installed as i want to get the downloading first.

I have however been a little lucky with file graber as i did got some downloads.
But they were only web pages and pictures.

I will try the files you have sent me and will surely give you any update.
Thanks


I have tried out the files, i am unlucky as the skynet program runs quite well but i have no downloads.
File (last item on the top right corner of the skynet page) still shows zero.

@dvbguy

Thanks again.
I discovered that i do not have higher than 2000 in the pids i scanned.
I will try to increase the search range in pid data scanner options.
When i tried out the settings you gave for the skynet, i got the following results:
IN increased from some few kb to several hundreds of Mb.
The discontinuity & tcp threads also increased into thousands but
The file was at 0
The + and - did not show any control over the skynet.
I also did not find any file in the places were the files are suppose to be stored.
I was however lucky with filegraber as i was able to download some pictures and internet explorer files.

@dvbguy

Thanks a lot.
My first mistake is that i am using 12520 V 27500.
This is because my progdvb is not seeing any signal from 12500 H 27500.
But i can see some 5 data channels on the 12520 V 27500 transponder.
And i also get some pids on it when i scan with a pid scanner.
Please you can check it.
I will have to reset my dish for 12520 H 27500 although i had about 55% quality on the decoder (strong 4653x) i used.

dvbguy:
@bodejohn

# PlanetSky
tuner=11044000 H 39999000 A

- these line indicates the frequency, SR and FEC of the data TP so change them to their correct values in this case it will be 'tuner=12520000 H 39999000 A


pids=8192

- this is the vital part of the whole setup. PIDS = data traffic  . 8192 is a universal PID - so I've read , but it doesn't work for me. u can use these PIDS on the above transponder "pids=8190,4067,4111,4151"
they are a lot. I will check my file and post the rest later.

Now save the skynet.ini file and close it.

You wrote 12520000 H 39999000 A as entry for the skynet.
Is that the transponder frequency and symbol rate for the 12520 H?
The symbol rate of 12520 H is not 39999000 but 27500000.
Please confirm this.

Finally do you use a pid scanner? If not how do you get the pids?
Since we are linked to the same transponder, please send me the pid list.

You have been of tremendeous help.
Thanks and keep it up.

@dvbguy

Please i have these questions.
1) The transponder you use on W3A, is it H or V
2) Progdvb keeps crashing when i try it out with
W3A but works well with other satellites
Do you have any clues?
3) Kindly send me a user manual on skynet.

Thanks for all your help.

@dvbguy

Thanks man,
I finally got my dvb-s box to work with progdvb.
I had to link some folks in Tunisia.
I will gist you after i have my first downloads.
Thanks again

@dvbguy

Thanks for the reply.
My dvb-s box is called prosat made by promate.
The website of the of promate is www.promate.net
Windows xp identified the box as dm20s.
I have searched through google and i can see that progdvb is having issues with the dm20s cards
Any help you can render will be most welcomed.
Thanks

@dvbguy

Do you use the usb dvb-s box that was posted above?
Is it also compartible with progdvb?
Please if the above answers are yes,
kindly send me the whole software that came with the box.

My email is bodejohn2005@yahoo.com

Gangsta101:
hi people,

what a crazy world this is, i decided i needed a dvb card at all costs, and so i hit the phones calling everyone who owns a computer that i knew or anyone who could help me get a product into the country. well, one of my guys told me he had one so i went over to KD, and indeed it was the fabled dvb card with remote sensor and all, only problem was it was the desktop type, i thought it would be easy to get an adapter to convert the pci output to the pcmcia or usb output, i asked around again but everyone is assuring me i can't get that done. so now i have what i want but can't get it to work for me, so do i have to buy a desktop or does anyone have a way out>

@ Gangsta101

Pls can you link me up with your guy in KD who has the card.
As i am also interested in laying my hands on the it.
I am in ib. My email address is bodejohn200five@yahoo.com
You can also call or text me on 080six218four76four.
Thanks.

@ W3A users

Catch all the semifinals of Euro2008 LIVE on TV Malagasy.
The matches have been beamed live all these while on the channel.

Cheers

@biggjoe

What a great pleasure to see the brain behind this thread come back to life.
You sure did induct many fta lovers.
If you do not mind i will like to call you baba fta if you will not one day become baba a, dibu

@benzion72

When i joined this thread i gained alot without asking any question because i read through the whole
of the responses. There are more detailed explanation and pictures from responses of fellow
nairalanders on this forum than any other site/forum on the internet. These detailed responses you might
not get again if you ask the same questions. Your best bet is to read the thread, you have your questions,
it's easier to find the answer in the thread.

@justx24
i will advise you to install W4.
You will get the nollywood channel of trend tv and some other good channels.
I will advise against buying the decoder because it will be useless when trend tv
decide to encrypt the channels. Nobody is however sure of when the channels
will be encrypted.

I used a 90cm dish for the W3 installation. I am not planning to go for any other dish.

Is anybody still watching Stv 1&2?

cheers

Friends,
I decided to join the league of fellow nairalanders on W3.
I expected it to be a piece of cake as the guide and
information about the bird available on this forum is wonderful.

I tried to track with a 60cm dish but was unsucessful, this might
be possible but surely a lot of patience will be needed.

I eventually used a 90cm dish.
What i did differently was that i carried the dish in my hands and
i was moving it slowly around the direction that i know the signal
might be. i was done in less than 5 minutes. This gave me
free space to try out all available angles that the wall hanger might
have prevented. This is actually the way installers do it.

I got one blow of hammer on left thumb too.

With four dishes (W4,W3,Pas 10, Nss7) installed in my house now,
i am looking for any other person that is as crazy as i am.

@Nss 7 users
I just discovered that Gtv and Stv 1 &2 are no longer showing.
Pls i need someone to confirm this before i dismattle my dish again.

@ mide 2008
Pls confirm that i can try the nutty W3 bird with a 60cm dish.
I will eagerly await your reply.

azeezbaba:
Thank you once again Enigma, Enitan & Pitondenz for all your contributions on this thread.

@ Bodejohn

I have recently ugraded my receiver with a patch i got from this thread and i don't know if the one u have is the same. Please, i would like u to give me a link through my email adejumoabdulazeez@gmail.com

@ Enitan

Could u please email the softcame for ART showtime and Aljazeera to me on adejumoabdulazeez@gmail.com. I'd really appreciate it.
Thank u in anticipation.

Patches are receiver specific. By that i mean that a strong receiver patch might not work with a skysat receiver, or any other receiver. You need to tell me your receiver type.
You also need to be careful the type of patches you install on your receivers, you could cause irrepairable damages to your receiver.
Download your patches from trusted sites and people.

Dear all,
Is it possible to track the nutty W3 with a 60cm dish?
Your resposes are eagerly awaited.

I was supposed to have shared this a long time ago
Guess i have been lazy of late or i had more on my hands.

A nice guy on this forum suggested that we need to
open our researches and discussions to other parts
of fta like equipment and software.

I joined this forum some months back becaucse i was
searching for how to patch my skysat 901 receiver.
Although there was no response to my post then,
I have gotten the answer to my search.

I want to say that apart from branded receivers like
Dstv, Fstv etc, other receivers can be patched to
receive some scrambled channels. Eg ETV with Nagravision.

It requires 3 things namely:

Loader: This is a software that will be needed by the
computer to communicate with your receiver. This software
is receiver specific, i,e the one for strong will be different
from the one for technosat.

Computer with RS232 port: Not all computers have this port.
Look at the back of the cpu beside the monitor port, it has 9 pins.
You will also need an RS232 cable for physical connection between the
computer and the receiver.

Patched software: this is what is going to do the magic.
You can get patched softwares for any receiver if you search well.

The search for these things might not be easy but it pays in the end.
I want to also encourage fellow nairalanders to join more forums
where fta discussions are. This will give us the oppurtunity to learn
more and to discover more.

I am seeing great job done by people who post the pictures of their
W3 dishes here. I am waiting for the free2view to launch their stations
before i give it a try. At least that could be a very good excuse to put up
a fourth dish.

If you have any receiver that you want to patch, HOLLA me!!!

Live premiership match on stv 2 @ Nss 7
Arsenal Vs Derby
7.45pm
Monday 28th April, 2008

mecussey:
Guys, My Strong 4652 can not open DSTV card, any patch?

No luck with strong 4652 and dstv card.
Go for the 4653x.

@ all
My generator fried a dstv decoder as i was trying to install it.
I will need to replace the power pack.
Can anyone tell me where i can get this?
Cheers

[quote author=d-searcher link=topic=7715.msg2113061#msg2113061 date=1207080283]@ bode john
hi man, i reside in the Ibadan area and will love to get in touch with u, im planning soon on installing my FTA.
i will appreciate if you can e mail me on gaina77@g mail.com
Thanks Man[/quote]@ d-searcher
I live at Ajeigbe, challenge. You can give me a call on 08062184764 or bodejohn2005@yahoo.com

@ pitodenz
It will continue to amuse our critics that we used a 90cm dish to track Tv Malawi in Nigeria.
Keep up the good job man.
For others i will say keeping an open mind is a sure way to achieving the impossibles.

badaru1:
This is good news for those who have internet system in their homes.Do u know that you can watch all the stations on nss 7 22 degee west,nilesat i.e Art and showtime,arabsat i.e orbit,and dstv on pass 10 for free. All u need is internet connection and a certain receiver. For furher details call me on 08066061677

If this is possible with a slow internet connection,
It may be card sharing through internet.
There is a way where by people who paid subscription can "sublet" to others through the internet.
Dth companies used this to allow people who live in countries where they have no agents to pay for their services.
It is just like two or more receivers connected through internet using one card.
Get more info from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_sharing.

I think Hitv need to be carefull and clearly define their business strategy.
Was it established only to compete or rival Dstv?
What will happen to them if for whatever reason there is no more Dstv?
Who or what will be the standard they want to meet
I have not seen opposition parties/companies last a mile.
A clearly and carefully defined policy and strategy vis a vis superior channel selection & pakaging
will make then better than any dstvs of this world.

pitodenz:
i downloaded the latest strong software from strong website and to my amazement all the software there cannot access 6969 or 8282 but the software is more current than the one we re using plzz anybody who has any idea where i can download latest strong software which can also access 6969 should plz help.
@ enitan
i think i will try w3a only if i reach house on time today.w3a can be get with dish less than 90cm most strong dish in market re 80cm even the one deeper life people re using.though it very easy when use 1.8m because it in the same alignment with other satellite group when we motorize.

@ pitodenz
It is your lucky day if you are using strong srt4653x.
Go to http://wizkid.persiangig.com
Click on Patch for Africa
You will see this link SRT4651X_4654X_MyTV_144p_20080221.zip
It is a 1.1Mb file.
Put it in a flash drive and connect it to your receiver.
Go to the Menu and then USB follow the screen instructions.
I have tried it before so nothing to worry about but make sure power is not switched off when you update.
This is guaranteed to work only if you are using srt 4653x
To everyone trying to upgrade strong receivers do not install downloaded softwares from the strong's website.

@ all,
Does anyone have a dstv smartcard to sell,
It could be new or used.
i am intrested.
My direct line is 08062184764

Enigma:
@bodejohn

You are correct that Ku band LNB will work on dishes that are supposed to be "C Band". In fact a dish is not either C band or Ku band. A dish is just a dish and should work with C or Ku Band LNBs.

However, generally C band satellite/frequencies require larger dishes --- thus our 90cm dishes are usually no good for C band satellite/frequencies. I think C band dishes start from about 1.8 (maybe 1.2?) dishes.

Maybe more interesting for you though is that there are now LNBs that can do both C and Ku band i.e. combined C/Ku (dual) band LNBs, see examples in links below:

http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Order/LNBFS/C-Band-LNBF.htm

http://www.cyberestore.com/bsc6212-lnbf-both-bands-p-233.html

Thanks for your quick reply,
I am quite sure you know that one of the reasons why the dishes used for C band channels are large is because some of the signals are blocked by the lnb and its holders as the case is in prime focus dishes. If the losses are eliminated or reduced i think a smaller offset dish which has no lnb and holder blocking its signals might do the job for some satellites with strong footprints over Nigeria.

I will be visiting my dealer quite soon to see if i can get the c/ku band lnb.
Has anyone seen this c/ku band lnb in nigeria?

Enjoy!!!

Enigma et al,
I  have seen C band dishes work Ku band lnbs for Ku band channels.
Is it in anyway possible to have C band lnbs installed on Ku band dish (eg. the popular 90cm)
for c band channels. As anyone tried something like this before?
Looking forward to your great replies.