blwiii
11-27-04, 06:11 PM
I would greatly appreciate any information anyone can give me. I am trying to install and configure a Philips dsr704 to receive from the 72.5 satellite. I purchased and installed a zinwell 6x8 and attached the following: a dual lnb round dish to the first two ports, nothing to the second two, one lnb from a dual lnb round dish to the first flexport and nothing on the second flexport. I have the Philips and two older sony's connected to the first 4 outputs (two for the philips).
I activated and confirmed activation of my locals. Using a meter I found a satellite at roughly 173, 50 and find tuned although I could never get it as strong as the 101 satellite. The I ran autoconfigure on the philips but it only finds the 101 on both inputs. I have rebooted, rerun the autoconfig, etc., etc. until I am about to pull my hair out. I have confirmed that the philips has the "e" software and it has been active and pointed at the bird for 24 plus hours.
The last two time I ran autoconfig, the philips identified the zinwell as a "4 port" versus "diseqc" it had been saying previously. Nothing has changed in my setup to my knowledge. I have tried manual config selecting both round and oval, 2 satellite. Reboots, unplug reboots, NOTHING seems to work. The only thing I haven't tried is the "delete everything option" - I don't want to lose my recordings. Is it possible I have the wrong satellite? The is NO WAY I have 101, 110 or 119 and I can't see how I could possibly have 95. It is a very basic meter I used and I had to directly connect it to the lnb and one of my boxes (I'm not sure which one) bypassing the zinwell to make it work although it would squeel off and on when I autoconfiged with it in-line.
Anyone have any ideas??????? Thanks in advance, Bryan
I activated and confirmed activation of my locals. Using a meter I found a satellite at roughly 173, 50 and find tuned although I could never get it as strong as the 101 satellite. The I ran autoconfigure on the philips but it only finds the 101 on both inputs. I have rebooted, rerun the autoconfig, etc., etc. until I am about to pull my hair out. I have confirmed that the philips has the "e" software and it has been active and pointed at the bird for 24 plus hours.
The last two time I ran autoconfig, the philips identified the zinwell as a "4 port" versus "diseqc" it had been saying previously. Nothing has changed in my setup to my knowledge. I have tried manual config selecting both round and oval, 2 satellite. Reboots, unplug reboots, NOTHING seems to work. The only thing I haven't tried is the "delete everything option" - I don't want to lose my recordings. Is it possible I have the wrong satellite? The is NO WAY I have 101, 110 or 119 and I can't see how I could possibly have 95. It is a very basic meter I used and I had to directly connect it to the lnb and one of my boxes (I'm not sure which one) bypassing the zinwell to make it work although it would squeel off and on when I autoconfiged with it in-line.
Anyone have any ideas??????? Thanks in advance, Bryan