[mythtvnz] DVB-S Radio

Drew mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:13:50 +1200


AlanP wrote:
> At 05:57 p.m. 24/09/2006, you wrote:
>> Yea not much off C1 but lot's off B3... still tyding up the channel 
>> listing
>> takes time with this many channels.
> 
> How long does it take? With B1 on, say, 12671 it only takes a second for 
> stuff to start listing while B3 (same LNB and dish as for B1) nothing 
> happens after 5 seconds or more. Can standard Sky satellite dishes pick 
> up 156 and 152 stuff as well as 160E? Do the B3 and C1 channels carry 
> EIT info on their shows?

To get other sats you either need to move the dish (motor), have extra 
dishes, or mount extra lnb's (the bit the points back at the dish) onto 
your existing dishes (This works ok but there is some signal loss so 
rain fade can be a problem).

HTH,

:D