This menu enables you to tune to a particular satellite and also to modify various associ-
ated settings. There is also a utility facilitating the calculations necessary to position your
dish for a specific satellite given your own latitude and longitude.
6.1 Dish Installation
Within the
“Dish Setting”
menu there are 6 functions available as listed below;
a. TP (Transponder)
b. Edit Satellite
c. Search Satellite
d. Add Satellite
e. Delete Satellite
f. All (Not used in TP Menu)
Press
“Menu”
then use the
t
key to select
“Dish Setting”
and then press
“OK”
. This will take you into the
“Dish Setting”
screen
from where all of the above functions can be accessed.
6.1.1 TP (Transponder)
Using the
s
/
t
keys select the Satellite whose
Transponders you wish to access, then press
“1”
(TP). Under this menu you can carry out a
“Search”
of a specific transponder,
“Add”
or
“Delete”
a
transponder or finally select
“All”
.
6.1.1.1 TP Search
This feature enables you to search an existing Transponder for new programmes that
may have been added or to search a new Transponder that you have added. To carry
out a search of an existing or new Transponder first select the relevant Transponder and
then press
“3”
(Search), you then need to set the
“Scan Mode”
using the keys
and then scroll down to
“Start Search”
and press
“OK”
to confirm. When the search
has been completed , if new Programmes have been found you will be prompted to save
them, select
“OK”
and press
“OK”
to confirm. If no new Programmes are found then the
message
“
No new programmes found
”
will be displayed.
6.1.1.2 Add a TP
Using this function you can
“Add”
a Transponder to the Satellite you have selected. To
do this you need to know the Frequency, Symbol Rate and Polarity of the Transponder
you wish to add. Press
“4”
(Add) then pressing
“OK”
use the numeric keys to fill in the
“Frequency”
of the new Transponder. Press
“OK”
to confirm and then use
t
key to se-
lect
“Symbol Rate”
and repeat the process as for
“Frequency”
. Press
“OK”
to confirm
and then use
t
key to select
“Polarisation”
using the keys to make your selection.
Finally, confirm your changes by selecting and pressing
“OK”
. You can then search your
new transponder as detailed above in TP search.
t
t
/
t
t
/
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