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Re: KVH TracVision QPSK to 8PSK Dish Network (How to re-program)
Worth is subjective. For some it may be worth: Not having to pull out a separate antenna having a second backup antenna having an antenna that works in motion (if equipped) having the ability to watch separate programming on two different satellites (if pairing with another antenna) Ect I know up until the beginning of the year, plenty of people were using their KVH as their primary antenna, this can bring some additional life back. If HD is your "worth" this won't help.332Views0likes0CommentsRe: KVH TracVision QPSK to 8PSK Dish Network (How to re-program)
Dish network changed all of its Left-Hand (LHCP) tracking transponders from QPSK to 8PSK (There are still some active Right-Hand tracking transponders using QPSK), KVH uses both Left Hand (LHCP) and Right Hand (RHCP)to find and lock onto a satellite. This is where the programming I have above gets interesting. KVH TracVision R4, L3, S3, L2, and S2 can find and track both Dish Network and DirectTV satellites. DirecTV has satellites in the same orbital location as Dish Network with Left-Hand Tracking transponders with QPSK encoding. Essentially, I am telling the KVH antenna to find and lock onto a DirectTV satellite, however the Dish Network receiver is picking up the signal from the Dish Network Satellite in the same orbit. For the 110 Satellite I am using: LHCP (QPSK) - DirecTV RHCP (QPSK) - Dish Network For the 119 Satellite I am using: LHCP (QPSK) - DirecTV RHCP (QPSK) - DirecTV It's a work around but for many, it means they could get their investment up an running again, that is until DirecTV upgrades their encoding!329Views0likes0CommentsRe: KVH TracVision QPSK to 8PSK Dish Network (How to re-program)
Dish Network uses 3 different satellites (110, 119, & 129) for all of their channels (if on Western Arc). If you are only connecting to 119, you are only getting a portion of the channels you subscribe to. Programming your KVH dish antenna to 110 and 119 will include more of the channels in your programming package but not all of them. You may not receive the entire lineup in your package because the manual programming above does not give you a connection to the 129 satellite. (I found the 129 satellite has the majority of the HD programming, the same station is often on 119 satellite in SD). My older KVH Tracvision R5 does not have the ability to lock onto 129 because it uses QPSK to find and lock onto the signal, the 129 satellite uses 8PSK encoding. (8PSK is more efficient and can get more programming into the bandwidth available). Here are a list of channels on the 110 satellite: http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/Dish-USA-110W.html Hope this makes sense!330Views0likes0CommentsKVH TracVision QPSK to 8PSK Dish Network (How to re-program)
I finally figured it out, (For now!) I have an in Motion KVH TracVision R5 that stopped working at the beginning of the year because Dish Network upgraded their Left-hand (LHCP) transponder from QPSK to 8PSK encoding. I know there was a fix that gave the ability to lock onto 119 but that stopped as well. After some trial and error, I have been able to lock onto Dish Network 110 & 119 satellite. (I'm actually locking onto DirecTV for LHCP at 110 degree and both LHCP and RHCP at 119 degree). You will need to manually program the board, below are the details you need to enter to setup Dish 500 with automatic satellite switching. Again I have the R5, but I believe this will work with the KVH TracVision R4, L3, S3, L2, and S2. 1. HALT 2. DEBUGON 3. SATINSTALL,ECHO_119,ECHO_110 4. ZAP 5. @DEBUGON 6. @SATCONFIG,A,53,12676,20000,67,0x0003,L,U,2 7. @SATCONFIG,A,53,12661,20000,67,0x0003,R,U,2 8. @SAVE,A 9. zap 10. halt (after switch test) 11. @debugon 12. @SATCONFIG,B,52,12603,20000,56,0x1006,R,U,3 13. @SATCONFIG,B,52,12618,20000,67,0x1006,L,U,2 14. @SAVE,B 15. ZAP Enjoy!2.6KViews0likes9CommentsKVH TracVision QPSK to 8PSK Dish Network (How to re-program)
I finally figured it out, (For now!) I have an in Motion KVH TracVision R5 that stopped working at the beginning of the year because Dish Network upgraded their Left-hand (LHCP) transponder from QPSK to 8PSK encoding. I know there was a fix that gave the ability to lock onto 119 but that stopped as well. After some trial and error, I have been able to lock onto Dish Network 110 & 119 satellite. (I'm actually locking onto DirecTV for LHCP at 110 degree and both LHCP and RHCP at 119 degree). You will need to manually program the board, below are the details you need to enter to setup Dish 500 with automatic satellite switching. Again I have the R5, but I believe this will work with the KVH TracVision R4, L3, S3, L2, and S2. 1. HALT 2. DEBUGON 3. SATINSTALL,ECHO_119,ECHO_110 4. ZAP 5. @DEBUGON 6. @SATCONFIG,A,53,12676,20000,67,0x0003,L,U,2 7. @SATCONFIG,A,53,12661,20000,67,0x0003,R,U,2 8. @SAVE,A 9. zap 10. halt (after switch test) 11. @debugon 12. @SATCONFIG,B,52,12603,20000,56,0x1006,R,U,3 13. @SATCONFIG,B,52,12618,20000,67,0x1006,L,U,2 14. @SAVE,B 15. ZAP Enjoy!996Views0likes1Comment
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