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ChannelMaster · 2012-04-06, 01:36 PM

Hi. A senior neighbour of mine lost his Pansat receiver in January 2011 at which point I had offered to replace it with a goood old SV4000 I had lying around. After conducting a full satellite scan on my IRD connected to his dish and had FTA channel lists sorted out, he turned it down simply because I couldn't add enough channels in the favorites list...

Looks like now he's changing his mind and so I'm wondering if reconnecting to his dish, if the SV4000 would still decode or has everything moved to DVB-S2. Checkling Lyngmark doesn't help as I tend to take everything there with a grain of salt.

Basically, is stuff still in the clear for legacy receivers on the 97 satellite. And is it worth it to update TPs??? Thanks, CM.

cyberham · 2012-04-06, 04:42 PM

There is still lots of DVB-S, especially on 97W. Yes, you should rescan each sat since things change fairly quickly these days. Check www.channels.drsat.ca to see what's out there now.

ChannelMaster · 2012-04-06, 04:49 PM

What a clean and intuitive search engine this is. Thank you Cyberham. All his channels are still DVB-S. Thanks a buch. I'm adding this page to my favortes !!!

2012-04-06, 01:36 PM	#1
ChannelMaster Join Date: May 2011 Location: Longueuil Posts: 442	Modulation on 97 Hi. A senior neighbour of mine lost his Pansat receiver in January 2011 at which point I had offered to replace it with a goood old SV4000 I had lying around. After conducting a full satellite scan on my IRD connected to his dish and had FTA channel lists sorted out, he turned it down simply because I couldn't add enough channels in the favorites list... Looks like now he's changing his mind and so I'm wondering if reconnecting to his dish, if the SV4000 would still decode or has everything moved to DVB-S2. Checkling Lyngmark doesn't help as I tend to take everything there with a grain of salt. Basically, is stuff still in the clear for legacy receivers on the 97 satellite. And is it worth it to update TPs??? Thanks, CM. __________________ Going digital with a pair of CM4228a pointing due south fed into a Winegard SD-3700 antenna coupler @220 ft

2012-04-06, 04:42 PM	#2
cyberham Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 468	There is still lots of DVB-S, especially on 97W. Yes, you should rescan each sat since things change fairly quickly these days. Check www.channels.drsat.ca to see what's out there now. __________________ GEOSATpro microHD, 40"x44" Ku dish w/Multistar .3dB universal LNB, SG-2100 H-H motor, 8' mini-tower

2012-04-06, 04:49 PM	#3
ChannelMaster Join Date: May 2011 Location: Longueuil Posts: 442	What a clean and intuitive search engine this is. Thank you Cyberham. All his channels are still DVB-S. Thanks a buch. I'm adding this page to my favortes !!! __________________ Going digital with a pair of CM4228a pointing due south fed into a Winegard SD-3700 antenna coupler @220 ft

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