Some sat boxes work out the FEC figures from the data coming into them for themselves, my old strong 4800II is one of them. If it's not an option then don't worry about it yet, I find mine shows the FEC value during tuning, and the information is useful to be sure your locked onto the right satellite.
That transponder they reccomend is whats referred to as a "home" transponder as it will carry information on the others that some boxes can use to set everything up including other transponders.
That would be explained on the manufacturers website, mine requires the sofware to be loaded onto my PC then a special lead is used for programming the box. It is a readily available lead although I just made my own.Does the decoder need an update/upgrade? How do I do that?
You may not have the right satellite yet, 2 to 3 degrees is a suprisingly small shift on most dishes, there are some free to air channels on IS8 (the new name for pas8) and they can be tuned in if your on the right sat before you "tune" the Select channels and activate the cards, There is a list and if memory serves me Syria TV was the one I could get easiest.
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