Austar Setup

[beer4life]

This post should be helpful in this thread.

[LeroyPatrol]

Why? Does the OP have a Mystar? He's already worked out how to get into the menu of the box he has.

Leroy

[deags]

Thanks for your patience everyone.

does the degrees skewed change the signal? If 72 is pretty good then should the austar still be "searching"?

Or does austar not activate newer boxes on the 11300 range?

Also is there any loss of channels on aurora by going to 10700 lnb?

At present it would appear from previous replies that only the aurora or austar can be on at a time.

Is it possible the current lnb only does vertical? that's what it looks like.

Why is there only one box that works with VaST (read on the internet)? Almost feels a bit unfair. Or can many do it and only some are certified?

So it looks like the Government is using the peoples(sucks to be the people) money to install vast. So it's only $200 out of the pocket for the user. They won't turn up to the house to install it and disconnect the austar and say "done" will they?

edit:

i forgot the point of this reply. I can't find the pin for the aurora box to change from 1130 to 10700 (writing instructions for my father if the new part does not arrive in time).

BTW it's still raining. (on a side note just downloaded AVG installer which downloaded 130meg of the 4Gb internet plan (last day today) the installer then crashed files cannot be found so time to try avast :/. What a piece of shit).

Found it:

[LeroyPatrol]

I'm not sure about that LNB. Maybe someone can tell from the pic but you migh need to get the model details.

What model Aurora receiver do you have?

Leroy

[deags]

What model Aurora receiver do you have?

I can't really find a model number. UEC one. here is a pic of it

[beer4life]

Thanks for your patience everyone.

does the degrees skewed change the signal?

Yes.

If 72 is pretty good then should the austar still be "searching"?

Only Good if quality and a LOCK, (Green)

Or does austar not activate newer boxes on the 11300 range?

All the channels on C1/D3 can only be received with a 10700 or universal LNB.

Also is there any loss of channels on aurora by going to 10700 lnb?

No

At present it would appear from previous replies that only the aurora or austar can be on at a time.

That is incorrect. Austar will more than likely send you a dual 10700 LNB.
but if you have a dual tuner Austar Box, you really need a quad LNB.

Is it possible the current lnb only does vertical? that's what it looks like.

That looks more like a C band prime focus dish and completely immaterial to the current discussion

Why is there only one box that works with VaST (read on the internet)? Almost feels a bit unfair. Or can many do it and only some are certified?

Perhaps when some of the Gurus get to work, that will change.

So it looks like the Government is using the peoples(sucks to be the people) money to install vast. So it's only $200 out of the pocket for the user. They won't turn up to the house to install it and disconnect the austar and say "done" will they?

NO, your Austar and/or Aurora installation are none of their business.

Seems that you have been completely confused.
Kindest Regards, " The Druid ".

[beer4life]

I can't really find a model number. UEC one. here is a pic of it

It should have that information on a plate at the rear of the box.

[Onefella]

All the channels on C1/D3 can only be received with a 10700 or universal LNB.

What are you on about? Plenty of channels are available with an 11300 lnb. In fact, most of the channels are available except FBO, the +2 channels and a few of the newer channels.

That looks more like a C band prime focus dish and completely immaterial to the current discussion

Oh ffs! that picture is of a Ku band lnb. The scalar rings on a C-band are BIG.

It did occur to me that if the installation is a old, it very well could be a single polarity lnb. The question was VERY pertinent to the discussion.

Seems that you have been completely confused.

Not as confused as you B4Life.

[deags]

once again thanks for the replies.


nothing on the bottom either.

The reason i asked about it only being vertical. Is if a signal of 72 were pretty good and the aurora service works very well even when it is raining then is it a possibility that this is the case?

It is still raining also. We got over an inch just today. So i've not yet get the ladder out.

Also seeing as i only have the one cable running to my LNB and austar are sending me one with possibly two ports do i just tape up the 2nd port?

Can i use the cable out on the aurora box as suggested earlier rather than a splitter? if not i wont plug in the aurora and just wait for VaST.

that dish is defiantly the one for the TV as the other two are telstra(whoever they use) and ipstar.

[beer4life]

What are you on about? Plenty of channels are available with an 11300 lnb. In fact, most of the channels are available except FBO, the +2 channels and a few of the newer channels.

Oh ffs! that picture is of a Ku band lnb. The scalar rings on a C-band are BIG.

It did occur to me that if the installation is a old, it very well could be a single polarity lnb. The question was VERY pertinent to the discussion.

Not as confused as you B4Life.

You sure do have a burr under your saddle amigo.
For a start, I said " ALL "
Seems you are not aware as yet, just how much of Foxtel / Austar has migrated to D3 where the Transponders are below 12200, not available with a 11300 LNB. Let's not get confused with transponders on D3 That will be on a NZ footprint, in the 12200 / 12750 range.
Kindest Regards, " The Druid ".

You tell me where that dish is pointing for vertical channels?
And how many Ku band dishes have you seen that are Prime Focus?

[LeroyPatrol]

Let's not get confused with transponders on D3 That will be on a NZ footprint, in the 12200 / 12750 range.
Kindest Regards, " The Druid ".

What transponders on D3 are in that range on the NZ foot print?

.....Leroy

[beer4life]

What transponders on D3 are in that range on the NZ foot print?

.....Leroy

Ken Ye no read, or were you asleep when you posted in this thread?

From the optus website:

Optus D3 Transponders
Operating Band: Ku FSS
Ku BSS
Uplink Frequencies: Ku FSS: 14.0 - 14.5 GHz
Ku BSS: 17.3 - 17.8 GHz
Downlink Frequencies: Ku FSS: 12.25 - 12.75 GHz
Ku BSS: 11.7 -12.2 GHz
Number of Transponders: Ku-Band: 24 @ 125 W, 8 @ 44 W FSS
Bandwidth: BSS Australia: 36 MHz
FSS New Zealand: 54 MHz
Polarisation: Linear

As you can see Ku BSS Freq is 11.7 to 12.2, the Ku FSS freq are for NZ.

[LeroyPatrol]

[COLOR=Blue]Ken Ye no read, or were you asleep when you posted in this thread?

You're a freaking moron. I asked a simple question and lyngsat says hence after a little clarification.

Why don't you grow up and if you can't reply without putting people down all the time don't post.

Leroy

[beer4life]

You're a freaking moron. I asked a simple question and lyngsat says hence after a little clarification.

Why don't you grow up and if you can't reply without putting people down all the time don't post.

Leroy

That seems to be your specialty. You're the one that started this "tete au tete". If you can't stand the heat, get out of the Kitchen.
Do you really expect me to cop your snide, ill informed diatribe, without a whimper?
I've incessantly tried to work with you to help other members with their problems, but to no avail. I s'pose I'll have to kiss your arse when they make you a Moderator, but not before.

[Onefella]

All the channels on C1/D3 can only be received with a 10700 or universal LNB.

Your sentence clearly states "ALL the channels...can ONLY be received with a 10700" not much room for misinterpretation there.

You tell me where that dish is pointing for vertical channels?

Presumably if it's the OP's dish it's pointing at C1/D3. So what?

And how many Ku band dishes have you seen that are Prime Focus

Err, how about the 1.8m Paraclipse in my front yard?

In fact they were pretty common back in the Optus B3 days.

You probably should quit while you're behind.

[LeroyPatrol]

[LEFT][COLOR=Blue]That seems to be your specialty. You're the one that started this "tete au tete". If you can't stand the heat, get out of the Kitchen.
Do you really expect me to cop your snide, ill informed diatribe, without a whimper?
I've incessantly tried to work with you to help other members with their problems, but to no avail. I s'pose I'll have to kiss your arse when they make you a Moderator, but not before.

No tetes you just don't have the capacity to answer a simple question without being condecending and it's not just me it's all replies you make these days.

Moderator....bah

Leroy

[Onefella]

The reason i asked about it only being vertical. Is if a signal of 72 were pretty good and the aurora service works very well even when it is raining then is it a possibility that this is the case?

Yes, you could well have a single polarity lnb. If it is, then turning the lnb 90° (either way, it doesn't matter) should get you a good Austar signal. You would be manually going from vertical to horizontal.

Also seeing as i only have the one cable running to my LNB and austar are sending me one with possibly two ports do i just tape up the 2nd port?

Yes that would be good thing to do.

Can i use the cable out on the aurora box as suggested earlier rather than a splitter?

Yes, you will just need to turn off the Austar box to watch Aurora. The horizontal polarity is switched with the higher voltage (≈18V) so the horizontal box will override the lower voltage (≈13V) of the vertical box unless it's off, or on a vertical channel. Of course if you do have a single polarity lnb, you would have to turn the lnb every time you want to change polarity. Not really feasible unless you're desperate to watch something on Aurora. Your new lnbf will fix all that though.

[admin]

If you dont get off your high horse b4l, I will make him a moderator for a day so he can delete you. That way I might stop having the same thought myself.

If you were correct 99% of the time with your replies people would probably put up with your endless dribble, sniping and pompous boasting. But as your sucess rate is more like 70% I'd knock off the crap before someone takes you down a peg.

Everyone does appreciate the effort you make to help others, however your ego does get boring at times.

Work with people, not against them.

[deags]

Yes, you could well have a single polarity lnb. If it is, then turning the lnb 90° (either way, it doesn't matter) should get you a good Austar signal. You would be manually going from vertical to horizontal.

Still raining :/ (this year must have had well over 200% of yearly rainfall)

I will try it when this rain finishes i'm going to have alot of inside/house stuff to do with all this rain).

[nando]

If your going to start moving dishes/lnb's don't forget to mark it's original location so you can put it back if it all goes wrong.


Good Luck,
Nando.