Explanation on Siganl and Quality

[jhay_19]

Depending on the Receiver in use:

The signal level is not really a satellite signal, it is a feedback signal measuring the current to the LNB, this signal does not go up and down when you point the dish at a satellite, any satellite, or if you point the dish at a tree, ground or building, the signal level is good only if the LNB and cabling has good continuity between the Receiver and the LNB.


Quality IS an actual digital satellite signal level, it comes from the ONE transponder you have selected in the menu, and again it does not mean you are on the correct satellite, just that the transponder frequency you have chosen has been found and it does have MPEG2 digital packets on it.
Most FTAs now have a popup banner that will come up telling you what satellite you are on, this popup banner is from information contained in the digital packets, so no Quality = no banner will come up.

So once you have a high S or L signal, but still no Quality, you may be on the wrong sat, or the transponder freqency your on is not active.
There are up to 32 transponders on each sat, each has its different channels so you need all you can get to get all the channels, 12224 v is a popular TP1 on many DN sats.
TP 12224 is also a spotbeam on echo 7 (119), that means that TP 12224 shows no signal for most of us.
For setting a dish on echo 7 use TP 12239.

[umner61]

May be problem from sun???