Hi all,
Been trying to install some free to air channels all week and it doesnt seem to work. have a 1131 decoder and i am in nigeria. I setup the stations using some of the settings i got but nothing shows. I cant even access the public dstv w4 channels that are there. Am i doing something wrong?

here are the settings am trying to enter

Set Frequency to “12562″
Set Symbol Rate to “26657
Set Polarization to “Horizontal”
Set FEC to “1/2″
Select “Accept these settings”
Thanks

samsjoke,
you'd do better getting a strong decoder instead of using that of dstv.

George_D,
Yea i know that i just tot since i already have the dstv deoder and from what i have been reading it can be done so i was just wondering how to do it. tried all the combo i have seen but just isnt working. i need some one that has done it before to just tell me what am doing wrong.

From what i have read using dstv decoder is limited cos of the no of channels u can get but my wife loves the dstv so its a keeper. Just wanted to know what i can do to extend it thats all.
thanks anyway

samsjoke,
if you must keep the dstv, fine. all you need do is loop out from the dstv decoder to the strong decoder and blindscan to enjoy your fta channels.

Ok George. So if i get one of those Strong decoders i can actually use the same signal from the ku-band dish.

By looping out i take it u mean split the signal. is there like a t connector or somethng that i can buy?

Also can u give me an idea of where and how much the strong decoder can cost.


by the way saw that u were voted The Satellite Poster Guru Of The Year Congrats. just met u and i am already voting for u.

samsjoke,
if your using the new type dstv decoder, connect the signal coming from the dish to a 2-way splitter and then connect the 2-way splitter to the dstv decoder and strong decoder.

for a strong decoder, go for the new 4669x. it costs about 16k in lagos.

hi George
can i get the strong High Definition receiver from lagos? if its possible do u know the cost?