Re: DirectTV Signal Strength Question


"Jack Ak" <akjack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> So one can manually change which transponders to use as well as the
>> >> sat?
>> >
>> > No, so you know what channels are on what transponders. In a round
>> > about
>> > way, yes, so you can have the tuner tune a transponder.
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>> So the HDVR2 that i have is going to pick certain transponders based on
>> which sats i choose in set-up?
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> No, the satellites chosen in setup configure the receiver for available
> channels from those satellites. Channels are "married" to a transponder
> by the service provider. Each transponder transmits multiple channels
> and the receiver "knows" which transponder is needed for a desired
> channel. The receiver "maps" a channel to a transponder.
>
> You can ignore transponders, since you can't choose them. You tune
> a channel and the receiver does a transponder selection for that channel.

Thank you.
Is there any chance that changing satellites will imnprove picture
quality(currently at 93%) ?




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