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tugz55 · 01-12-08, 10:58 AM

Can anyone help me. My bro has a tm1500 on a 1 metre motorised dish. Dont know what he has been doing to it but he says that whenever he starts it up it only comes up with the setup menu and cannot get out. Has anyone got any suggestions.
thanks
sheretismata

charlie1966 · 01-12-08, 11:11 AM

Has he deleted the channel list. If so will need to retune the receiver. Nothing else springs to mind at the moment.

tugz55 · 01-12-08, 11:24 AM

thats what i think, i think he has been playing around with it and deleted it all. can u give me a rough idea on how to retune.
thanks

betas · 01-12-08, 11:25 AM

Have look at alsat ALL info there

Robbo · 01-12-08, 11:28 AM

Yes, press the menu button, go to motorised setup, select Thor or 1W,then Goto and perform a scan.

Then do the same for all the other satellites.

If he has no transponders in at all, got to lyngsat and put one in using Advanced setup. 11325H on 0.8W for example. Then scan that.

Also remember to put the USALS settings back in for the site longitude and latitude ( Actually, this needed to have been done first)

A quick way to populate all the satellites is to download a channel list to it using the RS232 port

tugz55 · 01-12-08, 12:49 PM

Thanks for the help i have just been told he has all the sats still listed so it must be simply just scanning for all the channels again.
Just wondering also what is the bling scan for.

Yorks · 01-12-08, 01:13 PM

Blind scan searches for live transponders and channels, which means that you don't need to manually add them. However for satellites close together ie. 9e and 10e if you perform a blind scan you will get a 'mongrel' list of channels for each sat.

You are better just scanning existing tansponders for now. Blind scanning is more useful for hunting for live feeds - which come and go.

Robbo · 01-12-08, 02:06 PM

If you use blind scan on a TM1500 it will fill up the channel memory on no time, especially on Hotbird, or 28E.

01-12-08, 10:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
tugz55 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 59 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	tm1500 Can anyone help me. My bro has a tm1500 on a 1 metre motorised dish. Dont know what he has been doing to it but he says that whenever he starts it up it only comes up with the setup menu and cannot get out. Has anyone got any suggestions. thanks sheretismata

01-12-08, 11:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
charlie1966 GT user and abuser! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Co. Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 498 Thanks: 49 Thanked 108 Times in 89 Posts	Re: tm1500 Has he deleted the channel list. If so will need to retune the receiver. Nothing else springs to mind at the moment. __________________ If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.

01-12-08, 11:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
tugz55 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 59 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: tm1500 thats what i think, i think he has been playing around with it and deleted it all. can u give me a rough idea on how to retune. thanks

01-12-08, 11:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
betas Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 48 Thanks: 7 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: tm1500 Have look at alsat ALL info there

01-12-08, 11:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,374 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: tm1500 Yes, press the menu button, go to motorised setup, select Thor or 1W,then Goto and perform a scan. Then do the same for all the other satellites. If he has no transponders in at all, got to lyngsat and put one in using Advanced setup. 11325H on 0.8W for example. Then scan that. Also remember to put the USALS settings back in for the site longitude and latitude ( Actually, this needed to have been done first) A quick way to populate all the satellites is to download a channel list to it using the RS232 port __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites Last edited by Robbo; 01-12-08 at 02:04 PM.

01-12-08, 12:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
tugz55 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 59 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: tm1500 Thanks for the help i have just been told he has all the sats still listed so it must be simply just scanning for all the channels again. Just wondering also what is the bling scan for.

01-12-08, 01:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
Yorks Nook in footer Join Date: May 2006 Location: S. Yorks Posts: 1,760 Thanks: 12 Thanked 129 Times in 108 Posts	Re: tm1500 Blind scan searches for live transponders and channels, which means that you don't need to manually add them. However for satellites close together ie. 9e and 10e if you perform a blind scan you will get a 'mongrel' list of channels for each sat. You are better just scanning existing tansponders for now. Blind scanning is more useful for hunting for live feeds - which come and go. __________________ They're coming to take me away haha TM1500CI, 53E to 61W

01-12-08, 02:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
Robbo Satellite mad Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kent Posts: 9,374 Thanks: 97 Thanked 1,981 Times in 1,603 Posts	Re: tm1500 If you use blind scan on a TM1500 it will fill up the channel memory on no time, especially on Hotbird, or 28E. __________________ القمر الصناعي هو أفضل TM600 linux,TM6800HD,TM5200,TM1000,TM2200 motor, Triax TD110 dish. Electronics Engineer and satellite installer.MBC Satellites

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