C BAND, OLE C BAND, WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? MANY PEOPLE ASK. THE ANSWER, NOWHERE!
C BAND IS STILL UP AND RUNNIN JUST ABOUT AS MUCH AS IT ALWAYS HAS. THERE ARE ALOT LESS PREMIUMS UP THERE ON C BAND AS MOST HAS MOVED TO THE LITTLE PIZZA PAN DISHES. HOWEVER THERE ARE STILL AS MANY FEEDS AS THERE USED TO BE ON A GOOD C BAND SYSTEM.
A GOOD USED C BAND SYSTEM CAN RANGE FROM AS LOW AS $200 ALL THE WAY UP TO $1000, DEPENDING ON WHAT SIZE AND WHAT EQUIPMENT YOU BUY AND IF IT IS A GOOD FRIEND YOU ARE BUYING IT FROM, YOU CAN OCCASIONALY COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO WOULD LET YOU HAVE IT FOR FREE IF YOU JUST TAKE THE DARN THING DOWN AND HAUL IT OFF! THEY RANGE IN SIZE FROM 4 FEET ALL THE WAY TO 30 FEET! YES I SAID 30 FEET! BE SURE YOU BRING A BUDDY THOUGH, OR TWO, BECAUSE EVEN AN EIGHT FOOT C BAND DISH IS TOO MUCH FOR A MAN TO MANHANDLE ALL BY HIMSELF.
C BAND ISNT JUST FOR ANYONE. YOU DONT GET AS MANY REGULAR CHANNEL OPTIONS ON C BAND AS YOU DO OTHER SYSTEMS.
YOU CAN ORDER HBO,CINEMAX,ESPN,AND SUCH, BUT NOT ALL CHANNELS ARE UP ON C BAND ANYMORE.
WHO IS C BAND FOR YOU ASK? C BAND IS FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN CRAZY WILD FEEDS, SPORTS AND NEWS FEEDS, TELEVISION SHOW FEEDS, RELIGION CHANNELS AND PREACHERS NOT SEEN ON YOUR TYPICAL CABLE OR SATELLITE SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL CHANNELS AND SHOWS,ECT. THERE IS ALOT ON C BAND THAT IS FREE, ACTUALLY 80 PCT OF WHAT IS UP THERE IS TOTALLY FREE OFF C BAND!
IN ALL THERE ARE AROUND 2500 ACTIVE CHANNELS UP ON C BAND IN OUR NATION THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH AT LEAST A 8 FOOT C BAND DISH AND RECEIVER WITH HALF OF THEM BEING WILD FEED CHANNELS. WHAT ARE WILD FEEDS? WE WILL DISCUSS WILD FEEDS IN A BIT AND WHY PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO BUY THESE BIG MONSTER DISHES AGAIN!
WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR A COMPLETE C BAND SYSTEM?
YOU NEED SEVERAL KEY COMPONENTS TO GET YOUR TV ENTERTAINMENT WORLD UP AND RUNNING!
FOR A COMPLETE SYSTEM YOU NEED NUMBER ONE THE DISH.
LIKE I SAID, SIZE RANGES IN 4 FEET TO 30 FEET. I WOULD SUGGEST ANY NEWBIE TO GET AT LEAST A 6 FOOT DISH, LEAVE THE 4 FOOT DISHES TO US MORE EXPERIANCED GUYS!
NUMBER TWO, YOU NEED A RECEIVER
THIS IS A 4DTV, THE ULTIMATE C BAND RECEIVER. YOU CAN ORDER SUBSCRIPTION CHANNELS WITH THIS BABY, AND ALSO PICK UP ALL YOUR C BAND ANALOG AND DIGITAL FEEDS AND OTHER FREE CHANNELS. THE 4DTV HAS THE MOTOR HOOKUPS IN THE BACK SO THAT YOU CAN HOO UP YOUR DISH MOTOR ACTUATOR SO YOU CAN MOVE THE DISH WITH YOUR REMOTE FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!
THESE ARE HARD TO FIND USED, MOST LIKELY YOU WILL HAVE TO ORDER ONE ONLINE, MOST EX C BAND CUSTOMERS WERE USING ANALOG RECEIVERS BEFORE THEY CANCELLED. AN ANALOG IS EASY TO FIND AND HAS THE MMOTOR SETUP JUST LIKE THE 4DTV DOES, HOWEVER THE ANALOG IS JUST THAT ANALOG, AND THERE ISNT MUCH ANALOG LEFT UP THERE TO VIEW. SO PRETTY MUCH ANY C BAND VIEWER NEEDS A 4DTV NOWDAYS.
ANOTHER RECEIVER IS A FREE TO AIR RECEIVER
THIS HERE IS A PANSAT 3500 FTA SATELLITE RECEIVER. IT IS CAPABLE OF PICKING UP DIGITAL C BAND CHANNELS, AND THERE ARE MANY OF THEM. FOR THE ULTIMATE C BAND SETUP YOU WOULD USE A 4DTV RECEIVER WITH A FTA RECEIVER. YOU CAN RUN THEM TOGETHER AS ONE, YOU CAN MOVE THE DISH AND PICK UP ANALOG AND DIGITAL WITH THE 4DTV AND THEN PICK UP ALL YOUR DVB DIGITAL CHANNELS WITH THE FTA RECEIVER.
THE FTA RECEIVER CANT MOVE THE DISH LIKE A 4DTV CAN, SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, WHILE YOU CAN GET MORE CHANNELS WITH THE FTA BOX, YOU CANT MOVE THE DISH WITH ONE AS THEY DONT HAVE THE MOTOR CAPABILITIES THAT A 4DTV DOES.
HOWEVER YOU CAN BUY WHAT THEY CALL A VBOX MOVER
A VBOX IS A POSITIONER THAT YOU CAN HOOK UP TO YOUR FTA RECEIVER. IT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MOVE THE C BAND DISHES AND VIEW THE CHANNELS ON YOUR FTA RECEIVER. GENERALLY, YOU CAN BUY A VBOX AND FTA RECEIVER CHEAPER THAN YOU CAN A 4DTV RECEIVER, HOWEVER REMEMBER YOU WONT GET THE ANALOG OR THE DIGICIPHER 2 DIGITAL CHANNELS THAT YOU WILL GET ON A 4DTV. SO TO GET IT ALL YOU NEED BOTH A 4DTV AND A FTA RECEIVER, BUT WITH EITHER SETUP YOU WILL STILL GET LOTS OF FREE AND GOOD CHANNELS.
YOU WONDERING HOW THE DISH ACTUALLY MOVES FROM SATELLITE TO SATELLITE? WELL THE ANSWER IS EASY, IT USES AN ACTUATOR MOTOR.
THIS IS AN ACTUATOR. IF YOU GO OUT AND FIND A USED DISH, IT MOST LIKELY ALREADY HAS ONE ON IT, HOWEVER NOT ALL WILL HAVE ONE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU BUY A NEW ONE. THESE ATTACH TO THE BACK OF THE DISH AND ARE CONTROLLED BY MOTOR WIRES. YOU BUY CABLE CALLED RIBBON CABLE WITH THESE AND YOU HAVE A CABLE FULL OF LITTLE WIRES IN IT, ALL YOU DO IS CONNECT THEM TO THE INSIDE OF THE MOTOR AND THEN ON THE OTHER END OF THE CABLE CONNECT THE WIRES TO THE RECEIVER OR VBOX. THAT IS IT, YOU WILL BE CONNECTED AND READY TO TRACK THE ARC WITH THE ACTUATOR. I HAVE TO WARN YOU, EVEN FOR SOME OF US OLE TIMERS, IT IS NOT EASY FOR A BEGINNER TO SET ONE OF THESE UP! IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME, JUST MAKE SURE YOU READ ALOT FIRST SO YOU DONT DO ANY DAMAGE TO THE MOTOR OR THE DISH, OR EVEN YOURSELF! SOUNDS SCARY HUH? WELL I AM NOT TRYING TO SCARE YOU, I AM JUST SUGGESTING YOU TAKE YOUR TIME AND YOU WILL GET A PERFECTLY OPERATING SYSTEM IF YOU DO SO. IF YOU RUSH, YOU MIGHT TEAR SOMETHING UP!
NOW COMES THE FUN PART! YOU OPENED UP YOUR POCKET BOOK AND BOUGHT A C BAND SYSTEM, OR WENT OUT AND FOUND AN OLD ONE FROM UNCLE JOE OUT IN THE COUNTRY. NOW YOU HAVE TO INSTALL THE THING! WHOOPIE!
IF YOU FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS STEP BY STEP YOU WILL HAVE A CHANNEL AND WILD FEED FINDING MACHINE, IF YOU DONT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS YOU WILL BE VERY IRRATED AND MAY HAVE TO TAKE THE DISH DOWN AND DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN! PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND LISTEN! GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! MUCH EASIER AND MUCH LESS TIME!
STEP ONE.
GRAB A SHOVEL AND DIG A GOOD SIZE HOLE AT LEAST 3 FEET DEEP AND 2 FEET WIDE. TRY TO MAKE IT AS SQUARE AS POSSIBLE, THIS WILL BE YOUR DISH FOUNDATION.
STEP TWO.
TAKE YOUR DISH POLE AND CONCRETE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HOLE. GET IT AS LEVEL AS POSSIBLE, THE MORE LEVEL, THE BETTER. THE DISH HAS TO BE PERFECTLY LEVEL ON THREE SIDES OF THE POLE, IF YOU DO IT HALF, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRACK THE SITES CORRECTLY!
WAIT UNTIL THE POLE IS CONCRETED ALL THE WAY, EVEN IF IT TAKES THE REST OF THE DAY, DO NOT MOUNT THE DISH WHILE THE POLE IS STILL HARDENING OR IT WILL KNOCK IT OFF LEVEL!
STEP THREE. MOUNT DISH ON THE POLE. IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE OR MARK HENRY! MAKE SURE IT IS ON RIGHT!
STEP FOUR. INSTALL THE ACTUATOR IF IT ISNT ALREADY INSTALLED ON THE BACK OF THE DISH.
STEP FIVE. RUN YOUR CABLES. I WOULD SUGGEST YOU PUT THEM AT LEAST 5 INCHES IN THE GROUND TO MAKE SURE YOUR LAWN MOWER BLADE CANT HARM THEM, IF YOU CUT A CABLE, YOU LOSE ALL SIGNAL, AND THEN YOU WONT KNOW WHERE IT GOT DAMAGED AND WILL HAVE TO PULL IT ALL UP! A TOTAL PAIN IN THE BUTT! SO DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, BURY IT AT LEAST 5 INCHES IN THE GROUND.
STEP SIX. HOOK UP CABLES TO THE RECEIVER AND HOOK UP MOTOR WIRES TO THE ACTUATOR AND YOUR RECEIVER. THERE ARE GUIDELINES ON THE NET TO TELL YOU WHAT WIRE GOES WHERE, SOME RECEIVERS EVEN TELL YOU SO. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM MATCHING TO THE ACTUATOR SETUP. IF YOU HAVE THEM WRONG THE MOTOR WILL GO OPPOSITE OF WHERE YOU TELL IT TO GO.
STEP SEVEN. FIND YOUR DUE SOUTH SATELLITE, TUNE IT IN AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN TRACK THE ARC! YOU CAN FIND IT BY POINTING YOUR DISH STRAIGHT SOUTH AND USING YOUR TV SCREEN OR A METER TO LET YOU FIND YOUR STRONGEST SIGNAL POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER AND BETTER SIGNAL YOU GET ON THE SOUTH SATELLITE, THE BETTER YOUR OTHER SATS WILL COME IN, AND ALSO THE FARTHER OUT THE DISH WILL PICK UP SATELLITES.
YOU CAN USE A SIGNAL METER TO FIND YOUR SATELLITE WITH.
THESE REALLY COME IN HANDY WHENEVER YOU DONT HAVE A WIFE OR FRIEND TO WATCH THE TV SCREEN FOR YOU, AND TRUST ME, YOUR WIFE WILL GET MAD IF YOU ASK HER TO DO IT TOO MANY TIMES, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BUY ONE OF THESE RIGHT OFF THE BAT, YOU WILL NEED THEM UNLESS YOU HAVE A SERIOUS KNACK FOR BEING LUCKY.
ONCE YOU FIND THE SOUTHERN SAT TO YOU AND TUNE IT IN TOO ITS FINEST SIGNAL YOU WILL THEN NEED TO HIT STORE OR PROGRAM ON YOUR RECEIVER TO SAVE THE SATELLITE AND LOCATION. THEN YOU WILL NEED TO BUMP, OR SLOWLY MOVE THE DISH EAST AND WEST AND WHEN THE SIGNALS COME IN STORE THE LOCACTIONS ONE BY ONE. YOU CAN FINDOUT WHAT SAT YOU ARE ON BY LOOKING AT A SATELLITE GUIDE HERE ON THE SITE, YOU CAN NAME THE SAT WHATEVER YOU WANT ON THE RECEIVER, BUT IT IS EASIER IF YOU NAME IT BY ITS REAL LISTED NAME.
ONCE YOU EAST AND WEST AND PROGRAM IN ALL THE SATS YOU CAN, YOU NEED TO SET YOUR LIMITS. MOVE THE DISH ALL THE WAY OUT TO ITS FARTHEST SATELLITE YOU COULD TUNE IN ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDES. ONCE YOU GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE FARTHEST SATELLITE BUMP OR MOVE THE DISH A FEW NOTCHES FARTHER EAST AND WEST AND STOP, THEN ON THE RECEIVER MENU HIT SET LIMIT. DO IT ON BOTH WEST AND EAST SIDES. THE REASON YOU DO THIS IS TOO KEEP YOUR DISH FROM GOING TO FAR OUT LOOKING FOR SATS AND IT WILL GET KNOCKED OFF TRACK. IF YOU LET THIS HAPPEN YOU PROBABLY WONT BE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SO MAKE DARN SURE YOU SET YOUR LIMITS!!
NOW THAT YOU ARE ALL SETUP WITH THE INSTALLATION! FINALLY!! GO TO THE OTHER PAGES ON THIS SITE AND READ AND FIND OUT WHAT ALL CHANNELS AND FEEDS AS WELL AS SATELLITES YOU CAN SCAN WITH YOUR NEW MONSTER!
LAST STEP. GO AND THANK YOUR WIFE FOR ALLOWING YOU TO BUY OR HAVE THIS SYSTEM. MOST MENS WIFE WOULDNT ALLOW THEM TO GET ONE OF THESE! TRUST ME! NOW GO AND SEE WHAT CRAZY CHANNELS AND WILD FEEDS YOU CAN FIND!
GOOD LUCK!
