4dtv Special Menu Screens

"Options" 6-7-7-8 This menu allows you to tune a direct frequency. You can

enter an IF frequency, change polarity, switch between C/Ku band and move dish, to "tweak your dish. You can also turn on a high quality audio and video test signal & use the receiver as a test signal generator with tone Reset Counters mode: Highlight Manual Tune Frequency press 0 key, then 0 again. Exit and go back to options 6, 5 (system status) then check or get rehits. "Options" 6-0-5 This picture is

what you see when you hit Options" 6-0. "Options" 6-0-5 is a screen for DC2 and receiver diagnostic settings. Here you will find Diagnostic screens A - E.

"Options" 6-5 This is the System Status. Here is where you will find your receiver authorization numbers and Unit ID numbers. The trip counter is what you might want to call the "HIT" counter. This will tell you how many hits you are receiving "Options"6-4-4-Enter Program Satellite screen, or

Satellite Add screen. This one is in the manual. See details there. When listening to an audio subcarrier on a VCII+ channel, the receiver is constantly muting the

audio and ideo. To keep the receiver unmuted, hit the INFO button twice.

The receiver does not have a video polarity switch, needed for WMNB on SBS-5, but this is how you can watch it... Tune to Galaxy 9 channel 1 (which is co-located with SBS-5). Then hit the Options button, then 6778 and then 1. In the frequency field enter 1130.000 MHz and checkmark the Ku block. Move cursor to TUNE and hit Enter. You should get the picture (the video is unclamped). You might have to peak the dish. Next, change the audio, which is 5.40 MHz. When in the "satellite add" screen, (Options 6-4-4-Enter) you can turn the on-screen graphics on and off by hitting "9" and "0" on the remote. This makes it easier to find a weak signal when moving the dish. To bring back the graphics hit "9".