Satellite TV System User Manual

1 Introduction
1.1 Digital Satellite Television
Your new TracVision L3 satellite antenna is fully compatible with
the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) satellites, which use the
international standard for digital TV transmission, as well as
Digital Satellite Service (DSS) services, such as DIRECTV
®
. As a
result, you will be able to receive and decode signals from your
chosen satellite services with the proper programming and
hardware (e.g., the Integrated Receiver Decoder [IRD]). Your
TracVision L3 comes with a pre-programmed “satellite library” of
European and North American satellite services. If the satellite
service you wish to receive is not already in the “satellite library,”
you may also add two additional satellites of your choice to the
library.
When configuring the TracVision L3 you may choose a pair of
satellites from the entire library to be active in the system and
with your IRD. Selecting one satellite or the other is as simple as
changing the television channel using the IRD remote control. For
the antenna to track and receive signals from two satellites, they
must be within 10˚ longitude of each other in orbit. As a result,
certain satellites can be paired only with certain other satellites.
Tables 1-1 and 1-2 list the possible satellite pairs that may be
selected in Europe and in North America.
1-1
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Astra 1
Astra 2N
Astra 2S
Hispasat
Hotbird
Sirius
Thor
Astra 1 Astra 2N Astra 2S Hispasat Hotbird Sirius Thor
Table 1-1
Available European Satellite Pairs
(European LNB Required)
TracVision L3’s default satellite
pairs are:
Europe: Astra 1 & Hotbird
N. America: DSS_101 & DSS_119
Refer to Section 2.4 for instructions
on selecting different satellites.