Yea!! Gabshere!! I received the receiver! Big storm 80+ mph winds..big trees down..looked like a tornado passed through .....but just had power back on....been out since last Friday. Now contractors are putting in all new plumbing...getting ready to pour new basement floor...Sunday will be my...

I have the dish mounted at my dad's house mid way down his antenna pole which is plumb .....we played with it alittle....but had family from NC visiting...maybe if I have the 4th of July off I'll get 'er done!

LOL :D The pole isn't even set yet! The pic was day1..I just stuck it there when I first brought it home.:D notice my green broomstick holding the pole up...I know, i know...funny huh?

uploading some pics

Thx Fat Air ..The receiver shows very few satellites with different names than current lists state and many shown are show with a "/C" after them.....only allowing the C range to be picked up, not allowing the higher Ku range...I was hoping an update would include a fix ....It won't let me add a...

And do I need any software for loading???...I'm sure I can round up a null cable somewhere

Help....anyone have or know where to find the updates for the viewsat 2000 xtreme???

Thx I was thinking about doing that earlier...guess I'll try it!

My receiver will only give me C band range for transponder on Intelsat 5/C 96.9W .....is this receiver ( VS2000 ) too out of date?

Yea...got it. There was an East/West button on the motor, but my receiver didnt have a return function.....since it was all put together when I received it, I didnt notice it. Okay now looking for AMC 19 97W ...my receiver shows it as Intelsat 5/C 96.9W..is that right? Agh here comes the...

Sry Im having issues getting pix to my PC..but what I mean is on the bottom side of the motor, the indicator is not set to zero....it at 9....is that a big deal??? is it self adjusting?

Any way to get the motor back to straight?? When I mess with the receiver options for it, it says 'range overflow check position'

Thx for the suggestion Morbius.....using SatDirector App (nifty) on my wife's phone, my line-of sight is blocked by a huge tree and partial by my house for AMC6 72W. Im more open to the South West ( I set it in the same place as my old directtv sat was....any other suggestions. Thought I saw a...

And do I need firmware update to get more satellites??? is there any support for VS2000 anymore? I found the manual atleast.

Set up:So i have my 1 5/8 pole...ill get concrete tomorrow...and set it plumb. The motor on the dish is slightly offset...do i need to have the motor turned straight before setting it due south? the dish angle and motor angle is already set to columbus area...im not far from. ill tweak it...