dih
22-02-2004, 12:09 PM
Hi all,
I recently bought myself the Topfield TF3200IR, and I had a few questions with using it. Being a bit of a newbie, it took a while to decipher the manual and actually get it to receive a signal, but it seems to be going well now.
Q1. When using the search feature, it comes up with a long list of channels, which are listed simply as ".", with no program content.
Anyone know what these could be?
Q2. I've seen services listed here in the forums as being on 12525 as well as 12535 (Optus B3), and the Topfield also comes up with both frequencies with the same content on them. I'm guessing that this is the same transponder, and that you can be tuned anywhere in that range to receive a signal (but with less strength) eg you could also get it on 12510 as well.
Would this be right?
Q3. Having a new toy to play with, I was curious to see what else was around on Optus B3, so I roughly estimated the transponder frequencies +/- 62 MHz up and down the band, and came up with 12345 and 12595 (which I didn't have listed anywhere). Keying in these frequencies, with S/R of 30000, came up with a healthy signal on the quality meter, but a search produced nothing.
Would the signal meter just indicate that the transponder is alive and putting out a beacon signal of some sorts, but nothing is being carried on it? Or would there be something else hidden on there somewhere that it can't locate?
Thanks for any help here !
Dave
I recently bought myself the Topfield TF3200IR, and I had a few questions with using it. Being a bit of a newbie, it took a while to decipher the manual and actually get it to receive a signal, but it seems to be going well now.
Q1. When using the search feature, it comes up with a long list of channels, which are listed simply as ".", with no program content.
Anyone know what these could be?
Q2. I've seen services listed here in the forums as being on 12525 as well as 12535 (Optus B3), and the Topfield also comes up with both frequencies with the same content on them. I'm guessing that this is the same transponder, and that you can be tuned anywhere in that range to receive a signal (but with less strength) eg you could also get it on 12510 as well.
Would this be right?
Q3. Having a new toy to play with, I was curious to see what else was around on Optus B3, so I roughly estimated the transponder frequencies +/- 62 MHz up and down the band, and came up with 12345 and 12595 (which I didn't have listed anywhere). Keying in these frequencies, with S/R of 30000, came up with a healthy signal on the quality meter, but a search produced nothing.
Would the signal meter just indicate that the transponder is alive and putting out a beacon signal of some sorts, but nothing is being carried on it? Or would there be something else hidden on there somewhere that it can't locate?
Thanks for any help here !
Dave