Gary, I believe there is still a Religious channel on Gallaxy-5- transponder 3. I always used that one for testing purposes. It is (or was not scrambled), as of a few months ago. HTH, LLW LeRoy Westlund Westlund TV & Electronics 97 North Main "Where there's a will,... Centerfield, UT 84622-0087 There's always a way." Ph./Fax 435-528-3822 mailto:LLW@xxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: [TechAssist] GI DSR401 satellite receiver- any free channel to test with? >I have a GI (General Instrumnets) DSR401 satellite receiver (Digicipher >II) with Canadian satellite co. Starchoice logo on front. I would like >to test it out on a C band satellite dish to see if it will produce >picture and sound. I don't care what the channel is, as long as this >unsubscribed receiver can lock in video- perhaps a free Digicipher >promotional channel or whatever. > >Does a channel such as this exist, and on what C band satellite and >transponder do I locate it? I can lock onto Digicipher channels on a >couple of satellites but I suspect the signal is encrypted and the >receiver is just not authorized to view. > >Just need to determine if the receiver is functioning properly before I >try to sell it. > >Thanks for any help. >-- > > > > >Gary McCartney > >McCartney Electronics >Guelph Ontario Canada >Est. 1984 >email: gary (at) number63.ca > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/