Airtel DTH STD for DD-Direct

[reubensm]

Hi, my wife back in India accquired a Airtel DTH kit inclusive of Dish, mounts, cable and Set top box. It has the viewer card and account information as well. Was wondering whether we can remove the viewership card and use the setup for DD-Direct after correctly re-orienting the dish. Please comment. Thanks.

 

[EthenHunt]

No..its not possible.

 

[mathan]

Hi, my wife back in India accquired a Airtel DTH kit inclusive of Dish, mounts, cable and Set top box. It has the viewer card and account information as well. Was wondering whether we can remove the viewership card and use the setup for DD-Direct after correctly re-orienting the dish. Please comment. Thanks.

The LNB (on top of the dish) and the smart card are paired. It would not be possible.

 

[reubensm]

thanks, have 2 other queries:

1) what is the correct position for orientation of the dish for airtel DTH. My wife called the customer service but they refused to give the co-ordinates

2) the set to box is feeding the LNB with 13 volts DC. However she cant seem to get a signal. How is it possible to check the LNB, the error coming is 1, i think with no subscription, and right orientation, we should get an error code of 4 or 6.

Please comment.

 

[mathan]

Please check this link. Maybe it could help to align the dish..

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[reubensm]

HI Mathan, very useful article. When my wife set up the dish and positioned it correctly, we continue to get the no signal (error message 1) screen. By using the diagnostic tools, can we check if the LNA is working?

 

[mathan]

One of my friend used this to correct the positioning of the LNB. It worked for him. It should work. If it still does not call Airtel and check if the smart card is still valid.

 

[reubensm]

if the smart card is not valid, will the set top box detect the LNA? She called airtel was told to check the cabling as if the smart card is not valid, one should get an error message of 4 or 6 and not 1

 

[mathan]

LNB alignment should be precise. Require two people to do this as one need to be on the rooftop to align the dish and the other need to let them know when they get clear pic. Also try to reset the STB as sometimes it may work. If nothing works try getting help from professionals.

 

[reubensm]

ok, what we are going to do is that my brother is going to take this dish and L&B home and test it using his Tata Sky connection. We suspect that the LNA is faulty. Shall keep you posted.

 

[reubensm]

my clever wife actually visited a friend's place (who uses Airtel DTH), got the settings and set up our dish. We now have airtel dth working but we are not happy as there are no AIR radio channels available.

 

[vinyldj]

Ruben..

Is there any idea for getting AIR channels at low cost?

 

[reubensm]

Airtel does not offer AIR channels. They had them on there earlier but they have removed them.

 

[vktyagi]

The LNB (on top of the dish) and the smart card are paired. It would not be possible.

It is not LNB but the STB, digicard and subscriber's account that need to paired and authenticated. Without authentication and at least minimum package, the STB is useles even for FTAs.