Hi guys,<br /><br />I really appreciate your help and advice as I'm still a newbie in this area.<br /><br />I have an ex-TARBS MDS 3100 decoder box with the original smart card I got from TARBS.<br /><br />Before I went and got someone to realign my dish to Optus B3, I wanted to prove that the decoder box would work to pick up other FTA channels. So, I figured since my dish is aligned with RAS8 (from the days of TARBS) I went to lyngsat and got a list of FTA channels on PAS8.<br /><br />I went to the transponder settings and changed the frequency and S/R. I left the FEC on "Auto Detect" cos I didn't know how to change it. When I pressed "Exit", my decoder box displayed a message saying "Loading NIT Table" or something like that. Then nothing happened! Every few seconds, the "Lock" light went on and then off again.<br /><br />For example, I tried to pick up BBC World. On lyngsat, BBC World is listed under frequency 3940 H. The provider is California Bouquet and the S/R is 27690 - 7/8.<br /><br />I also tried CCTV on 3829 H and S/R 13240 - 3/4. As I said nothing happened! I tried turning the decoder box off and on but didn't make a difference. I tried the "Map channels" option and the one below it (I think it's called "Force Loading" or something like that) but that didn't help either. Finally I tried pressing the reset button at the back of the decoder box, but that reset the frequencies to the old TARBS ones!<br /><br />During my experimentation, I checked the signal meters. I had 60.0 for the signal and 0 for the quality!<br /><br />This is the story of my little experimentation last night.<br /><br />Now, my questions are:<br /><br />1. After I enter the frequency and S/R (that I obtained from lyngsat) how do I get the decoder box to scan for available channels?<br /><br />2. On the Transponder Settings screen, there's an option called "22K Tone" and it is set to OFF. What is this? Do I need to change it for what I'm trying to do?<br /><br />3. How do I set the FEC to something like 7/8?<br /><br /><br />As I said above, I'm only trying to prove that my MDS 3100 will work for FTA channels before I reposition my dish to Optus B3. I'm assuming that it's currently aligned with PAS8 as no one touched it since TARBS went off air.<br /><br />Thanks in advance for you assisstance.