KVH Industries TracVision S3 - Manual (Page 7)

1 Introduction
1.1 Digital Satellite Television
Your new TracVision L3/S3 satellite antenna is fully compatible
with the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB
® ) satellites, which use
the international standard for digital TV transmission, as well as
Digital Satellite Service (DSS) services, such as DIRECTV
® . As a
result, you will be able to receive and decode signals from your
chosen satellite services with the proper programming and
hardware (e.g., the IRD [satellite TV receiver]). Your
TracVision L3/S3 is also fully compatible with KVH’s TracNet
™
2.0 Mobile High-speed Internet System (for more information,
please visit our web site at
www.kvh.com ).
Your TracVision L3/S3 comes with a pre-programmed “satellite
library” of European and North American satellite services.
When configuring the TracVision L3/S3, you may choose a pair
of satellites from the entire library to be active in the system and
with your IRD. For the antenna to receive signals from two
satellites, they must be within 10º longitude of each other in
orbit. As a result, certain satellites can be paired only with certain
other satellites. Tables 1-1 and 1-2 list the possible satellite pairs
that may be selected in North America and Europe. If the satellite
service you wish to receive is not already in the “satellite library,” you
may also add two additional satellites of your choice to the library.
1-1
Introduction
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TracVision L3/S3’s default satellite
pairs are:
Europe: Astra 1 & Hotbird
N. America (US DIRECTV):
DSS_101 & DSS_119
or
N. America (US DISH Network):
Echo_119 & None
or
N. America (ExpressVu):
Expressvu & None
Refer to Section 2.5, “Selecting the
Active Satellite,” for instructions on
selecting different satellites.
DSS_101 ✓
DSS_119 ✓
Echo_61 ✓ ✓ ✓
Echo_110 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Echo_119 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Echo_148 ✓ ✓ ✓
Expressvu ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DSS_101 DSS_119 Echo_61 Echo_110 Echo_119 Echo_148 Expressvu
Table 1-1
Available N. American Satellite
Pairs (U.S.-style LNB required)