Dish Qam Operational Mode, Ch; Chapter 14 Dish Qam; Set Up Dish Qam - Dish Network Smartbox User Manual

DISH QAM OPERATIONAL MODE

CHAPTER 14 DISH QAM

You will need to authorize your
authorized for DRM Digital Upgrade, you will no longer be able to have visibility to the Services page, nor will you
be able to output any bulk service.

Set Up DISH QAM

1. Go to the Configurations tab on the DISH QAM section (See Figure 35.).
2. Depending on the satellites installed, the default transponders for either Eastern Arc or Western Arc will be
pre-selected.
3. Select transponders for locals and/or international channels.
4. Enter Frequency Range (This will be the center frequency of the lowest and highest QAM channel). If
multiple ranges are required, enter the multiple ranges separated by a comma.
NOTES:
• The Frequency Range used must be between 57 MHz and 861 MHz.
• Maximum total frequency bandwidth used must be less than 768 MHz.
5. Select appropriate output blade.
6. Select either Adjacent or Non-Adjacent from High Bandwidth Channel Assignment.
• Adjacent – When this is selected, the system will attempt to alternate between low and high bandwidth
channels. When it is no longer able to do so, it will place high bandwidth channels next to each other.
• Non-Adjacent – When this is selected, the system will initially alternate low and high bandwidth channels,
and then place the remaining high bandwidth channels in non-adjacent carriers.
7. Select to whether to allow Higher Transponder Rates for outputting high bit-rate Spot Beam transponders.
8. When an ATSC blade is in the system, click the Scan for ATSC Services button. Once the scan is complete,
the visible ATSC services will be available to be selected for output.
9. For transponders modulated externally from SMARTBOX, enter the modulation information so that it can be
included in the DISH QAM Table (DQT) used by certain DISH receivers.
10. Select Apply Configuration.
11. Reset SMARTBOX.
NOTE: Any changes to a configuration running DISH QAM will require
changes.
SMARTBOX for both DRM Digital Upgrade as well as Output QAM. Once
SMARTBOX to be reset to take the
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