What is Strenght & Quality, the mystery unlocked!

Strength - Your receivers strength meter will accurately show the strength of THE satellite(s) your dish is pointed or aimed at. Said another way, if your dish is mis-aimed and pointed at a satellite you did not intend to be pointed at, it will STILL indicate strength, as this is simply an indication that you are pointed at SOME satellite. It is very important that you are pointed at the desired satellite, this can be verifed on your receivers satellite setup screen, the screens popup window MUST indicate the desired satellite. Once on the desired satellite, peak the dish referencing the Quality meter.


Quality - is the amount of processed digital signal that has been decoded by the receiver, and are to us are the Video and Audio signals. The software (our .bins) does the processing and decoding of the digital signal. This software is usually provider scheme specific, with internal changeable security codes (keys). The "Quality" is the digital hits and misses after the receiver decode. It is indicated as the reciprical of the error rate, therefore, the lower the error rate, the higher the quality of the signal.
When tuning receivers for best signal, Quality is the indicator that you want to use, as it is the only one that the receiver uses. Quality will be different from receiver to receiver Manufacture/Model. I have taken one receiver and it indicated Q=65%, removed it, installed another receiver and got Q=87%.


Simularly;

Strenght; could be compared with the engine revolutions in our car. The tachometer indicates the quanity of revolutions that our engines are turning, as the Strenght meter indicates the quanity of signal.

Quality; Like the automatic transmission in our cars, it converts (processes) the engine revolutions into usable power that drives the car, and is indicated on our speedometer.

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