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<blockquote data-quote="Shaun" data-source="post: 13575" data-attributes="member: 175390">Thanks everyone, I got a result by scanning the appropriate transponder with VPID = 2329, APID = 2330, PCR PID = 2329. Scanning the same transponder with the other PID's (i.e. VPID = 2325, APID = 2326, PCR PID = 2325) didn't seem to work for me.I'm not familiar with satellite technology, does anyone know whether the channels on a satellite transponder are CDMA or TDMA. I presume the Video and Audio PID's are identifiers of some sort that uniquely identify the different video and audio channels on a transponder, however I haven't a clue what the PCR PID is. Also, why does a scan of the transponder not reveal all channels on that transponder without having to manually enter the PID's? Is it that there is some sort of control channel which contains a list of all the PID's on the transponder, and if a particular PID is not listed on the control channel, then that channel will be hidden?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaun, post: 13575, member: 175390"] Thanks everyone, I got a result by scanning the appropriate transponder with VPID = 2329, APID = 2330, PCR PID = 2329. Scanning the same transponder with the other PID's (i.e. VPID = 2325, APID = 2326, PCR PID = 2325) didn't seem to work for me. I'm not familiar with satellite technology, does anyone know whether the channels on a satellite transponder are CDMA or TDMA. I presume the Video and Audio PID's are identifiers of some sort that uniquely identify the different video and audio channels on a transponder, however I haven't a clue what the PCR PID is. Also, why does a scan of the transponder not reveal all channels on that transponder without having to manually enter the PID's? Is it that there is some sort of control channel which contains a list of all the PID's on the transponder, and if a particular PID is not listed on the control channel, then that channel will be hidden? [/QUOTE]

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