Simply Satellite

12/18/2024

Well Sadly it's time to close our doors for good at the end of December 2024.
I would like to Thank all our past customers over the last 22 Years, It has been a pleasure working for each and everyone of you. We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Years to All.

12/08/2024

At the end of 2024 we will see changes to three channels. HGTV will
become Home, Food Network will become Flavour, and Discovery Channel will become USA Network.

Home, Flavour, and USA Network will all have similar programming to their previous incarnations, with some changes. USA Network is one of the top 3 cable channels in the U.S. and will be home to previous Discovery channel favourites such as Highway Thru Hell. It will also feature East Harbour Heros, The Mighty, Suits, The Traitors and the upcoming CIA Mini-series, Debriefing the President.

Your televisions should seamlessly handle these changes. These changes are due to changes in
network ownership.

06/14/2024

Follow these instructions to change your Shawdirect to Manually lock on 107 as this is now the only satellite for Shawdirect.
If your system has not been working for a few years it may need a software upgrade. You need the current version of the IDU to be 1.12.86

05/03/2024

For those with the new Travelor Pro here is a short video on changing to the 107 sateliite for you.

Video guide on changing the search settings on a Winegard Trav'ler Pro

03/07/2024

800 series codes

Function​

Remote Sequence​
User Preferences Options-4-1
Video and Audio Settings Options-4- 2 or Options-4-5
Tune in Satellite Signal Options-4-3-1
Hardware Settings Options- 4-3-2
CSS Configuration ** Options-4-3-4
Wired Network Status Options-4-6
System Status Options-4-7
PVR Settings Options- 4-8 or Options-5
Map Selection ** Options-1-1-2-2
Diagnostics ** Options-4-9-7-7-1
Transfer Recordings ** Options-7-8-7-6-8
Manual Tune ** Options-4-9-8-8-1
Signal Scan Report ** Options-1-9-4
Factory Reset ** Options-4-9-8-8-6
Reboot Help-Options-Power
Toggle Closed Captions Help-C
Toggle Descriptive Video Help-D

** = Not publicly documented

03/02/2024

Well as most of you know F2 has now been turned off for Shaw direct. So anyone now with a Winegard system will find your system will not lock in as it is looking for 2 satellites and now only finds one so continues to search. You will have to find your owners manual and go into the programming part and set it to manually search for 107. Once done it will lock in again :)
you can find the instructions here:

View and Download Winegard TRAV’LER SK-7003 installation manual online. Automatic Multi-Satellite TV Antenna TRAV’LER Shaw Direct Antenna. TRAV’LER SK-7003 tv antenna pdf manual download.

02/16/2024

Rogers has rebranded Shawdirect to Shaw Satellite services now.
Here is the latest on the channel changes for this month. Some of the dates have changed from now to the end of the month (27th) on the move to G1. You can see all the chnges here.

01/25/2024

Here is the finally schedule for the channel moves. Click on the link.

01/16/2024

Been delayed a bit apparently.

The transition to HEVC modulation and the shift to Anik G1 has been delayed by our signal supplier. Instead of Feb 5th to 15th and will now happen Feb 15th to Feb 27th.

01/12/2024

Thanks to Rob for sending this list of channels working in Las Vegas still on Shawdirect :)

213,214,216,237,238,239,240,252,262,301,302,303,304,305,306,311,312,313,314,315,317,403,404,423,425,426,431,441,445,446,453,483,491,493,521

12/19/2023

WoW, Bad news for Shawdirect, just heard and verified the New satellite they were moving all the channels to has Failed. Will post more information as I find out more.