Sat Finder?

andyxr4x4

hi all

whats the best sat finder to buy??

i seem to have narrowed it down to 3 i think?!
one that plugs in and beeps?
one that has led bars?
and one with a compass that you point in the right direction and(upgraded) also beeps?

bit confused where to put my money
i brought my kit for caravanning so it needs to help me setup on site mostly!!!

cheers
andy

rolfw

I have found that the ones with the LED bars perform better generally.

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mikeaveiro

hi go to lidl this weeck the have 1 very god , i have the same , always worked ....



http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...ite_Finder.ar2

4 pounds

wod

on the subject of signal meter, what are the digisat meters like ? as they seem a bargain shame they dont tell you which sat you are on

andyxr4x4

hi all

right ive had another go tonight
and i think i have astra 2
set up the same as minidish and got a quality of 60-65%
is this right
cany get bbc channels though just crackles ?!?!
where is hot bird from this direction????
left or right ???
or do i need to go up and down???

must get a finder soon !
but if i dont know what direction to go in its a waste of time ist it??

cheers
andy

beintot

hi,i've got the digisat pro,paid £36 or £38 for it,best thing i've used,only has the one lnb input rather than the slightly dearer one with 2 lnb inputs, but i just press a button to read signal strength from additional lnbs or a monoblock

jimbo1974

the budget satbeeper one done it for me, when i installed my motorised system years ago i used one of those and after tweaking the elevation and angle of the dish, few minor adjustments later with the beeper sorted it out with me, just make sure u read up on it first. i was a complete novice and i managed to do it after a couple of hrs (better than paying someone over 100 quid to do it believe me)

gameboy

It's right slightly looking from the back of the dish. The same elevation should get a signal then just adjust slightly to see if it improves.

Remember a digital signal takes a second or two to lock.

Only he who does nothing, does nothing wrong.

spiney

I also recommend the digisat pro, a good compromise! Shows signal level in dBu (across sat if, not single transponders), and you can see/insert 22KHz, diseqc signals, etc.

Just got a Lidl one, very basic, although will "find" a satellite (and cheaper than Maplin £30!).

wod

right i'll go for a digisat one as i will require the movement of diseqc motor

andyxr4x4

right then
ive found the sat finder on the box and have used this to finda astra 2 and eurobird
but i cannot find hot bird at all

as per reply above it should be to the right of astra2 but i cant find it at all?
is this me or is the dish to small?

cheers
andy

spiney

Regardless of dish size, a "sat finder" will still register the strongest satellites - with a "changed note" - even if your dish is too small to let you receive any of the channels (ie, Hotbird has a huge quantity of channels, with a large total broadcast power, even if any individual channel has too small a power).

From Astra2, Astra1 is about 9 compass degrees to the right, and also up "a little bit", and is also a stronger total signal! Hotbird is then about 3 degrees further right still, and a weaker total signal.