changing to motor

shadows9 · 08-11-2007

am going to change my dish to a motorised one apart fron a motor what else will i need ie power cable what makes it turn cheers

***CROSSBONES*** · 09-11-2007

What motor are you going to use? diseqc or polar mount and 36v actuator?

**Robbo71** · 09-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

am going to change my dish to a motorised one apart fron a motor what else will i need ie power cable what makes it turn cheers

For a Diseqc motor you will need a nice firm 2 inch diam' scaffold pole, that has been mounted perfectly vertical.

Have a read of rolfw's guide.

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellit...or-others.html

Robbo

shadows9 · 09-11-2007

so your receiver controls the dish and you need to plug it into a wall socket for power i know this sound stupid but i have no idea on these things

**Robbo71** · 09-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

so your receiver controls the dish and you need to plug it into a wall socket for power i know this sound stupid but i have no idea on these things

For a Diseqc motor, all its power and control goes up the coax cable that goes to the LNB. No other connections to the motor required, all the power comes from the sat box.

shadows9 · 09-11-2007

nice one so its not going to be as hard as thought it would be i have been looking at these motors on Ebay

and will they have no problem with a tm 9100 cheers for the help also i have sky plus on a 80cm dish living in italy which has a quad lnb can i put a diseqc motor to this or do i need the diseqc lnb cheers

**Robbo71** · 10-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

nice one so its not going to be as hard as thought it would be i have been looking at these motors on Ebay and will they have no problem with a tm 9100 cheers for the help also i have sky plus on a 80cm dish living in italy which has a quad lnb can i put a diseqc motor to this or do i need the diseqc lnb cheers

I wouldn't have thought there would be a problem with motorising a dish with the TM. A Sky digibox, on the other hand, has no means to control a motor, or switch for that matter.

Sharing a motorised dish between the TM and a Sky digibox, using a quad LNB, with the TM controlling the motor, would work in theory.
However the Sky box, doesn't like being away from 28.2E for very long,
and you would probably keep getting problems with it. I had this for a little while, and I kept losing the EPG. If motorising it is best to keep the sky dish separate.

shadows9 · 10-11-2007

my plan is to use the sky card in the tm and run a sky box as well in another room as freeview and bin the subsription as i will get digitalb for football the tm 9100 has a harddrive to record and run a dvd recorder from the sky box to record, this allowing me to record one side while watching another crazy i know but living in italy this is the only way to get football and english tv on the cheap. the only other way i can think is get a twin tuner receiver with harddrive that does what a tm does i not sure if anybody make such a machine cheers

**Robbo71** · 10-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

the only other way i can think is get a twin tuner receiver with harddrive that does what a tm does i not sure if anybody make such a machine cheers

Since you have a Linux box already, I am surpised you haven't looked at the Dreamboxes. Pretty sure that there is a model there somewhere that has twin tuners and Hard disk. ( expensive though)

shadows9 · 10-11-2007

not got the tm yet its the one i think am getting just asking lots of questions to be sure am not wasting money

shadows9 · 10-11-2007

last minute hitch got a 6 floor block of flat in my southern sky i get astra for sky ok but will it interfere when turning for 16 13 ect is there a way i can find out before buying my receiver with one of those little sat finders cheers

**Robbo71** · 10-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

last minute hitch got a 6 floor block of flat in my southern sky i get astra for sky ok but will it interfere when turning for 16 13 ect is there a way i can find out before buying my receiver with one of those little sat finders cheers

The cheapo satfinder meters usually go inline with the coax that goes to the LNB, and also run off the LNBs supply, so it would need connecting like that for it to work. The problem is, the meter would give signal strength only ( You would have to move your dish round also), so you wouldn't be able to check what satellite it was. You should be able to check that you had the right sat with the Sky box though, just put the appropriate transponders into the additional channels, and see if you get the right picture. Check on lyngsat to ensure that you pick a transponder with sybol rates and FEC that the skybox can handle.

shadows9 · 11-11-2007

my neighbour has sky italia i think is in the west i have sky 28 east so there dish is pointing one side of the flats mine the other so i thought if i put a sat meter on moved my dish i little right and get a signal the chances are it will be 16 or 13 east i no the meter wont tell me which one it is but if i can get a signal at least i no i can receive them can this be done or do i need to set my sky box in anyway cheers

**Robbo71** · 11-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

my neighbour has sky italia i think is in the west i have sky 28 east so there dish is pointing one side of the flats mine the other so i thought if i put a sat meter on moved my dish i little right and get a signal the chances are it will be 16 or 13 east i no the meter wont tell me which one it is but if i can get a signal at least i no i can receive them can this be done or do i need to set my sky box in anyway cheers

Yes probably, The cheapo sat meters derive their power from the receiver, unless you can find one that doesn't, or cobble together a supply for it using a battery or something. Also the Sky box will enable you to check which sat it is, with a bit of fiddling.
Also there is 23.5E in there somewhere, that may confuse issues.

**HB13DISH** · 11-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

my neighbour has sky italia i think is in the west i have sky 28 east so there dish is pointing one side of the flats mine the other so i thought if i put a sat meter on moved my dish i little right and get a signal the chances are it will be 16 or 13 east i no the meter wont tell me which one it is but if i can get a signal at least i no i can receive them can this be done or do i need to set my sky box in anyway cheers

Sky Italia is on Hot Bird 13E.
They have few FTA channels but the rest are NDS encrypted and need a subscription.
Read this thread:
Sky Italia Package

shadows9 · 11-11-2007

Originally Posted by Robbo71

Yes probably, The cheapo sat meters derive their power from the receiver, unless you can find one that doesn't, or cobble together a supply for it using a battery or something. Also the Sky box will enable you to check which sat it is, with a bit of fiddling.
Also there is 23.5E in there somewhere, that may confuse issues.

how can i get my sky box to tell me which sat it is cheers

shadows9 · 11-11-2007

Originally Posted by HB13DISH

Sky Italia is on Hot Bird 13E.
They have few FTA channels but the rest are NDS encrypted and need a subscription.
Read this thread:
Sky Italia Package

well that should sort it then if my neighbours pointing 13 e and am 28 e i should get 13e 16 e no problem thanx for all your help going to have a go at this next weekend thank you

**Robbo71** · 12-11-2007

Originally Posted by shadows9

how can i get my sky box to tell me which sat it is cheers

One way, is to find a FTA channel off Lyngsat that the box is capable of receiving and enter its transponder details into it and scan. If it comes up with a picture for the channel you were expecting, then the sat is confirmed.

shadows9 · 12-11-2007

Originally Posted by Robbo71

One way, is to find a FTA channel off Lyngsat that the box is capable of receiving and enter its transponder details into it and scan. If it comes up with a picture for the channel you were expecting, then the sat is confirmed.

so the sky box can pick free to air channels of other satillites cheers

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