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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 1054462"><p>As you can read in the other thread, I had exactly the same eperience as you with tuning Freesat.</p><p>My problem came after optimising dish to Atra 2G. The freesat transponder is in Atra 2E.</p><p>Because of the narrower beam-width of a 1.8m dish like your friend's, there is a noticeable difference between the two sats.</p><p></p><p>To do the initial tuning of the Humax, you need to get maximum signal *quality* from 11426H on 2E (as [USER=301161]@Huevos[/USER] wrote).</p><p>I could have done this by re-optimising the CM180, but it is now spot on 2G giving me the HD channels, so I'd rather not.</p><p>Luckily I had a 120cm aligned with 2E, and connecting this to the Humax did the trick.</p><p></p><p>So before sending the box back, you could try fine-tuning your friend's dish to point at 2E (use eg 10773H for initial alignment, then 11426H for fine-tuning). You ideally need a meter for this, although you may be able to do this with an STB.</p><p>Then do a Freesat tune to load initial network information.</p><p></p><p>A consequence may be that some of the HD stuff will not come in, but that's better than no Freesat.</p><p></p><p>Also, I don't think a different Freesat box will make much difference, is the signal quality that is the challenge here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="archive10, post: 1054462"] As you can read in the other thread, I had exactly the same eperience as you with tuning Freesat. My problem came after optimising dish to Atra 2G. The freesat transponder is in Atra 2E. Because of the narrower beam-width of a 1.8m dish like your friend's, there is a noticeable difference between the two sats. To do the initial tuning of the Humax, you need to get maximum signal *quality* from 11426H on 2E (as [USER=301161]@Huevos[/USER] wrote). I could have done this by re-optimising the CM180, but it is now spot on 2G giving me the HD channels, so I'd rather not. Luckily I had a 120cm aligned with 2E, and connecting this to the Humax did the trick. So before sending the box back, you could try fine-tuning your friend's dish to point at 2E (use eg 10773H for initial alignment, then 11426H for fine-tuning). You ideally need a meter for this, although you may be able to do this with an STB. Then do a Freesat tune to load initial network information. A consequence may be that some of the HD stuff will not come in, but that's better than no Freesat. Also, I don't think a different Freesat box will make much difference, is the signal quality that is the challenge here. [/QUOTE]
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