James Williamson
New Member
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2018
- Messages
- 4
- Reaction score
- 3
- Points
- 3
- Age
- 51
- My Satellite Setup
- 80cm dish, openbox V8S
- My Location
- Oxfordshire
Hi all,
It's poor practice to just send a post before searching through the forum to see if someone else has asked the same question. However, I can't seem to find anything that answers my question.
I'm trying to improve my French, and also encourage the family to learn as we're thinking of buying a house in France, so have decided to try and get Fransat working. My progress so far has been to successful point a dish at 28.2 E and get Freesat both using a TV with freesat built in and an Openbox V8S. I've done this with a variety of dishes, from a portable one the size of a large dinner plate to a 110 cm dish mounted on a tripod stand - of course all bought from ebay..
I've done a bit of research and bought a Fransat receiver box which comes with a card which unscrambles the channels. However, I can't see to get any signal at all when I point my dish(es) at Eutelsat 5 West A, I've tried adding a satellite on the Openbox V8S it but am still unable to get a signal. Likewise with the Fransat receiver. I've bought a miltary compass, etc, and learnt (via some considerable frusrtation) the rookie mistake that metal objects will distort the signal significantly. I've obviously spent some time playing with elevation. The mobile phone apps don't seem to work for me as the compass doesn't seem to be reliable, I'm using a fairly modern phone too - Samsung S8.
As far as I understand it, I should be able to at least receive a signal on Openbox V8S which I bought as a testing unit to see if could lock on to other satellites other than 28.2. Am I missing something - should I just go and buy a motorised dish if it's purely a case of alignment? I've added Astra A on the Openbox to see if I could lock onto another satellite, no joy there either. Is there something I'm missing? I'm happy to pay for help, I'm based in Watlington, Oxfordshire.
Many thanks,
James
It's poor practice to just send a post before searching through the forum to see if someone else has asked the same question. However, I can't seem to find anything that answers my question.
I'm trying to improve my French, and also encourage the family to learn as we're thinking of buying a house in France, so have decided to try and get Fransat working. My progress so far has been to successful point a dish at 28.2 E and get Freesat both using a TV with freesat built in and an Openbox V8S. I've done this with a variety of dishes, from a portable one the size of a large dinner plate to a 110 cm dish mounted on a tripod stand - of course all bought from ebay..
I've done a bit of research and bought a Fransat receiver box which comes with a card which unscrambles the channels. However, I can't see to get any signal at all when I point my dish(es) at Eutelsat 5 West A, I've tried adding a satellite on the Openbox V8S it but am still unable to get a signal. Likewise with the Fransat receiver. I've bought a miltary compass, etc, and learnt (via some considerable frusrtation) the rookie mistake that metal objects will distort the signal significantly. I've obviously spent some time playing with elevation. The mobile phone apps don't seem to work for me as the compass doesn't seem to be reliable, I'm using a fairly modern phone too - Samsung S8.
As far as I understand it, I should be able to at least receive a signal on Openbox V8S which I bought as a testing unit to see if could lock on to other satellites other than 28.2. Am I missing something - should I just go and buy a motorised dish if it's purely a case of alignment? I've added Astra A on the Openbox to see if I could lock onto another satellite, no joy there either. Is there something I'm missing? I'm happy to pay for help, I'm based in Watlington, Oxfordshire.
Many thanks,
James