new boy on the block

[dwadman]

Hi, i,m new to all this and have recently purchased a philex skyline free to air system, including dish lnb and receiver . After setting up my system and guessing where to point my dish, the missus indoors shouts we have a picture. going into setup i see numerous satellites. from astra to hotbird and others as well. But when i auto scan for programmes all i seem to get is nearly all he same programmes on each satellite and plenty repeated channels like bbc and itv. Why i purchased the system was to gain better channels than freeview boxes it seems worse or can i aim my dish in other areas to gain better satelites amd improved channel choice'
Cheer:-worships

 

[rolfw]

You will only get channels from the satellite at which the dish is pointing, but as satellites share common frequencies, on scanning other satellites from the list, channels will be found, they are however only channels from the original satellite.

You can of course move the dish to find other satellites, but get yourself a cheap signal meter first, as you need to be able to move it back as well.

 

[bigtee]

It seems that the OP is currently aligned to Astra 2 --- because of the mention of the BBC/ITV channels. If that is the case OP, you already have a result and have achieved the initial basic objective of getting extra channels to Freeview - though you may need to check that you are receiving the full compliment of channels available on Astra 2; Astra 2 is the satellite that has mainly UK channels. Generally a dish points to only one satellite at a time.

The other satellites listed e.g. Astra 1, Hotbird etc have channels from several countries, mostly not in English. They can be rewarding to explore for fun or as a hobby but, unless you wanna go down the latter route, they should be of no concern.

 

[Robbo]

Of course, if you want to explore, without the hassle every time you want to move it, stick a motor on, for about £40 plus bracketry etc.

 

[dwadman]

Hi, cheers 2 everybody have got myself a cheap sat finder will try to find other sats @the weekend. iam hoping to get canal+

 

[gunn1e]

Canal+ ? Good luck dude.

Hi, cheers 2 everybody have got myself a cheap sat finder will try to find other sats @the weekend. iam hoping to get canal+

 

[dwadman]

Hi i,m new to all this last week i purchased my free to air setup - 60cm dish and box made by philex model skyline dsr4000. Set everything up and started to receive astra and other satellites in the setup page but upon scanning turned out they all showed the same programmes mostly loads of bbc1 bbc2 itv shopping channels chat line channels.
If this is all i can receive ,i,am very disappointed with the idea or would moving the dish to other areas to find different satellites help me .
cheers:-worship

 

[rolfw]

Merged this post with your original thread, your question has already been answered.