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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
Newbie, No Signal and Frozen Bits.. :)
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<blockquote data-quote="joeuk2000" data-source="post: 67876" data-attributes="member: 184513"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Well good news.... my system is up and running!! <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I bought a signal meter and repositioned the dish and within half an hour of "tweaking" I was up and running!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I've mounted the dish on a concrete fence post on a bracket and post system my mate made for me. See new pics. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://uk.briefcase.yahoo.com/joeuk20002002" target="_blank">http://uk.briefcase.yahoo.com/joeuk20002002</a> directory: New Satellite Pics</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">With the dish at a low level it was easy to tweak the dish to get the strongest signal as indicated by the meter. The meter was absolutely key! <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> I also had to tweak the elevation angle of the dish too.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I initially lined up the Hotbird LNB in the monoblock and got a signal and was able to download the channels, however then switching to the Astra Satellite I got a 15% signal as before, no picture, nothing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">For my system to work.. I had to turn the "C/Ku Switch" to "off", it was previously on tone burst (I thought this tone was used to switch the diseqc switch) I then had to rotate the LNB so that Astra LNB is higher than the Hotbird LNB fixed in the holder. (See pics) Moving this higher I presume focused the signal better and then I was able to download the Astra Channels! Great!!! 600 Free to Air Channels!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Now I've just got to get my head around CAMs!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Summing up, the website correctly told me the azimuth and elevation positions of the dish using the longitude and latitude reading given by multimap, this was checked using a mates GPS system. Moral of the story for me was to get a satellite meter and position the dish so that it can be tweaked, perseverance paid off!!!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Many thanks for you previous comments!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Joe <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joeuk2000, post: 67876, member: 184513"] [size=2]Well good news.... my system is up and running!! :) I bought a signal meter and repositioned the dish and within half an hour of "tweaking" I was up and running!! I've mounted the dish on a concrete fence post on a bracket and post system my mate made for me. See new pics. [url]http://uk.briefcase.yahoo.com/joeuk20002002[/url] directory: New Satellite Pics With the dish at a low level it was easy to tweak the dish to get the strongest signal as indicated by the meter. The meter was absolutely key! :) I also had to tweak the elevation angle of the dish too. I initially lined up the Hotbird LNB in the monoblock and got a signal and was able to download the channels, however then switching to the Astra Satellite I got a 15% signal as before, no picture, nothing :confused: For my system to work.. I had to turn the "C/Ku Switch" to "off", it was previously on tone burst (I thought this tone was used to switch the diseqc switch) I then had to rotate the LNB so that Astra LNB is higher than the Hotbird LNB fixed in the holder. (See pics) Moving this higher I presume focused the signal better and then I was able to download the Astra Channels! Great!!! 600 Free to Air Channels! Now I've just got to get my head around CAMs!!! Summing up, the website correctly told me the azimuth and elevation positions of the dish using the longitude and latitude reading given by multimap, this was checked using a mates GPS system. Moral of the story for me was to get a satellite meter and position the dish so that it can be tweaked, perseverance paid off!!! Many thanks for you previous comments! Joe :) [/size] [/QUOTE]
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