Noob trying to find thor.

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danielb

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My Satellite Setup
Motorised 1.1m, Dm500s
My Location
birmingham uk
:confused: Please help, i have read through the guides but nothing is working. I bought a dreambox 500s and it has the enigma image on. I have mounted the satellite (1.1m) Ive been moving the satellite up down, left right for ages, the SNR never moves from 55. Am i supposed to be entering any additional settings before doing this? (attempting to locate thor) Non of the guides say so, the motor is working, so theres power, the SNR drops to 29 if i disconnect the LNB, so i assume thats working. Im lost :(

Here is the whats on my tv screen as i attempt to find thor.
 

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There's a "how to take screenshots" guide in the Idiot's Guide.

Do you have a satellite meter? Have you read http://www.satellite-newbie.co.uk/sat1/diseqcinstall.html

Dreamboxes are not easy to setup/ use as a beginner. It took me ages to set mine up and be prepared for some frustration ahead.

Ive been moving the satellite up down, left right for ages, the SNR never moves from 55
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The dish may not be pointing at Thor and the elevation may not be correct. There is a list of strong transponders here:

http://www.satellites.co.uk/satelli...s/28972-strongest-reference-transponders.html
 
I do have a satellite meter, the only time its done anything is when pointing the dish directly as my neighbours :-rofl2 i assume its interference, because the dreambox signal stays put. Yep read that guide too, maybe this image is crap. :confused: I assume you need it plugged into ethernet to take screen shots, ill go read that now.
 
The dish may not be pointing at Thor and the elevation may not be correct. There is a list of strong transponders here
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Ive not entered in any transponder, do i do this before aquiring a good SNR?

Appreciate the help.
 
:cool: the dreambox sreenshot tool os quite cool, with remote too :)
 
danielb said:
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Ive not entered in any transponder, do i do this before aquiring a good SNR?

Appreciate the help.
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Enter transponder 11.325h for BBC world. You need to input your co-ordinates first and send the dish to Thor before alignment as per the guides.
 
Nothing, i can point it directly at the floor or straight up, signal level never changes. At this rate I might just sell it all and get a slingboxat friends in norway.

Anyone recommend a good image to try for the dreambox?
 
I have no way of testing if the tuners dead either )(-red
 
You don't even need a receiver to setup the dish. But you do need to be pointing the dish towards Thor with the elevation and motor angles set up correctly.

The details are in the link provided but you'll need your dish and motor manuals to give you the angles.

i can point it directly at the floor or straight up
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It takes precision and fine tuning to set up a dish- a few mm "out" will give you no signal. It takes time and patience.
 
ok, can you carefully explain everything you have done so far.
 
Done it all already, had all angles set. Ill try get a strong signal with just the meter.
 
Mounted pole 100% vertical. adjusted mount angle to match my latitude, as per the manual table, then adjusted the angle on the dish, again with the table in the manual. Mounted the dish, used a tool online to find thor. its inline with a house chimney across the road. So pointed it there. Whacked dreambox on, gone to complex menu at start. Ive now since tilted the dish slowly up and down slowly in that direction, and not once have i had anything change on the SNR bar. So i switched to the astra satellie to the east and tried in that direction. Nothing. :confused:
 
lnb to lnb input on motor, rec from motor to reciever, no shorts, all terminated properly. The motor works fine, its quite cool :) reminds me of only fools and horses satellite. "Switch it off!"

Ill try just the meter in the morning, i know that works.
 
Sounds like your just not finding your reference satellite - keep at it.
 
I think i found a big part of the problem, the labels are the same as that in the manual. Which would explain why the meter went mad when i lowered the satellite. Could you have a look at this photo please, does this look at the correct angle for birmingham, i assume the satellite is very offset.
 

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Is it pointing at Thor? The angle of the dish changes as the motor rotates.
 
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