sat_newby
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- My Satellite Setup
- Humax Foxsat-HDR
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- Colchester
Hi all,
am totally new to the world of satellite TV and have hit a problem attempting to set up a (very basic) system at home.
I moved into my current house around 4.5 years ago and the previous occupant left behind what appears to be a Sky mini dish (static mount). I've never wanted Sky so installed a terrestrial aerial and have been happily watching Freeview for a few years.
For various reasons I've decided to upgrade to Freesat and have purchased a Foxsat-HDR, assuming I'd be able to plug into the old Sky dish via the existing cabling, which I left in place, and get up and running very quickly.
Unfortunately, when I attempt to set up the receiver I can't get a channel listing and the postcode validation step consistently fails, whatever postcode I use.
Having done a bit of reading around I understand that the postcode validation is done against a file that is received from the satellite, therefore I need to get a good signal before this will work.
Looking at the tuning menu I noticed that I've got a signal strength of 75-80% but a quality of 0. I did some further reading up and most solutions to this sort of problem suggest checking the alignment of the dish. Having looked up details on dishpointer.com I checked the East/West alignment with a compass and it seems to be spot on.
Would be grateful if someone could advise what other areas I can check before calling in a professional installer. I assume it's worth checking cables and connections etc but don't want to spend time up a ladder only for someone to say these won't affect the signal quality if the strength is so high. Is it really worth checking the elevation and LNB skew angle and if so how accurate do these need to be?
One other point to mention...am planning to change the LNB from a single to a quad so I can a) make use of the PVR features of the receiver and b) run cables to more receivers in other rooms. Am therefore happy to replace this if the 0 signal quality may be down to a faulty LNB. Any gotchas to watch out for when replacing the LNB would be much appreciated. The current LNB is a Cambridge Industries GEO UNIVERSAL G96.
Thanks,
R
am totally new to the world of satellite TV and have hit a problem attempting to set up a (very basic) system at home.
I moved into my current house around 4.5 years ago and the previous occupant left behind what appears to be a Sky mini dish (static mount). I've never wanted Sky so installed a terrestrial aerial and have been happily watching Freeview for a few years.
For various reasons I've decided to upgrade to Freesat and have purchased a Foxsat-HDR, assuming I'd be able to plug into the old Sky dish via the existing cabling, which I left in place, and get up and running very quickly.
Unfortunately, when I attempt to set up the receiver I can't get a channel listing and the postcode validation step consistently fails, whatever postcode I use.
Having done a bit of reading around I understand that the postcode validation is done against a file that is received from the satellite, therefore I need to get a good signal before this will work.
Looking at the tuning menu I noticed that I've got a signal strength of 75-80% but a quality of 0. I did some further reading up and most solutions to this sort of problem suggest checking the alignment of the dish. Having looked up details on dishpointer.com I checked the East/West alignment with a compass and it seems to be spot on.
Would be grateful if someone could advise what other areas I can check before calling in a professional installer. I assume it's worth checking cables and connections etc but don't want to spend time up a ladder only for someone to say these won't affect the signal quality if the strength is so high. Is it really worth checking the elevation and LNB skew angle and if so how accurate do these need to be?
One other point to mention...am planning to change the LNB from a single to a quad so I can a) make use of the PVR features of the receiver and b) run cables to more receivers in other rooms. Am therefore happy to replace this if the 0 signal quality may be down to a faulty LNB. Any gotchas to watch out for when replacing the LNB would be much appreciated. The current LNB is a Cambridge Industries GEO UNIVERSAL G96.
Thanks,
R