virgin-sat-viewer
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- My Satellite Setup
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superjack 120, tecnomate 1600,
1m dish
- My Location
- norfolk uk
Ok, as my handle suggests, I'm a complete virgin at this satellite stuff (but I am an electronics engineer, and earn my living at setting up computer networks, local and wide etc, so capable of following diagrams technical instructions and so on )
What I've got so far -
Technomate 1600 2cl receiver, 1m dish with single universal .6Db lnb. dish will be mounted on a superjack dg-120+
a 100m of good quality cable and a bag of gold plated F connectors
oh, and a signal strength meter.
on the face of it, and according to some bloke at Technomate, I just sling it all together point the dish due south and away we go !!
NOT.!
first off, the superjack seems to have a problem. when connected the receiver keeps cycling on and off, and i can feel a tingle when i touch the dish!! I feel confident in assuming that it is knackered, as i've tried a different cable, and the receiver starts up ok when connected direct to the lnb. bugger!
next, I'm supposed to set the dish (when mounted onto the superjack in the central position) due south.....is that magnetic or true??
if its 'true' how do i calculate it?
and most confusing of all, elevation!! hells bells! there are about 10 different methods in the instructions i have, all conflicting!! there are scales on the dish and on the superjack! (and they call computer networking a black art!!)
and as for the meter I've got......its crap, shuld've taken advice on that b4 i got one, no instructions, just a Db adjustment, and a needle and scale help??
by waving the dish around in the general direction os south i can get a response from the meter...but so far with the best signal strength showing (i assume) the technomate is not showing much on the signal/quality bars, and reportd 'bad or no signal' or 'no satellite' not sure whether I have to set the 1600 up to a particular satellite, then set the dish up to the co-ordinates of that particular satellite, it doesn't want to do it automatically for some reason
I'm having a really bad weekend here....someone bail me out......please
What I've got so far -
Technomate 1600 2cl receiver, 1m dish with single universal .6Db lnb. dish will be mounted on a superjack dg-120+
a 100m of good quality cable and a bag of gold plated F connectors
oh, and a signal strength meter.
on the face of it, and according to some bloke at Technomate, I just sling it all together point the dish due south and away we go !!
NOT.!
first off, the superjack seems to have a problem. when connected the receiver keeps cycling on and off, and i can feel a tingle when i touch the dish!! I feel confident in assuming that it is knackered, as i've tried a different cable, and the receiver starts up ok when connected direct to the lnb. bugger!
next, I'm supposed to set the dish (when mounted onto the superjack in the central position) due south.....is that magnetic or true??
if its 'true' how do i calculate it?
and most confusing of all, elevation!! hells bells! there are about 10 different methods in the instructions i have, all conflicting!! there are scales on the dish and on the superjack! (and they call computer networking a black art!!)
and as for the meter I've got......its crap, shuld've taken advice on that b4 i got one, no instructions, just a Db adjustment, and a needle and scale help??
by waving the dish around in the general direction os south i can get a response from the meter...but so far with the best signal strength showing (i assume) the technomate is not showing much on the signal/quality bars, and reportd 'bad or no signal' or 'no satellite' not sure whether I have to set the 1600 up to a particular satellite, then set the dish up to the co-ordinates of that particular satellite, it doesn't want to do it automatically for some reason
I'm having a really bad weekend here....someone bail me out......please