LoungeLizard
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- My Satellite Setup
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Skyline Satellite Dish (60cm), Skyline DSR4000 Digital Salellite Receiver, LG 42LF66 (42" Flat Screen LCD television),
LG HT353SD 5.1 DVD Home Cinema System.
- My Location
- Runcorn, Cheshire, UK.
I'm trying to set up a simple Satellite Dish/Television system in Cheshire, UK.
My Television is an LG 42LF66 (42" LCD) - only had it a few days.
My Satellite Dish is a 60cm Skyline. It is mounted on a south-facing wall in a similar orientation to neighbours' Satellite Dishes (which work well). I may need to fine-tune the Elevation, Azimuth and LNB skew.
The Satellite Dish is connected by (about) 2 to 3 metres of co-ax (that came with the Satellite Dish) and plugs into the back of the Television.
I have had no success so far in getting any Satellite Television pictures!
My Television is meant to have an internal set-top box. However it's only got a standard aerial socket to the rear so there's nowhere to screw in an 'F' connector. So I've tried the standard push-in co-axial connector on the end of the Satellite Dish cable to the back of the Television. Is this significant?
My television switches on and I can get a menu screen which allows 'Digital' reception. However it keeps coming up with a 'Weak Signal' error message. There is a diagnostics menu option which indicates that the Television is receiving a weak 'Winter Hill' transmission. 'Winter Hill' is indeed my local terrestial transmission station BUT I'm looking for a Satellite transmission. I have so far been unable to get any indication of a Satellite transmission.
I am not a subscriber to Sky or Cable, and my standard television aerial has blown off the roof. It is very hard to put this aerial back up be cause I live in a very tall house (requiring scaffold to get to roof).
What (I think) I would like to do is connect to Astra 2A-B-D Satellite. I have used this messageboard to establish the Elevation (22.8), Azimut (tr 143.2, mag 146.8), LNB Skew (-13.4) but so far haven't fine-tuned to these.
Please could I have some advice on how to get started and where I've gone wrong so far?
I've got a Philex Model 4640 SAT finder which is meant to indicate satellite signal strength, but I've had no success in even getting this to work (no LEDs have come on what ever I've tried!).
My Television is an LG 42LF66 (42" LCD) - only had it a few days.
My Satellite Dish is a 60cm Skyline. It is mounted on a south-facing wall in a similar orientation to neighbours' Satellite Dishes (which work well). I may need to fine-tune the Elevation, Azimuth and LNB skew.
The Satellite Dish is connected by (about) 2 to 3 metres of co-ax (that came with the Satellite Dish) and plugs into the back of the Television.
I have had no success so far in getting any Satellite Television pictures!
My Television is meant to have an internal set-top box. However it's only got a standard aerial socket to the rear so there's nowhere to screw in an 'F' connector. So I've tried the standard push-in co-axial connector on the end of the Satellite Dish cable to the back of the Television. Is this significant?
My television switches on and I can get a menu screen which allows 'Digital' reception. However it keeps coming up with a 'Weak Signal' error message. There is a diagnostics menu option which indicates that the Television is receiving a weak 'Winter Hill' transmission. 'Winter Hill' is indeed my local terrestial transmission station BUT I'm looking for a Satellite transmission. I have so far been unable to get any indication of a Satellite transmission.
I am not a subscriber to Sky or Cable, and my standard television aerial has blown off the roof. It is very hard to put this aerial back up be cause I live in a very tall house (requiring scaffold to get to roof).
What (I think) I would like to do is connect to Astra 2A-B-D Satellite. I have used this messageboard to establish the Elevation (22.8), Azimut (tr 143.2, mag 146.8), LNB Skew (-13.4) but so far haven't fine-tuned to these.
Please could I have some advice on how to get started and where I've gone wrong so far?
I've got a Philex Model 4640 SAT finder which is meant to indicate satellite signal strength, but I've had no success in even getting this to work (no LEDs have come on what ever I've tried!).