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    Need help on encryption

    My uncertainty is divided into three main parts: 1) I have just setup up my 80cm dish and SS2 card and got signal of about 30% -> 60% quality. Is this normal? Also, my signal bar sometimes keep going off and on again. Is this due to wind or bad connections? 2) I am locked onto astra 19.5E...
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    Having confusion between motor and non motor dish

    I have accidentally created a few sparks at the cable connection to the SS2 (connecting cable while computer still on), is my SS2 damaged?
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    Having confusion between motor and non motor dish

    Im using the program now and i know which way to point the dish now. Can u by any chance tell me what polarization angle mean?
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    Having confusion between motor and non motor dish

    elevation is the imporatant bit right, so 31.14 needs to be precise but i am not sure if this angle is relative to ground or sea level
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    Having confusion between motor and non motor dish

    if i want to go for Astra 19.2 East then do i make an elevation of 31.14 degrees. But im still not sure about what arizmuth i need. Great if u can guide me into calculating it.
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    Having confusion between motor and non motor dish

    are there any recommended satellites? The ones with most stuff
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    Having confusion between motor and non motor dish

    Hi there, I am trying to put up a non motorised dish on a post which is mounted on the ground. Been to see some of the tutorials here and found that they are for motor dishes. I am wondering if the angles referred to are the same for both systems. I have been to www.heavens-above.com and got...
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    Skystar 2 affecting my audio...

    I installed my skystar 2 card but when it is enabled, the audio on my system is abit laggy (i.e. when i play an mp3 using windows media player 9 the music is laggy and slow). When i disabled it I played the same mp3 and its normal again. What is the matter?? Thx for any help~~
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    I need some starter help plz!

    ok, got that~
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    I need some starter help plz!

    Thanks so much for the reply, I will keep looking at the "sticky" on the forum, but it would be great if you can tell me about point 3 and 4 as well. For point 1 I mean how to find a satellite. I never knew this was such a big topic, too much stuff to learn!!!
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    I need some starter help plz!

    Sorry, my first post was a reply to some other post so I just want to make sure it is seen
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    I need some starter help plz!

    Hi all, this is my first post and hope my english is not too bad. This is my system: -AthlonX 3700+ -ABIT KN8-SLI -PNY Geforce 7800GT -160GB Hdd -512 RAM -Skystar 2 -80cm solid satellite dish, 2x 0.7dB LNBs, 6 deg brkt -4m f connection cable I have installed skystar 2 and connected it to the...
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    SkyStar 2 DVB PCI Card (newbie)

    Hi all, this is my first post and hope my english is not too bad. This is my system: -AthlonX 3700+ -ABIT KN8-SLI -PNY Geforce 7800GT -160GB Hdd -512 RAM -Skystar 2 -80cm solid satellite dish, 2x 0.7dB LNBs, 6 deg brkt -4m f connection cable I have installed skystar 2 and connected it to the...
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