Recent content by ChrisThomas

Captain Jack was exactly correct. A very small change anticlockwise and a more significant reduction in elevation has sorted it. Thanks to everyone for their contributions. Now I must change my profile(?) before I need to ask any more questions to avoid misleading people! Chris

More work on fine alignment required by the sound of it. I'll report back. Thanks again to all.

Thanks for the quick replies. In fact I'm in the UK now (Cardiff). The dish is 70cm and gives excellent reception of all those the German / Austrian channels. And Samsung claim the TV has a Freesat tuner built in. Perhaps PaulR's comments explain why there's a, "Satellite", option and an...

I've finally taken the plunge; scrapped our old CRT TV and bought a modern one with built-in Freesat, a dish, LNB, cable etc. etc.. I've put up the dish, aligned it by compass, local landmarks etc. Then fine tuned with a simple alignment meter. Confusingly (to me anyway) the TV has two...

Thanks, all. I think I get the message regarding boosters and what really needs doing! Chris

Thanks, all, for the prompt help. I don't have access to the roof or cabling beyond my flat so it seems there's little I can do in the short term. I may see whether I can persuade the Syndic to install a bigger dish but, to be honest, the problem only occurs in particularly poor weather so...

Hi. Firstly, apologies if this has been covered before. I have looked. I spend some of my time the a flat in the French Alps where I have access to both UK Freesat and French TNT (Freeview equivalent). On the roof of the apartment block I assume there is a single satellite dish and a single...