Recent content by johndough

Hi I have just gotten a Labgear HDSR300, and the documentation is poor, LABGEAR's website is even worse. However somewhere someone mentioned the LIDL unit. Well the manual etc is remarkably similar (though perhaps more thorough) then the Labgear one. So reading quickly thru the Lidl version...

Hiya THANKS Well today, at 13:46 I bought a SAGEM box from Argos, having returned the GRUNDIG, and it is now 14:54 and I have some FREESAT channels. Thank you for the help, it would seem your surmise about an update being needed as hitting the mark. Also it has restored my faith in my...

Hiya I bought the kit below. Freesat Installation Kit SLX Everything you need to install Freesat TV except the receiver. Easy installation with basic DIY skills. * 60cm Dish, LNB & Satellite Finder 60cm dish, LNB, coaxial cable, fixing brackets, 10m cable and clips, plugs and sockets...

Thanks for the advice. I get ZERO at all times. If I could hit any satellite signal I would be happy. I think my next step is to buy another decoder box, HUMAX probably and hope it can see a signal. Not knowing what a signal looks like, IE: is it something that would register as Millivolts...

Thanks. Alignment is by using the google mapping from satfinder, coupled with using a compass and looking at the general direction of a nearby dish. This I hoped gave me the East of South figure I wanted. I am guessing at the -13 degrees for the LNB. But even so with all figures dased on...

Hi I have put up a dish, 66 cms and cabled back to the Grundig box. At no point with my attempts at alignment and scanning frequencies have I moved from ZERO. Even with the cable disconnected I get ZERO, so what use a 66 cms dish? I connect a basic signal strength meter in line, it gets a...