Recent content by Mark in Portugal

If the makers get profit from it, all the better as far as I'm concerned... Try having Portuguese TV for a couple of years, and you'll know what I mean by cultural. It's tough out here in potato country! I think I know what I did wrong before; the tuner settings had disq enabled, but the 2...

I don't know what I did, but while mucking about earlier I deleted the channel list. Now I just re-scanned [automatic], and I have free to air channels working. I can't check how many, since my other half has been culturally deprived for so long, she won't let me switch away from QI. Thanks...

That's odd; I show a strong signal, a partial channel list, but no reception. I assumed there must be encryption; I checked on the "freesat" site and it said you need their receiver box and an internet connection... Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks Huevos; I used the plugin "openwebif". It took me a while to figure out how to access it from my pc. For anyone else who needs to know, you have to put into the address bar of your browser; ip address, 192.168.1.xx:0000 where 0000 is the port the plugin is set to, and of course the ip...

Hi all; I've just got my new 1.8 meter primary focus dish bolted to the roof. I've lined it up using a handheld GPS [marked a point 150 meters away, lined it by sight] and my adjustable builder's level. Tomorrow I'll connect it to my receiver [vu+ duo] and attempt to fine tune it. LNB is...

I have no neighbors with a setup out here, and even if I did that wouldn't mean theirs were done right. A friend of mine installs off grid power systems; he says static buildup during storms can wipe out a 2kw inverter using the house wiring as an antenna. That's without even having a strike...

My new 1.8 meter dish has just been delivered, and I'll be bolting it to my roof tomorrow. Here in Portugal, there is no culture of lightning protection, and I haven't actually dealt with the issue before. What do members recommend? Should the dish be earthed? should I put a lightning rod...

Thanks; that was what I thought. For some reason they cost 2.5 times more here in Portugal. I'm getting closer...

I don't have any English neighbors; mostly Germans around here. Most British south of here are getting reception with 1.4 meter dishes, but I hear a lot of complaints. One guy just switched to 1.8 meter because of poor / unstable signal quality with a 1.4. Anyway, I ordered the Televes 1.8...

I need to buy a dish for receiving from Astra 28.8 East from Algarve, Portugal. I'm going a bit over-size as future proofing. The best deal I've been offered so far is for a "televes" branded dish, at 490 Euros including tax, feedhorn, and delivery. they claim 44.8 dB, focal length 755mm...

2 votes for Vix... We don't get TDT here; I get TV over ip. It doesn't cost more than broadband + telephone, so I'll leave it on, but there isn't a lot of English programming on it [Fox mainly]. The "set top box" supplied has an hd with good time-shift functions. It can record one program...

Hi all; My new VU+ duo just arrived at my gate from Holland. This is all new to me, so I've been reading a lot of the forum here. It's very reassuring to see you're all very tolerant of stupid questions. Question; which image? Now I can see that the poll favors Black hole by far, but these...

Thanks a lot guys; I think this is drifting too far off topic, so when I get my questions more specific, I'll start a new thread. It seems to me I should use 320 stainless bolts instead of whatever they supply, and beef up the mount with some added steel sections. I get a sea breeze up on the...

Thanks; I don't have a problem so far because I don't have a dish yet! I've been trying to work out what to buy, but it's hard to get hard information it seems. I intend to put it all in myself; if necessary I'll get a pro to come do the fine tuning. I'm a hard-core DIY man. Aside from the...

What can I do to avoid the problem? I'm looking at buying a Famaval dish in the next few days. Those are made here in Portugal so are reasonably priced.