Recent content by mattybee

Are you looking to put it on a south facing wall? if so 12" T&K should do it. But if your not on a south facing wall, Like me, depending on where due south is you may need bigger, I ended up using 24" T&K's

Just checking, but have you checked your LNB skew is correct?

Thanks, have found out that there may be serveral other problems preventing me, which will need to be sorted. Going to stick with my setup for the moment, and invest in some new equipment in teh new year (mrs thinks i have spent alot already :) ) Thanks for your replies

Yes finally got my motorised setup working, however I cannot get 26.0e. When I scan the satellite. nothing comes up, when i scan the strongest TP nothing, but if i do a power scan i get everything from Astra 2. What could the problem be? Could it be an out of date box (fortec Sigma) 'O'-red...

With the expereince I have had (not much) and reading up about it, I have found that you have to be 100% spot on with your alignment, even more so with motorised, as you are tracking an arc, and the slightest bit out and you have missed it. Mattybee

From what I understand, no/low signal quality means you are not on the satellite you have selected. Have you tried adjusting the motor on your pole to improve the quality? Mattybee

:) i did the father in law said he would put it together for me lol I'll do it myself next time lol

no probs. If i have any other probs will post here lol, just found another problem which may casue problems. Can see my dish is not centred on motor :confused: Mattybee

I live in Widnes

Thanks Should I use the info off of dishpointer, as reference for south, as i think this compass is really c*ap lol Mattybee

Hi Guys Finally installed setup, after some hiccups, but being a novice at this i am having some problems. I have no signal quality, but 60% on strength, which means I am not on the satellite I should be. Correct? I have followed the guides from this forum to set it up, but I am getting...

Thanks Robbo So if my long is 2.74W will I have to aim my dish at amos 4.0w or can I use 1w or 0.8w Thanks Mattybee

Hi Guys Just setting up USALS on my receiver, now my Longitude is -2.7381° What should I enter? Is it 0.0? Thanks Mattybee

Ok cool, thanks for that. Tomorrow going to be the big day in setting it all up :eek: Wish me luck lol

Hi I have noticed that my recievers last firmware update was in 2006, will this mean that I cannot get certain Channels/Satellites once I have set it all up. Mattybee