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Seem to have everything set up but still nothing

  • 02-09-2007 11:35am
    #1
    christoricus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Guys this is my set up, i know very little about satellites so can you tell me if you think i need anything else?
    Manhattan Plaza 250 PVR 200 GB 2CI
    Triax TD88 90cm Triax Diseqc motorised dish
    50mm, 2 inch dia. pole ground stand. 1m high pole

    I think the current problem i have is that because i cant mount the satellite onto the wall of the house :( its on my balcony . I have faced it south east but the is a line of trees in my estate facing that direction. I bought Omnisat Digital Satellite Compass from maplins to try and find anything. i lined it up to the astra 2 satellite and turned on the search mode on my reciver. When i used the search function for astra 2 the satellite moved itself with the motor.
    I have not found a single channel on any satellite at all. I get a Signal strenght of 76% on my menu but when i do a search it goes down to 32% and i always have 0% Quaility always??

    You guys have any ideas or do you think im f**ked???


Comments

  • #2
    christoricus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭christoricus


    One more qucik thing, are we able to get DigitAlb in ireland?


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    You just are pointing at wrong satellite. Every 3 degrees is a different Satellite.
    DigitAlb is possible, not sure which size dish.

    Zero quality means wrong satellite.


  • #4
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    Have had problems locking onto 16 degrees east with small dishes...so far have been successful with 1.1metre dishes in the Limerick area...no problems even in rain so far..


  • #5
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    I'm using an 80cm Triax dish for Digitalb (16E) at the moment in Donegal, but it only works OK as long as there's no rain. I would reckon a 1m dish would be a minimum requirement, so I've ordered a 1.1m Triax.


  • #6
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    80cm down here in Waterford seems fine in most conditions on 16E, however we haven't had any torrential down pours down here since I set it up.


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  • #7
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    Actually tried 1metre dishes in Limerick and couldnt get a good lock...but with a 1.1 Metre triax dish they worked everytime....hard to beleive a .1 of a metre would make a lot of difference but it did...so I would recommend anyone starting out to use a minimum of a 1.1metre dish


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