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FTA Satellite system

  • 20-04-2009 3:46pm
    #1
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi all

    Basic question really, to those more au fait with satellite sytems than myself.. I have just (or will shortly) acquired a free to air satellite system, SD not HD, and a satellite dish. Just wondering, do these come with instructions to install or is it a complex job for which i would be better getting an engineer in to do it (i have no current satellie system, just basic NTL, which will be unnafected by this)


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I'll only say I managed it, so you can too :)

    The dish set up is straightforward enough - where the bolts go becomes self-evident, mounting the bracket will be the most awkward bit depending on where you are putting it.

    Heres a thread to read over

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055516619


  • #3
    Martin_F
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Martin_F


    Go for it - provided you're not bad at diy... It's no more difficult than mounting anthing to a brick wall - or wiring a plug / ceiling lights etc. The only tricky bit is the dish alignmenet - but even that isn't too hard - you might waste an hour or so like I did before correcting the elevation... doh !


  • #4
    cjt156
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    If you can wire a plug and hang a picture you can do it. I set up my Sat4Free system, ran cables through walls & floors and was watching TV within a couple of hours. Lots of good advice here; dishpointer showed me exactly where to point, elevation is the key as has been said.


  • #5
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    +1 lots of people install their own systems, worst case is you have to get somebody to help you if you cant manage it.

    Desktop PC Boards discount code on https://www.satellite.ie/ is boards.ie



  • #6
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    yes dishpointer.com is a site i highly recommend if you struggle or want the heads up to the correct "Facing" of a satellite dish. Also a plum vertical/horizontal bracket is required. Dont take to much notice of the elevation scale on the backs of dishes, ive found these are more than un accurate & just really a rough guide.

    When i recently moved house i used dishpointer to make my decision on what house i moved to so i made sure i got mount my motorized system in the back garden!


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  • #7
    m8
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 905 ✭✭✭m8


    Maybe a good idea to secure the dish low so you can have a play before bolting it to a wall, that way you will have some idea where to point it and gain experience before the final setup.

    A handy item is a satfinder also, you just might know someone that got one from aldi/lidl and I'm sure they would loan it to you for the setup.


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