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Install Odditity

  • 23-05-2009 8:13pm
    #1
    azzeretti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭


    I know the answer to this question is keep trying but today I spent about 3 hours doing an install. The best I could do was get the signal strenght up to 40%. NOTHING I did would improve. Left, Right, Up, Down......nothing/

    Has this ever happened to anyone? Any suggestions? Embarressingly I had to leave and say I would finish Monday!


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  • #2
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    A basic meter of some sort should make it a little easier, the fancy one making it much, much easier!

    If you didn't have one, were you reading off the satellite receiver? Some software meters might not be very responsive to your slight adjustments.

    Could there have been any small obstacles slightly obscuring signal, maybe leaves; obviously nothing so big that it would completely block out signal?

    Did altering the LNB skew (if applicable) make any difference?

    Better luck on Monday :)


  • #3
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators Posts: 19,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Also, maybe try a different dish? What dish did you use. If the parabola gets warped a bit, it can have serious detrimental effect on the signal levels.


  • #4
    azzeretti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭azzeretti


    ethernet wrote: »
    A basic meter of some sort should make it a little easier, the fancy one making it much, much easier!

    If you didn't have one, were you reading off the satellite receiver? Some software meters might not be very responsive to your slight adjustments.

    Could there have been any small obstacles slightly obscuring signal, maybe leaves; obviously nothing so big that it would completely block out signal?

    Did altering the LNB skew (if applicable) make any difference?

    Better luck on Monday :)

    I have a meter....picking up everything else in the sky expect what I need! Skew is correct for the location too.....never though of trying another dish though!


  • #5
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Or if the Arm is bent.

    What is the Quality level? If it's just a low output LNB, it doesn't matter. My system has switching that drops level to about 55%. But Quality is the same as direct, about 80%+.

    If a satellite has a roughly equal mix of H &V then the skew has no effect on level, only quality.


  • #6
    kuro_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭kuro_man


    From my limited experience, setting the elevation is the hard part. Some (perhaps cheaper) dishes have bracket-markings that are incorrect. It should be at around 21.5 degrees (for Astra 2.)

    If this is set wrong, it is very hard to correct it by moving the dish randomly - you need at least 1 "constant."

    Alternative suggestion is to point the dish parallel to other dishes in the area (or use dishpointer.com for a landmark) and then set the elevation, then fine tune it left-to-right.


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