Lidl Sat Finder

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Does anyone know of any Lidl that still has some of these left over? I thought it was yesterday, not last week.:o Just bought a new dish, and having trouble aligning it. Or even if there's anyone, in north cork/cork city, that bought one that would be so kind as to let me borrow one for an afternoon?:p

munstergirl

Can't help you with sat finder.

But i alligned mine with cheap compass, got the allignment on dishpointer.com

Minstrel27

I alligned mine by first of all pointing it in the general direction of my neighbours dishes. I then moved it slowly until it found something. It found Astra 1 first so I had it too far right. Be sure to check the elevation too.

CR 7

munstergirl wrote: »

Can't help you with sat finder.

But i alligned mine with cheap compass, got the allignment on dishpointer.com

Thanks, might have to do this, where's the best place for cheap compasses?

Minstrel27 wrote: »

I alligned mine by first of all pointing it in the general direction of my neighbours dishes. I then moved it slowly until it found something. It found Astra 1 first so I had it too far right. Be sure to check the elevation too.

Can't really try this, nearest neighbours are about a mile away, and don't have dishes.:pac:

Minstrel27

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Thanks, might have to do this, where's the best place for cheap compasses?



Can't really try this, nearest neighbours are about a mile away, and don't have dishes.:pac:

Another way of getting a guide of where to point the dish is point it in the direction of the sun at 11am

Martin_F

Minstrel27 wrote: »

Be sure to check the elevation too.

+1 I wasted over an hour because I hadn't set the elevation right. My dish had an elevation scale on the back - so if you're lucky there will be no guess work. Then it's just a case of trial and error with a signal meter - I used the signal strength meter on the sat receiver.

montgolfiere

i found a 'satbeeper' combined with the skyboxes inbuilt meter a simple and cheap option. the satbeeper to find the satellite and then the combination of the beeper and inbuilt skybox meter to fine tune. dont forget to optimise the skew.
the skyman

godskitchen

montgolfiere wrote: »

i found a 'satbeeper' combined with the skyboxes inbuilt meter a simple and cheap option. the satbeeper to find the satellite and then the combination of the beeper and inbuilt skybox meter to fine tune. dont forget to optimise the skew.
the skyman

Second that, it was how I aligned mine, had to drag an old portable TV outside but didnt cost me anything.

IRCA

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Does anyone know of any Lidl that still has some of these left over? I thought it was yesterday, not last week.:o Just bought a new dish, and having trouble aligning it. Or even if there's anyone, in north cork/cork city, that bought one that would be so kind as to let me borrow one for an afternoon?:p

head down to Maplins in Blackpool - should be able to pick one up for under €20

antocann

theres some on ebay for a few euro , that wil do the job