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Problem with satellite.

  • 11-09-2014 6:13pm
    #1
    Yulkmn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭


    Hi all,
    I have a dreambox receiver and I am catching well at least trying to catch foreign satellites, eg. 16W 13E 0.8W 19.2E and so on..
    I have a 1 Meter satellite.
    On 16E the problem I have is not the signal strength in most cases but the BER and its after I catch a fairly good signal the picture on the screen just keeps jumping and its just difficult to watch. The LNB i purchased recently.
    I hope someone knows something and that can help me out.
    Cheers.


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  • #2
    winston_1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭winston_1


    Yulkmn wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I have a 1 Meter satellite.

    No, satellites are 23,000 miles above the equator. You have a 1 metre dish and I suspect alignment problems.


  • #3
    Yulkmn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭Yulkmn


    winston_1 wrote: »
    No, satellites are 23,000 miles above the equator. You have a 1 metre dish and I suspect alignment problems.

    Sorry I have a 1.20 meter dish


  • #4
    swoofer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭swoofer


    whats the model of the dreambox and are you using a motorised dish, and location. Also what image are you using?


  • #5
    snaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,138 ✭✭✭snaps


    Yes we do need a bit more info. If its a fixed dish, what satellite are you aligned on?


  • #6
    Yulkmn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭Yulkmn


    swoofer wrote: »
    whats the model of the dreambox and are you using a motorised dish, and location. Also what image are you using?
    DM 500s and its a motorised dish and im in south Dublin Im trying to catch the above satellites. What do you mean by image?
    thanks for the reply


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  • #7
    Jebb0
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jebb0


    Yulkmn wrote: »
    ... On 16E the problem I have is not the signal strength in most cases but the BER and its after I catch a fairly good signal the picture on the screen just keeps jumping and its just difficult to watch.

    That doesn't read like a description of a "fairly good signal". Poor BER indicates a poor quality signal. Are any 16E channels particularly affected?
    Yulkmn wrote: »
    DM 500s and its a motorised dish and im in south Dublin Im trying to catch the above satellites. What do you mean by image?

    "Image", I presume is just the particular software version your box is running. Probably irrelevant here, along with the receiver model, unless there might be some known issue with operating motorised dishes.

    I'd say your problem is just a less-than-optimum dish setup.


  • #8
    Yulkmn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭Yulkmn


    Jebb0 wrote: »
    That doesn't read like a description of a "fairly good signal". Poor BER indicates a poor quality signal. Are any 16E channels particularly affected?

    I can catch a signal of 86/99 but the BER maybe about 50-100 and then channel quality is poor


  • #9
    Jebb0
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8 ✭Jebb0


    I wouldn't pay too much heed to signal strength, as that will shoot up once you get any kind of signal.

    You want to get the quality up, improve your BER.


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