Revez Combo box hdts850

Soulsun

Would the above box work off a sky satellite?

Soulsun

Also any suggestions on who to contact with installation of this damn thing would be great

crasy dash

The box should work fine if you have a sky dish installed already and have a cable from the lnb to the Revez box you also need a cable from an aerial for Saorview.
The box come pre programmed for UK channels but you have to do a search for the saorview

What problem are you having?

Soulsun

crasy dash wrote: »

The box should work fine if you have a sky dish installed already and have a cable from the lnb to the Revez box you also need a cable from an aerial for Saorview.
The box come pre programmed for UK channels but you have to do a search for the saorview

What problem are you having?

Tbh I don't know what cables go where

decor58

Soulsun wrote:

Tbh I don't know what cables go where

You should have 4 cables, mains, Hdmi, from back of the box to TV, sat cable, from dish to unit, with screw on type connection and rf cable from aerial, with regular TV aerial plug.

Soulsun

crasy dash wrote: »

The box should work fine if you have a sky dish installed already and have a cable from the lnb to the Revez box you also need a cable from an aerial for Saorview.
The box come pre programmed for UK channels but you have to do a search for the saorview

What problem are you having?

Okay I think I am making progress

I have a list of satellites .... Which one do I select?

Kristopherus

Soulsun wrote: »

Okay I think I am making progress

I have a list of satellites .... Which one do I select?

Astra at 28.2

Soulsun

Kristopherus wrote: »

Astra at 28.2

My options are

Astra 3b 23.5
Eutelsat 28a 28.2

Soulsun

Soulsun wrote: »

My options are

Astra 3b 23.5
Eutelsat 28a 28.2

Also longitude e/w ???

Kristopherus

Soulsun wrote: »

Also longitude e/w ???

28.2 is where the Sky channels come from. No longitude needed.

Soulsun

Kristopherus wrote: »

28.2 is where the Sky channels come from. No longitude needed.

Okay I'm getting a number of fails while scanning

Kristopherus

Soulsun wrote: »

Okay I'm getting a number of fails while scanning

What was coming from your dish, before you connected the Revez?

Soulsun

Kristopherus wrote: »

What was coming from your dish, before you connected the Revez?

I've no idea

Also what LNB frequency
Transponder

Kristopherus

Soulsun wrote: »

I've no idea

Also what LNB frequency
Transponder

LNB Freq 9750-10600, if you have that option.

Transponder. Each satellite has dozens/hundreds of transponders. Focus on the satellits(s) listed at 28.2. The box should then scan each transponder in turn. If you are getting "failed", does the scan continue?

Soulsun

Kristopherus wrote: »

LNB Freq 9750-10600, if you have that option.

Transponder. Each satellite has dozens/hundreds of transponders. Focus on the satellits(s) listed at 28.2. The box should then scan each transponder in turn. If you are getting "failed", does the scan continue?

No scanning does not continue

Signal Intensity 37%
Signal quality 10%

Thurston?

Soulsun wrote: »

Okay I'm getting a number of fails while scanning

And you have the cable from the dish connected to the LNB-in/satellite-in port on the box?

Soulsun

Thurston? wrote: »

And you have the cable from the dish connected to the LNB-in/satellite-in port on the box?

Yes into the LNB port

Kristopherus

Soulsun wrote: »

No scanning does not continue

Signal Intensity 37%
Signal quality 10%

Your dish is skewed and not focussed on 28.2E. You will have to slowly turn it to 5 o'clock and see if the signal gets stronger. You should be getting 80-90% intensity and 80% quality , although quality will work at lower %.

Thurston?

Soulsun wrote: »

Yes into the LNB port

You refer to the dish as a 'Sky satellite': do you know for sure it was used for reception of Sky TV, & not some foreign service?

Soulsun

Thurston? wrote: »

You refer to the dish as a 'Sky satellite': do you know for sure it was used for reception of Sky TV, & not some foreign service?

No I don't know for sure

Soulsun

Kristopherus wrote: »

Your dish is skewed and not focussed on 28.2E. You will have to slowly turn it to 5 o'clock and see if the signal gets stronger. You should be getting 80-90% intensity and 80% quality , although quality will work at lower %.

So is this something I can do myself

Kristopherus

Soulsun wrote: »

So is this something I can do myself

Well, you can, but ideally you'll need a family member nearby to tell you if the signal is improving. If that's not feasible, You should get an installer.

Thurston?

Soulsun wrote: »

Thurston? wrote: »

You refer to the dish as a 'Sky satellite': do you know for sure it was used for reception of Sky TV, & not some foreign service?

No I don't know for sure

Right. Might be worth looking at this site.

Enter your location, & '28.2E ASTRA 2E' etc., & hopefully if you get a good image for your location, & a convenient landmark to look at, you should be able to tell if the dish is aligned on 28.2 east, or maybe say 13 degrees east, to give an example of where foreign services can be found.

Soulsun

Thanks for all the help guys
Gona park it till tmw