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LIDL Setup

  • 03-01-2005 10:31pm
    #1
    wolrabp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭


    Hi all,

    Please bare in mind i have never even so much as touched a satellite dish so i am a complete novice when it comes to satellite terms and equipment.

    My dad recently bought a digital decoder from LIDL, they were selling other stuff with it like the brakets and LNB or Head for the dish.

    Just wondering if he has an old 80cm satellite dish with LNB that was used for receiving analog back in the day, would it be possible to use the same satellite dish and head with the LIDL digital decoder? He set it up and just kept getting a weak signal message on the TV screen. He was pointing it using a compass, at 28.2 degrees south south east for Astra 2, is this ok?

    Thanks in advance,

    Phil


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  • #2
    lomb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,017 ✭✭✭lomb


    the old dish and lnb should be functional. u do need special sat cable though not coax cable.
    occasionaly the old lnbs are damaged from water damage. carefully inspect the plastic cover on the front of it for cracks. if its cracked its no good. do not attempt to pull it off or loosen it though.
    t


  • #3
    wolrabp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭wolrabp


    Can you elaborate on the special cable and would a weak signal appear due to the cable? Thanks for the quick reply


  • #4
    Eurorunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Eurorunner


    Just wondering if he has an old 80cm satellite dish with LNB that was used for receiving analog back in the day, would it be possible to use the same satellite dish and head with the LIDL digital decoder?
    As fars i'm aware, analog lnb won't work with digital receiver.
    He was pointing it using a compass, at 28.2 degrees south south east for Astra 2, is this ok?
    Once you have a universal lnb, then you should be able to pick it up...use the next door neighbours sky dish as a point of reference re. where it should be pointing and at what elevation.


  • #5
    wolrabp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭wolrabp


    Is there any way of finding out the elevation angle other than looking at my neighbours? Also is there a way of knowing definitively whether or not it is the LNB causing the problem, my dad has removed and re-attached the LNB will this cause problems?

    Thanks


  • #6
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    wolrabp wrote:
    Can you elaborate on the special cable and would a weak signal appear due to the cable? Thanks for the quick reply

    I would recommend CT100 cable

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  • #7
    wolrabp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭wolrabp


    Thanks Tony


  • #8
    Tony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭Tony


    wolrabp wrote:
    Thanks Tony

    sure

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  • #9
    duridian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,541 ✭✭✭duridian


    You are gonna need a satfinder device (they were on sale at LIDL but can also be obtained elsewhere, Satellite.ie for eg.) if you are to have any hope of aligning the dish. Read fully through the info on this linked thread, it contains nearly everything you need to know. You would be better off using at least new cable and a new universal LNB as the old analog gear might not be suitable/damaged.


  • #10
    wolrabp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27 ✭wolrabp


    Hi,

    Have a satfinder device, we are going to try a new LNB and see what happens, will get back if this doesn't work, thanks for the help


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