New - Lidl Digital Camping Satellite System

Dr. Nick

From Thursday next...

http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050616.p.Satellite

ShevY

was looking at some thing like this motorised setup . but since im a noob. this might be a better way to start.
what time would one want to be ther to get one? 7?

wolfe25

And suprisingly not available in NI stores?
http://www.lidl.ie/ie/index_ni.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20050616.index

taung

Demand for FTA satellite systems not so high in NI due to availability of DTT.....

bcloh

Sorry now for the stupid question, but are these systems any good for wall mounting and using in the home ? Is the dish big enough to get all FTA channels in the West of Ireland?

Macy

taung wrote:

Demand for FTA satellite systems not so high in NI due to availability of DTT.....

In theory, which doesn't account for the people that think Satellite = sky.

byte

bcloh wrote:

Sorry now for the stupid question, but are these systems any good for wall mounting and using in the home ? Is the dish big enough to get all FTA channels in the West of Ireland?

I don't think the dish was designed for long-term wall mounting, but I have seen a house or two with the dish up, so it can be wall mounted. Dunno how it'd withstand windy weather though. It'd do until you get your hands on a decent dish...

markmiller321

is there any chance the dish would pick up RTL(german) for live formula 1 in laois or would i have to upgrade to an 80cm dish

darkmaster2

http://www.inhousetechnologies.com/lidl_satellite_system.htm

Some info on the Lidl System

jayo99

>is there any chance the dish would pick up RTL(german) for live formula 1 in laois or would i have to upgrade to an 80cm dish

Dude.. I used to pick up RTL on my old analogue dish in Kildare so I don't see why not.

Gargantuan

Should be able to on the current size.

I got one of these a while back , but I have only managed to get ASTRA 2 ,but saying that, that is through a double glazed window.

A friend go one aswell and he has been able to get ASTRA 1 , Hotbird and Hispasat with not too much trouble.

courghan

I just bought one of these camping dish systems, setit up on my private terrace in my apartment in dublin west and, after an hour of pointing and tweaking, now I can get Hotbird with decent signal quality (40 - 70%) and that was last night with crappy weather. Dish is clamped on the handrail using all their tools. I would say Thumbs Up!!!! Will probably get a bette dish lnb during winter. Anyone does know where to buy the flat sat cable connectors (the ones that fit under doors and windows) in Dublin??

Thanks

inigo

markmiller321 wrote:

is there any chance the dish would pick up RTL(german) for live formula 1 in laois or would i have to upgrade to an 80cm dish

I thought it was possible to get the F1 FTA on ITV on Astra 2D @ E28.2 with the smaller dish. After all it's the same position as Sky and their dishes are smaller...

Mossy Monk

yeah it is, ITV show it FTA

PauloMN

Have to give it the thumbs-up also, bought one yesterday and have just been playing around with it. Have managed to get both Astra 1 and Astra 2 relatively easily.

Suprised that it works as well given the small size of the dish, which is smaller than even a Sky mini-dish from what I can see.

What's the deal with the plastic, I thought the dish would have had to be metal - have they sprayed something metallic on the plastic dish to make it reflective?

I'm a satellite novice - but I read in the manual that this system can be motorised. What are the options for motorising this dish?

Tony

You would need a diseq motor and i would suggest an 80cm dish to get good value from this

PauloMN wrote:

I'm a satellite novice - but I read in the manual that this system can be motorised. What are the options for motorising this dish?

Tony

Sorry that link is way out of date

ShevY wrote:

was looking at some thing like this motorised setup . but since im a noob. this might be a better way to start.
what time would one want to be ther to get one? 7?

PauloMN

Tony wrote:

You would need a diseq motor and i would suggest an 80cm dish to get good value from this

What sort of money are the motors, and why the need for a larger dish?

The one with the Lidl set is very small, I reckon around 40cm. I have a Sky mini-dish - what size would an 80cm dish be to that?

L1011

20CM wider and about 35CM higher (they're not eliptical, or if they are, less majorly and in the opposite direction). You cannot motorise the Lidl dish (mount is totally wrong)

Motors are about 70 euros or so. The box with the Lidl kit is very, very poor for motorisation.

Ulsterman 1690

Stuff has been known to appear in Lidl NI a couple of weeks before or after Lidl in RoI

Then again with satellite gear flying off the shelves in hours (or even minutes) in the RoI stores but taking weeks to do the same in NI maybe theyve decided that the Republic is where the demand is !

L1011

The satellite kit didn't fly off last time, beecause most people realised the dinner plate doesn't work well in rain...

watty

I think all the self install Poles, Latvians etc around our way have them already.

L1011

Either that or they realised that theres poor Hotbird and no Sirius on that size dish, whereas the September 05 setup will do Hottie fine and the BSS Europe beams on Sirius too....

Galway

Its easy enough to pick up a a solid Fortec Star 60 or 80cm dish in Maplins.The rec is neat, nice size and compact for additional free to air box. I had no probs getting 5 west, 28.2 east, 19.2 east and 13 east with the beeper Lidl sold the last time with the home sat rec.

AMHRASACH

. . .based near Galway city, Lidl FTA system fails to work, no matter which way dish/antenna is angled, vertically or horizontally, no signal. Signal intensity 35% & signal quality 11% remain fixed. Tried compass direction 145 degrees etc. to no avail.

mjsmyth

I thought Signal strength / intensity indicates the strength of the signal coming from the LNB regardless of whether it is pointing at a satellite or not and therefore should be higher than the 35%.

Is it possible that the cable is incorrectly or badly terminated at either or both ends?

MJ

Zaphod

AMHRASACH wrote:

no matter which way dish/antenna is angled, vertically or horizontally, no signal.

Which means it was angled every way but the correct way gan amhras. You're not the first to experience this difficulty and you won't be the last either.

http://bytelive.com/wiki/tiki-index.php?page=How+to+align+a+satellite+dish

For Galway the elevation is 20 degrees for Astra2 28E and the sun pass time is 11:49am.

AMHRASACH

. . thanx for prompt responses (& sense of humour, Zaphod!) Will try for the nth time. Will also make up another co-ax cable. Sam Beckett's expression seems appropriate "Try again, fail again, fail better"