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Lidl Satellite system

  • 14-09-2005 12:27pm
    #1
    kevinonline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi all new to this:
    How can I receive sat. signal other than Astra. I've adjusted the dish loads of different ways to no avail. What am I doing wrong.


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  • #2
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    kevinonline wrote:
    Hi all new to this:
    How can I receive sat. signal other than Astra. I've adjusted the disc loads of different ways to no avail. What am I doing wrong.

    Astra 1 or Astra 2?

    You should be able to get most to all of the transponders on Hotbird with that dish if your in the south of the country. If its only one of the two Astra blocks you're getting, its relatively easy to move the dish to the other one (1 is "right a bit, up a but" from 2, to put it utterly simplisticly). Unless you want eastern european or italian TV, Astra 1 (Germany mainly, with some English) or Astra 2 (all English pretty much) is what you want.

    If you get a proper meter - not the buzzy thing it came with, and a compass/spirit level/etc you should be able to get a lot more interesting satellites, but you should be able to align Astra 1/2/Hotbird by eye.


  • #3
    kevinonline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭kevinonline


    Thanks :
    I am in the south but i can't seem to get anthing other than astra. Should Hotbird be close to Astra or do I have to move the dish a lot.


  • #4
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Theres two sets of Astra's, I've already asked -which one- you're getting

    Astra 2 has the BBC's, Sky News with a clock, ITV 3/ITV News, etc

    Astra 1 has a lot of German language stuff and Sky News without a clock

    Hotbird is at 13E, Astra 1 is at 19.2E, and Astra 2 is at 28.2E, to give you some idea of relative positioning.


  • #5
    kevinonline
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭kevinonline


    It's Astra 2 28.2East that I have.
    Hotbird is 13 East ,but do I need to tilt the dish up or down, after moving it to 13east


  • #6
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Erm, now that I don't know. I think its on much the same elevation as Astra 2, but if anything its minutely higher. I aligned my 13E dish way too long ago to remember...


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  • #7
    Zaphod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,733 ✭✭✭Zaphod


    Rise it about 6 degrees when you go from 28E to 13E.


  • #8
    smeggle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 519 ✭✭✭smeggle


    Anyone got any more info on these lidl satelites. I'm finding that I'm getting a lot of German channels so I must be on that 19.2e (think the metre read that)..

    Can it pick up astra2? on 28.2e - if so I'll switch it to that - it's not mine, belongs to some neighbours down the road and they just want english channels..

    Any info appreciated...

    :)


  • #9
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,186 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    smeggle wrote:
    Anyone got any more info on these lidl satelites. I'm finding that I'm getting a lot of German channels so I must be on that 19.2e (think the metre read that)..

    Can it pick up astra2? on 28.2e - if so I'll switch it to that - it's not mine, belongs to some neighbours down the road and they just want english channels..

    Any info appreciated...

    :)

    Yes, and yes. Knock it down a bit and (looking from the back) left a bit, and thats Astra 2. BBC 1->4, ITV3 (and soon ITV 1 and 2), Sky News, etc are all there. And no German channels ;)


  • #10
    smeggle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 519 ✭✭✭smeggle


    MYOB wrote:
    Yes, and yes. Knock it down a bit and (looking from the back) left a bit, and thats Astra 2. BBC 1->4, ITV3 (and soon ITV 1 and 2), Sky News, etc are all there. And no German channels ;)

    thanks mate - nice one! :)

    heh - that sounds like when I do my broadband satelite setup when it go's out lol :D

    Luckily I have access to a metre now - makes life that much easier :)


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