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16/8/2007 at 4:29pm
 Location: Swindon
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I see that lidls are going to have their sat finders in on 23rd of this month. They are very good and a bargain price.


16/8/2007 at 4:47pm
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well thats nice to know i hope they are better than that piece of O*&%* Mart puts on our dash!!!


16/8/2007 at 4:51pm
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sat finder what are they


16/8/2007 at 4:55pm
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trouble is their not sensitive enough ,they can find the signal but not peak it like a scale version its ok for astra but falls down on other less powerfull satellites but for £3 good enough for a rough position.
weve just upgraded our lidl sat reciever ,for the money its extremely good but limited in its use our new one has card and cam slots so sky and other scrambled channels can be viewed (with the appropriate subscription ofcourse)
as we cant get freeview the lidl reciever will be installed in the bedroom.
just tweaking the new one to get more satellites


16/8/2007 at 4:57pm
 Location: Swindon
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If your setting up your satellite tv system(and before anyone  says oooo we never take a tv with us ,we do and when its raining its been a godsend) you attatch it inline and as you turn your dish it helps you locate the sat.


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17/8/2007 at 7:45pm
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There is a graph on most if not all decoders which is usually more reliable than the satellite finders. They will also differentiate between satellites which th satellite finders won't. Why not get a motor to set it up automatically. You see them for about £50.


17/8/2007 at 8:52pm
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Quote: Originally posted by fatbloke28 on 16/8/2007
trouble is their not sensitive enough ,they can find the signal but not peak it like a scale version its ok for astra but falls down on other less powerfull satellites but for £3 good enough for a rough position.
weve just upgraded our lidl sat reciever ,for the money its extremely good but limited in its use our new one has card and cam slots so sky and other scrambled channels can be viewed (with the appropriate subscription ofcourse)
as we cant get freeview the lidl reciever will be installed in the bedroom.
just tweaking the new one to get more satellites

How do you manage to get sky without their box?? Thought the viewing card and box were paired up, i.e you cannot use your card in someone elses box??

Cheers

Victor



17/8/2007 at 9:20pm
 Location: Hampshire
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Faltbloke, have you got the 0dB/-6dB switch on the back set correctly? It should also make a beep that changes in pitch depending on the signal strength.


17/8/2007 at 9:55pm
 Location: Chester
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Hi    Has anybody used a Sat finder with Sky+? if so how do you know which cable to connect to? and does it work ok?

                             Vini



17/8/2007 at 10:03pm
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Quote: Originally posted by barrymung on 17/8/2007Faltbloke, have you got the 0dB/-6dB switch on the back set correctly? It should also make a beep that changes in pitch depending on the signal strength.
yes i have no problem peaking the signal but that isnt really good enough for getting the best out of your dish ,good enough for high powered sats on a fixed dish but no so for the moving ones.
the best way of getting the best from a motorised dish is to tweak a weak satellite then when it moves across the horizon you know its perfectly aligned for all the rest.
tweaking on astra because its so powerfull leaves you with a cm or two it can move whist still getting full scale on the finder even with the sensitivity turned down
on the weak sat its the opposite with the sensitivity turned up full theres not enough led's so the difference between them (the signal intensity) is large especially on a 1.8mtr dish compared to a 80cm one

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17/8/2007 at 10:07pm
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Quote: Originally posted by vmlopes on 17/8/2007
Quote: Originally posted by fatbloke28 on 16/8/2007trouble is their not sensitive enough ,they can find the signal but not peak it like a scale version its ok for astra but falls down on other less powerfull satellites but for £3 good enough for a rough position.
weve just upgraded our lidl sat reciever ,for the money its extremely good but limited in its use our new one has card and cam slots so sky and other scrambled channels can be viewed (with the appropriate subscription ofcourse)
as we cant get freeview the lidl reciever will be installed in the bedroom.
just tweaking the new one to get more satellites

How do you manage to get sky without their box?? Thought the viewing card and box were paired up, i.e you cannot use your card in someone elses box??

Cheers

Victor


you officially cant but theres far more up there than sky ,sky is just a tiny collection amongst thousands


19/8/2007 at 10:03am
 Location: Staffordshire
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 I use a piece of cardboard with a cheap compass glued on it ,the satelite angles are marked off on it, I place this under my dish line it up north to south,and then just turn the dish arm to whatever satelite angle I want.

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shumba


23/8/2007 at 11:00am
 Location: Wigan
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just bought one of them sat finders form lidl this morning, just got to put it to the test now

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Dave + Maria





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