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was wondering if this would work in tourer

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_15358.htm

sorry link didnt work

yes it would work easy, the dishes arnt that hard to get to tune, you get faster the more you use it, i still have a small dish which has served well, but ive just changed to a sky dish now. with a sky box

mike

I bought the Aldi portable kit a few months ago. Everyone says its easy to set up but I've still not managed to get anything out of it despite following the instructions and numerous instructions offered on forums. Its now sat in my dining room gathering dust.

Going to have one more try before I go away next and if I still have no luck its going on ebay!

Lidl have one this week also and its in a case.Much more compact and €10 cheaper.

JB

defo knock the windbreaker in

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_15362.htm

Quote: Originally posted by Taxater on 28/8/2010

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''Now here's where the instructions are wrong. The book says tilt the dish upwards by 15 degrees, this is the setting for a circular dish but yours is elliptical so the dish needs to be almost vertical.''

I think you'll find that the inclination being quoted in the instructions is for somewhere in Germany..........the further North you go the the lower the dish has to point and conversely, the further South you go the inclination is higher (due to the curvature of the earth) until eventually, when you reach the equator, the dish would point straight up (prime focus dishes) as all the broadcast Satellites are in geostationary orbit over the Equator (the Clark Belt).

It makes no difference if the dish is round or eliptical as they are all just sections of a perfect porabola........the dishes with a single arm at the bottom of the dish is called an offset dish which is set to deflect the signal downward to focus on the LNB.......dishes with 3 arms and the LNB at the centre are called a prime focus dishes.

this could be why when i followed my instructions on mine they were about as useful as a choclate fireguard.

mike

I bought one several years ago have had no problemswit it ,youll find the dish needs to be about 10 degrees off vertical and I set it up as near as possible and fine tune while looking through the 'van window , good luck and many happy hours viewing

                                                      doug