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Quote: Originally posted by Rob12 on 06/7/2011

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I have just normal sky dish on a tripod ans sky box , all bought online for £70 I can get a signal normally in under 5 mins. the key is starting from the East and working south east then the 1st satellite you hit is the Astra 2 if you start from south you get others before you get the Astra 2. Think thats right way round lol

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Quote: Originally posted by sheffgrow259 on 06/7/2011

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i too bought one and took it back to the shop, after stressing myself out trying to get a signal for a couple of hours i decided it simply wasnt worth the hassle and to be honest i dont have the patience for it

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Yep setting up is critical to whether or not you get a signal a slight deviation in the direction and elevation of the dish and you get nothing, I used a sky mini dish for quite a while and got good results but then bought one of those LCD tv's thats got everything, freeview, dvd etc so I did away with the sat system.

       By the way to get sat signals you have to have a clear line of sight to the satallite any trees or buildings or anything else for that matter in the road and you can forget it also you are breaking your contract with Sky Tv if you disconnect your Skybox at home and take it away with you if your contract is less than 12 months old, also the Sky box or any other sat box for that matter is 240 volts and you have to have a 240v hook up unless it is a dedicated caravan receiver then it will be 12 volt

Quote: Originally posted by rcpilot on 06/7/2011

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Yep setting up is critical to whether or not you get a signal a slight deviation in the direction and elevation of the dish and you get nothing,

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I read that all the time but in the Peak District recently, a friend had his dish 2m away from my awning, pointing directly at it (with my van behind that) and he still got a signal!!

Admittedly a big dish (at least 80cm) but he says it takes him seconds to get a signal...

Quote: Originally posted by ossm91 on 05/7/2011

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Hi I am looking for a Satellite dish for camping and has to be easy to set-up.

I have just bought an aldi Satellite dish and i could not get a quality signal, i even pluged the sky coax cable into the aldi reciver and it worked great of the dish on my house, so took it back

I have a 3 m tripod ready for a new dish but realy need some advise on what product and how to find a quality signal.

Can I take my sky box ??

Please help

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we use a sky dish set on a tripod tune the tv too the sky channel

look at where others have there dish pointing and generally within 5 mins up and working

not the 2 hrs first time

Quote: Originally posted by ossm91 on 05/7/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by LegsDownKettleOn on 05/7/2011A satellite dish is not the easiest thing to align. The aldi one is good value and a good bit of kit. You have taken back the one item that fulfils the requirements best of all, probably because you didn't read the instructions properly or don't have the patience to set a satellite dish up.

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Most camping satellite kits are the same as the aldi one with a bit of badge engineering.

Post last edited on 05/07/2011 14:08:58

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OK Thats a bit harsh I am sorry :(

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what extra do you get from a dish that you dont get with freeview please. Apart from sky channel and sport.

Serious question please not being funny