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I agree with Brian....In the UK we never bother with the sat dish, since the digital switchover we get all the channels we need with our Status directional jobbie.

Mr UM

Quote: Originally posted by lshipley on 04/9/2011

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Well it seems like it's definitely a sat dish for me then. Was just a bit worried it might be hard to set up. Thanks everyone now the job of finding one.

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a good compass,find dead south ,go east to 140/145 degs and the satellite is there.have dish vertical.

using a sky box select services / select 4 system set up / select 6 signal test .screen showing needs to say

signal strength bar = 50%

signal quality bar = 50%

lock indicator = ok

network ID = 0002

transport stream = 07d4

you will have a picture.

Quote: Originally posted by lshipley on 04/9/2011

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Is anything like this any good? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190572601595?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp4712.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D190572601595%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

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That's the Aldi system that sells for £50 when on offer. It is a good system, the inlaws have one, the only negatives are,

It only has a suction mount, ideally you want to mount it on the jockey wheel or a tripod. I bought a G-Clamp to help mount there's, but it's not as good as a purpose made clamp. The suction mount is good for a car, but not ideal for all caravans, plus I don't like the idea of mounting it in this way.

The LED alignment meter isn't very good. I would recommend not using this and buying one of the analogue ones from ebay for around £5

I have this system, which does have the jockey wheel clamp & the way it aligns is much better then the other system. You may find cheaper, I paid £45 for mine. You can buy dishes on there own, if you're using a sky box.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Maxview-Omnisat-Portable-Satellite-Camping-Kit-/290565056509?pt=UK_ConEle_SatCableFreeview_RL&hash=item43a706e7fd

NottmSteve

hi need your experience,i use a thomson single LNB.while on site i tried a 4 port thomson LNB ( for a second tv for the grandchildren ).although set in the same position without moving it as the single i could not get it to work.i then reverted back to the single and it worked first time.i use an elliptical dish and wondered if the 4 port was for a round dish.is there any way of testing an LNB is working without setting up the whole system? . it was new and unused but after trying it may be faulty.ta.

Quote: Originally posted by NottmSteve on 04/9/2011

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I used to install Sky Dishes so picking up a signal will be ok, but please note that the 'Dishpointer' software may require a GSM data connection so it can work out which direction you are standing (I'm assuming it's using triangulation and when I tested it I couldn't get it to work without a signal)

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My phone uses the internal compass/giros & gps for direction. Never tried it without a data connection though, so don't know if it needs one. Good point though, out of interest I will try next time I'm in an area with no signal.

Quote: Originally posted by michael on 04/9/2011

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NottmSteve

hi need your experience,i use a thomson single LNB.while on site i tried a 4 port thomson LNB ( for a second tv for the grandchildren ).although set in the same position without moving it as the single i could not get it to work.i then reverted back to the single and it worked first time.i use an elliptical dish and wondered if the 4 port was for a round dish.is there any way of testing an LNB is working without setting up the whole system? . it was new and unused but after trying it may be faulty.ta.

Post last edited on 04/09/2011 22:43:33

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