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Quote: Originally posted by tykey on 27/6/2008
But I can do it in a minute!!!

Once I just set the disk on the ground, judged the right direction by the sun, went to find the compass and saw that it had already locked on by accident. Is that a record!

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Ha - last time I pointed it to the dead tree on the horizon & it was locked.  I had been on the site before tho so thats cheating!

http://www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk/ is good guidance for starting out with a sky box.

Just got my Dish, Tripod, Wire and LNB from Ebay, all came in none package for £35 so was happy with it.   Took me about 60 minutes to put it all together including the connectors on the Coax.  Put it up outside hooked into skybox and within 2 minutes was sat watching TV.  Test will be when im on site I guess.

The earlier ocmments about using a Spirit Level, is this to get the Tripod Flat or the Dish?

Thanks in advance

Simon

this may help

https://www.satalogue.com/

http://www.astra2d.com/freesat-epg.htm

had trouble with mine this time, in heavy rain had to keep wiping the dish and lnb because of distortion on the picture.once wiped the picture was ok.is this a normal problem?

Quote: Originally posted by michael on 28/6/2008

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any ideas on the rain problem guys? read somewhere you can set up inside the awning and it should work.

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Hi Michael,

We've just returned from trip at the weekend (Bennone beach NI )  can confirm dish setup in awning on table to protect from wind and rain works fine.

Using the satalite system out of lidels works fine and it all comes in a tidy box with everything you need

I used to use my Arcon Sweety dish inside the van when I had a static. It stood on the step by the "second door" as this was the right direction to point. Worked fine even when the (glass) door was closed.

regards

Tony

Wow, that's interesting that it works in the awning, I always thought that was impossible.
Anybody else confirm use in the awning, does it degrade the quality

yes read it in a caravan magazine a few months ago when collating all the bits and bats for sky box.make some sense in that radio waves get through.this contradicts all i have read, saying any obstuction ie.hills or trees will spoil the signals to the dish.still learning as its all new to me.