help with fta system in dublin

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28. July 2009 @ 17:55

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Hi lads.Just bought a fta dish and box from power shitty as a pack.It was for my granda as he only has 3 channels.I hung the dish up tonight and ran a coax cable from the dish to the box but when i tried to scan i was getting nothing at all.i was scanning on the astra 2 satilite.The was also a thing that said nit on/off tried it on both of them.still nothing.any help would be greatly appreciated.

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28. July 2009 @ 18:11

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Originally posted by halpinio:
Hi lads.Just bought a fta dish and box from power shitty as a pack.It was for my granda as he only has 3 channels.I hung the dish up tonight and ran a coax cable from the dish to the box but when i tried to scan i was getting nothing at all.i was scanning on the astra 2 satilite.The was also a thing that said nit on/off tried it on both of them.still nothing.any help would be greatly appreciated.

Is the dish aligned correctly?
Did you use a sat finder and are you sure its Astra2 your pointing at, astra1,2and hotbird are all mm's off

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28. July 2009 @ 18:18

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im not 100% sure.i went off where the neighbour had his pointed.i did use a sat finder just showed up full signal but doesnt tell me what satilite i was pointing at do.should i not pick something up do?

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28. July 2009 @ 19:34

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It sounds like you're on Astra 1. You need to turn a bit.
It seems like channels aren't clearing for you on that freesat box. But if you change the direction to astra 2 you will get something.

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29. July 2009 @ 03:41

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you can't just line a dish up from your neighbours a few mm's in any direction will loose your signal

Do you know how to use a sat finder correctly?
http://www.bestwaysatellite.com/satellite_finder_instructions

Have a look at this page for help on knowing if you are locked onto the astra2 satellite
http://www.brymar.co.uk/info/Astra/align/align.html

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29. July 2009 @ 06:39

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thanks a million.ill give that a go in a while and ill let you know how i get on.

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29. July 2009 @ 06:47

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Originally posted by halpinio:
thanks a million.ill give that a go in a while and ill let you know how i get on.

No problem,
An old sky box can help to check if your on asta2 or not go to the signal test menu

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29. July 2009 @ 09:58

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cheers cathaldub got it going with the link you sent me about how to use the satfinder.happy days.thanks again.

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29. July 2009 @ 12:04

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Originally posted by halpinio:
cheers cathaldub got it going with the link you sent me about how to use the satfinder.happy days.thanks again.

No probs, had a feeling you were doing it wrong when ya said 'i did use a sat finder just showed up full signal'
Its actually fairly easy to setup a satellite dish once you've done it once

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29. July 2009 @ 12:50

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it is yeah.handy enough now that i know.