sat tv

Gidday,Have a look at this addy it may give you a good idea how to set up a sat dish.
Seeya Locallaw

Whoops I forgot the main part.www.ehow.com/list_1015.html
There is a lot of info in there about everything.
Seeya Locallaw

Hey Dennis,
I'm an old hand at this stuff, so I'll gladly help you. The signal strength is immaterial . You will always get 80% or more regardless where the dish is pointed. What you need is signal quality of at least 50% to get a picture. That depends on your decoder box being set up with correct parameters for the satellite C1 in this case and the matching the LNB LO (local oscilation).
Your LNB will either be a LO of 10500 or 11300. You have to select that somewhere in your decoder parameters. Then go to a screen something like Transponder Scan or Search and enter a frequency of 12407, Vertical, 30000, 3/4 and Network Search enabled. Now you have the decdoder set up correctly for the Aurora channels from the C1 satellite.
Now go to the dish and using your compass point the dish 59 degrees east of magnetic North . Then tilt the dish up to 38 degrees from the horizontal. Those are the coordinates for Meekatharra, WA. Once you have quality bars on the display, move the dish a little till you get the strongest signal and tighten the nuts, then twist the LNB to peak the signal even more. Now go to the decoder box and run the scan. The programs should come down and be loaded into your decoder box.
You are wasting your time using an Aurora card which you have register and reregister every 6 months. They won't give you channels from the eastern states, what bullbleep. Give me a call and I'll help you out further. 0429236160
Dave

Thanks Dave. Have set the decoder as close to your suggestions as are available on the menu. My card is an Irdeto and I have access to another one as well. Will wait for a mate to come around in the morning as I am an amputee and have a little trouble negotiating steep roofs with slipper surfaces.
Cheers mate
Splinter (Dennis)

Dennis, so pleased that you have found an expert. I was sitting here thinking that you probably REALLY needed your sat TV in Meeka.
Mind you the locals are so very friendly, especially the emus who will even cross the road to say gooday.

Dennis,
Enter the LO for your LNB is 10.7 or 10700, that should be right from what you told me. Let me know if you need more assistance.
Dave

I know how u feel,

Transfered up to Derby and I took the dish down myself and moved it up here with us, to get it tuned in cost a whopping $280 and the "tradesperson" did the roughest job.

As an EX-meeka dweller I reckon your on a good price with your local supplier, budgie will always give you support and he lives in your town. (if your refering to him that is)

Hi Dennis

I'd be more than happy to email you our TravelSat instructions. They are written for an Emtech decoder, but they include useful tips that apply to most decoders as well as an elevation chart for the correct angle to the Optus C1 satellite in Australia. Also has card activation numbers to call. Let me know.

John Gemmell
Satplus
enquiries@satplus.com.au