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
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?
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.
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
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
