Trying to get Freeview reception.

Hi, I have my TV and DishTV S7030 mini box going and have aimed my dish at the coordinates for freeview but can get no signal.

I'll get a new cable but in the meantime wanted to check the LNB settings.

I have 160.0E D1 selected and the settings are

LNB type 11300

Power 13/18v

22kHz Auto

Toneburst None

DiSEqC1.0 LNB1

DiSEqC1.1 None

Motor None

Transponder 002 12483 H 22500

Would this be all correct?

When I bought the dish i was told the LNB is 11300

On the Quality bar which is signal strength I have no bars. Even when I move the dish about.

I did notice the hole in the LNB where the areial wire goes is large so had to double the central core. The hole in the mini box was correct. My cable is ASC RG62 type.

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on January 30, 2017 at 8:51

Try LNB 10750.

If the dish was an old Sky dish you shouldn't have moved it as it was already aimed correctly. Sky and Freeview are on the same satellite. You may now have difficulty realigning it accurately without professional help.

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Permalink Reply by Graham on January 30, 2017 at 9:44

Hi, thanks for your reply. I bought the dish on Trademe so is a new installation. I'm sure it works ok as the very nice person that sold it was very knowledgeable. As the setup is at our crib I will be trying again this coming weekend.

I'll try the 10770 setting. I'm hoping to only have one variable in the installation (the direction) to have to contend with.

Will the signal quality bar on the TV do the job of a satellite finder you plug in to the aerial or should I get one of these?

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on January 30, 2017 at 15:11

That's 10750, not 10770.

Very difficult to watch the strength and quality bars when you're up at the antenna doing micro-adjustments. Much better to get a satellite finder meter something like this. https://www.jaycar.co.nz/satellite-finder-with-led-display/p/LS3302

You may find cheaper ones on Trademe but nowhere near as good as professional models. I still think your best bet is get a pro installer but certainly have a go yourself first.

P.S. In setup I'd do a Blind Scan rather than default and select FTA. That should pickup all the FTA channels.

Graham said:

I'll try the 10770 setting. I'm hoping to only have one variable in the installation (the direction) to have to contend with.

Will the signal quality bar on the TV do the job of a satellite finder you plug in to the aerial or should I get one of these?

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Graham on January 30, 2017 at 15:17

Thanks, will get the tuner. Installers are at least 2 hours away and they would need a 4x4. I'll give it a try.

Thanks,

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Permalink Reply by Biggles on January 30, 2017 at 16:58

P.S. Re your cable. I just googled RG62 and it seems to me to be pretty useless for satellite work. Apart from the fact that it's a strange 93 ohm, the loss at 1000mhz plus is higher than RG6. You need top quality RG6.