Missing satellite channels on search

if you can't reach the dish

then all we write here is b######t

get the installer back

start again from 0.8 west

and you'll see the difference

Exactly but it has taken ages to get where we are at and if the guy cocked up in the first place as the OP does not know what's what we may as well help him so when installer calls back they can show that they know a little bit.

Chris you have confused the hell out of us. Can you just answer these few questions.

1. Did you pay for motor, dish, wall bracket and was it for a motorised set up to get 30west to 39east?

2. When the installation was done did installer show how to move dish from sat to sat?

Now go to dishpointer .com put in your post code, look to the right and click on motorised now use arrow to scroll down to SG motek SG2100, now click search and then scroll down to where it says dish setup data and that's what the guy uses. I did it for CT16 1SZ = m&s in dover.

Quote from claihew

Exactly but it has taken ages to get where we are at and if the guy cocked up in the first place as the OP does not know what's what we may as well help him so when installer calls back they can show that they know a little bit.

we are amateur installers

and i have installed many and many times i installed it wrong too

and if i installed one and that one complained but also adjusted it

i wouldn't go back

and that has happened

your learn more from doing it wrong

let the installer learn by his wrong

it's down to you

speak for yourself, a lot of professional installers on here and if you think tweaking with usals is adjusting then you are an amateur. We are here to help people and Chris has a few genuine queries. It would appear the installer used the wrong wall bracket for a start so I am not very hopeful A he will come back and B if he does that he will do any better. But we don't know what the original request was and until we do all we can is offer guidance. The whole set up could be exactly as required from the outset.

i wont argue with you

but if you think chris has been given the wrong wall mount then blame him

what hotbird do I need to point the dish?

cf7c65803c23cae48c69.jpg60f9be.jpg8ec193fd.jpglinuxsat-support.com/cms/attachment/157936/linuxsat-support.com/cms/attachment/157933/linuxsat-support.com/cms/attachment/157934/When you put your post code into dishpointer and selected motorized etc it will give you dish elevation and motor elevation.. you should show that to sat installer.

Here is a pic of your dish elevation. Note the arrow on dish, by my eyesight it is pointing at just fractionally beyond 20. Between 10 and 20 it looks as if there are 4 steps so each step is 2.5. I have put in an indicator where dish should be 30 or therabouts. Look at pick of motor, that arrow is elevation indocator and it looks like 39.

If he comes back he should really have fitted an L bracket and that way he can get 100% upright.

If you a channel listing loaded in your box he could have gone to each sat and checked, then you could use the list above to compare signal strength.

Are you beginning to get the picture!! The bracket I have posted looks a little like one you are uisng and its tricky to get this 100% accurate.

Look closely at dish setup this is as if you were putting a motor system up at MARKS & SPENCER in Dover and I don't know how far your are from there. The dish elevation is 23 and he has yours at 22.6 apparently but .... where are you getting 30 from??

Read carefully and go slow, go to dishpointer.com, put in your post code, and if you use a zip code then you are not in UK, zip codes are in the USA!! When you put in your POST CODE look across and click on motorised, you are using a sat motor, the word motorised is next to all satellites, move your cursor on motorised and a hand appears, click it and motorised appears, click the small arrow on right and menu opens, scroll down to motorised and select motek sg 2100, this is equivalent to your motor, now click on search and then scrool down to the bit that says dish setup and that shows what the elevation on dish should be. When I did it FOR MARKS AND SPENCERS in DOVER IT CAME BACK AS 23%.

Please do that now and report back. If you are confused say so. The picture of your motor does not show the markings clearly enough but installer said 39 and that is correct.

look very closely at the that bit at bottom of dishpointer, it says motor LATITUDE that's same as elevation. here is my piccagain, but it uploads sideways.181ee0c0c638d.jpg

Now you do realise that your installer was nearly correct, although he said 22.6 and it should be 23 he should use 0.8w to tweak the dish. What I want you to do now is move dish to 28east and give me the signal strength reading from Channel 5 HD. BUT you must use the correct settings for usals first.

Those flats near have they got a name??

NB You should have a proper motorised channel lisiting in your receiver covering every satellite. Scanning each satellite yourself is a waste of time and effort.

Have you told me what image you are uisng and it looks like a sky skin? did you set up box yourself?

very good and can you check channel 5hd on 28east now please? and what is the skin?

That signal is perfect for 28 east. When you get set up on 0.8west using al jazeera and gospel channel, then check the sats you are going to need most. 30west, 13east, 19 east, 28east. If these are ok then rest will be ok. Show that installer the list of sats above that are possible with an 80cm dish from your location. Dishes and lnb's and cabling and receivers can affect reception. Especially lnb but you should get enough signal to view the sats you need. You can check all your sats before he calls using the list above as provided by jon.

BUT I still worry about those flats!! Best of luck and hope you get sorted.

jensen what lnb are you using?

Well it looks fab. The one I settled on was this, in quad style. I tried quite a few and this was best.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Inv…d:g:ft8AAOSwFsBdJ3ax#rwid