Posts by nightmare911

  • Default Problem with Astra 1l and 1H in the UK

    I am trying to receive German TV on Astra 1L and Astra 1H in the UK.


    We recently had a 80CM dish installed. This connects directly into a my receiver. The engineer who installed dish did not have much experience of the pointing at Astra 1 - but showed me his satellite finder that was displaying 19.2 E and a good signal strength of approx. 80%.


    There are a number of FTA channels on Astra 1L. one of which is BVN. This appears to be setup correctly?


    However - even though the receiver shows signal strength of 80% on the BVN channel - there is no signal quality. The strange things is that I am getting a reading of signal strength of 80% and a signal quality of approx. 80% on other encrypted Pay channels on Astra 1H. However, I am unable to watch these as they are encrypted and I do not have an activated view card. The screen is just black on these channels.


    This leads me to the conclusion that dish is not actually pointing at the right satellite. My wife is desperate to get Dutch TV.


    Do you think that we should try to re-align the dish ourselves - until we get a picture on BVN?


    Your help / advice would be very much appreciated.




    P.s. sorry Mods if this is the wrong section.

  • amiko alien2 or octagon sf8 or.....

    The vu+ solo2 turned out to be a clone so i return it. But now i am having a hard time deciding between Vu+ zero and Technomate Nano se. Both have similar specification but i was just wondering which one have more support from image makers.

  • amiko alien2 or octagon sf8 or.....

    Hi,
    I was looking around for a new receiver for under £150 and cane across the amiko alien 2 and octagon sf8 and I need you guys recommendation on what to get from either of these two boxes or if you know any better box for under £150. I'll highly appreciate it



    Thanks


    Nightmare911