B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish - Page 33

markcricket · 31-12-2011, 22:27

hi thank you very much for that do you mean that quite a few are returned or the opposite, also is there any thing on the market to align up to the astra 2 sat. it tells me in the manual to set the lmb at 8 0clock how acurate does this have to be many thanks.

Kymmy · 01-01-2012, 22:43

You probably have the wrong sat.. ignore the signal strength as that's just telling you that it's getting a signal from the LNB instead when you get the right sat your quality reading should go up. For LNB rotation try dishpointer.com

AZIMUTH · 02-01-2012, 19:32

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Originally Posted by markcricket

hi new member father in law has just installed a ross sat system signal strengh bar very good but quality is reading 0 we have used a sat finder to find the satellite please could some one point us in the right directions to fix this problerm.

ive set up 3ross systems from b&q all ok.start with the dish vertical to the horizon and just left of due south.then just turn dish minutely(azimuth)till the quality line goes to 60%,that will be Astra,eurobird1.you will miss the signal at the slightest misalignment,just to the right of 28.2 is 19.0 which mostly french ,so you can see how easy it is to lock on to the wrong signal.Chris is a nice fellow but hes got an absolute down on any thing Ross so just keep trying before you call it a dud.happy viewing.

**Chris** · 02-01-2012, 19:47

Happy new year, Azimuth

AZIMUTH · 02-01-2012, 20:12

Happy new year to you too Chris,,,im tryin to keep the Ross workers in a job in these trying times Chris

best wishes.

Webbhannah123 · 07-01-2012, 22:20

Hi
I bought a ross free sat a few months ago and iv bought a satalite finder. I cant seem to find any quality at all. I have 50% strenght wihich i
Need. I seem to be having trouble with finding a satalite because no matter where i place the dish it seems to not be picking up a satalite. Does anybody have any ideas on what i could do to get 50% quality?
Thanks hannah

**Chris** · 08-01-2012, 01:53

Strength is the signal between the dish and the Ross box and shows you how good your cable and connections are.
Quality is the signal between the satellite and the Ross box, via the dish and shows you how well-aimed your dish is.

For starters, 50% strength means you could have done a better job of your cabling, although it will be adequate.

If you have no quality, you have not got the dish pointed at any satellites. You need to pont it elsewhere. There are several recent posts in this thread that describe how to do that. Just read back a bit.

Webbhannah123 · 08-01-2012, 09:45

Thanks for getting back to me. We are pointing our dish where everybody else are. And also we have looked on Dish pointer website and it is telling me that we have to point it to a certain direction which we have done and the needle on the satallite finder is still not moving. We dont understand this as the dish pointer website is telling us that where the satallite is and still no quality.

Kymmy · 08-01-2012, 09:55

As the accuracy needed is within a millimetre or two it's nearly impossible to do it by looking at where other dishes are pointing. You need a sat meter (even the professionals use them) which will give you an idea of when you're close and then when you have the strongest signal.. Even then you may get the wrong sat as they are only about 6-10 degrees separation between them but when you find one it's simple to find the rest and eventually find which one you;re looking for.

Webbhannah123 · 08-01-2012, 13:07

Ok thanks. Il give it a try. Even though i think we have tried everything! Haha.

Kymmy · 08-01-2012, 13:15

Unless you have a meter then you've not tried everything

chippy1 · 08-01-2012, 16:01

Im thinking of trying one of these can i use it off my exsisting sky dish ?

Kymmy · 08-01-2012, 16:36

Yes, sky and freesat uses the same sat group

AZIMUTH · 08-01-2012, 19:51

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Originally Posted by Webbhannah123

Ok thanks. Il give it a try. Even though i think we have tried everything! Haha.

dont forget webbhannah that your sat dish is almost vertical and not pointing up to the sky.point it just to the left of south as you are looking at south,,,there you will find astra and eurobird.do as kymmy and chris says and get a sat finder.you only have to be a gnats out to miss your intended sat.dont forget the dish points to the horizon and not up.

Webbhannah123 · 08-01-2012, 20:41

Ok thank. We have been pointing it to south east as the Dish pointer tells us to. Because it shows us a picture of our house and a green line to show us which way. But thanks il try to point it south like you say