B&Q Satellite - Ross freesat box and dish

[Kymmy]

The names of the channels is derived from the transponder scanned so I doubt if you are on the wrong sat unless of course some of the other EU sats have the BBC channels on them.. If you have stuff like BBC (northwest) BBC (London) ITV (Anglia) and others then you have the right sat..

[AZIMUTH]

Originally Posted by boyabouttown

hi, thanks for replying, i will try that tonight. is it possible that i am on the wrong satellite, i noticed that if i scroll up and down the other satellites that a few of them show the same quality reading, could it be that i am pointing at one of those. the ross manual says there is no need to scan the astra sar as its already programmed in, which i presume would show the list of programmes available even if i wasnt on the right satellite.

if the quality is 63% and green you will get a very good picture reception.

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my Ross HD box receives every BBC,ITV SKY etc FREE TO AIR and many others with a quality of 60% coloured green.

[Mattyf]

Hi
Got the Ross box got the dish up when tuning it shows 99% strength all the time regardless of where pointing and no signal quality. I have tried tuning with a sat finder and find various peaks and troughs in signal but the box still shows 99

Any ideas?/ help much appreciated

Ta

[Kymmy]

Hi and welcome,

It's been covered many many many times in this thread, but basically the tuning shows the connection between the LNB and the tuner, if you have a sat meter you need to point to one of those peaks and try tuning, if no luck then try another and so on.. If you do get some channels but they're not English then go to Lyngsat.com and see which sat you have by the channels scanned and then go either left (EAST) or right (WEST) until you hit 28.2E

[wombat66]

when recording on Ross HD box to usb stick is there a way of hiding the recording time display. ? Large figures and counting, bit of a distraction.

[anni]

Hi,
I've just joined the forum - please excuse me, I'm not only a newbie but have no idea about technology at all (what is an lnb?!)..I'm in Southern Ireland, had a friend set up and tune in my Ross SD dish and box, and got all the English channels very happily - until last week, when all I could get was 'no programme'...I've tried retuning it based on the manual instructions, but can only pick some some asian channels, Challenge, S4C. I've no idea what's happened Can anyone tell me if there is something wrong with the Ross box? Thanks!

[Kymmy]

LNB is the little unit on the end of the dish. It recieves the signal, converts it to a lower frequency then sends it down the cable to the main reciever unit.

Try a reset of the ROSS box and then set up the unit as per the install instructions.

[anni]

Thanks Kymmy...I've just borrowed a new Ross box from my Dad to see if mine was the problem, still not getting anything decent...I had a look at the Astra site online to see what channels I should be able to get, and it didn't show the BBC, ITV etc that I've been picking up until last week, just 11 channels showing up on the Astra site for me (none good!), but I'd been getting about 27 last week Should I be trying another satellite? And why the sudden change in what I'm picking up? Would appreciate any asistance, my daughter is not looking forward to TV free Christmas!

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Quick update - got in a professional, the problem was my lnb, didn't have waterproof tape on the external connection so it blew. All good now

[balloonman]

Hi as a new member i am looking for some advice on the ross freesat dish I am moving to centrel france and the question i would like to now is will this dish give me british freesat
Please can anyone tell me

That depends how big the dish is, but quite possibly not. Many free to air channels aimed at the UK are on a spot beam focused on the UK and the signal strength tails off quite rapidly as you move out of the targeted area.

You can still get these channels in France but may need a larger dish.

[Kymmy]

http://www.astra2.org/dish.html

That shows you the footprint of the signal and the dish size needed. A 60cm dish will get the UK footprint over most of central and northern france but southern france may be a bust according to offical figures though looking at the experimental map a 60cm dish with a good lnb may work (click on image for larger picture) (the lnb on the ross setup equates to RX2)

[balloonman]

Thank you chris and kymmy for the your information the dish is 65cm will that be to small
or would i need a french LNB as i am so green to this .
Thank you Jon.

There's no such thing as a "French LNB". The one that comes with the Ross kit will do. The question is over dish size. Looking at all the diagrams on the page Kymmy linked to I'm not convinced that a 60cm dish will do in central France. The spot beam for Astra 1N in particular, which is where the BBC's channels are, shows the borderline or a 60cm dish cutting right through the middle of France. It will be easy enough for you to pick up a slightly larger dish, so why not be safe rather than sorry ...

[Kymmy]

Go to http://www.satbeams.com/footprints, click on the 28 degree sat then on the 1n UK footprint and then use the map to zoom in and click on the location where you are going to. If you click on the map at that location it'll tell you the minimum size dish you need.

[Allycat]

Hi all, Ive just bought a satellite system for my motorhome, its a zone 2 dish which is a bit of a lump at 60cm. I probably only need a 40cm zone 1 dish but have just received an email from Aldi and they are selling a Ross system with a 30cm dish. Will this be Ok for use in Zone 1?