getting BSKYB on both astra 19.2 & 28 deg HELP

[twanspider]

I have just set up my dreambox using a 1 meter dish and I am having problems with alignment of the dish.

I have brought a Sat finder meter and seems to find the sat but I dont think I am finding the right one. When I go into setup in db and choose Astra 19.2 it gives a signal greater than 70%.........I do a scan and i just get BskyB channels. I go into setup again and change satellite to Astra 28.2 ......... I do a scan and get even more channels on BskyB !

For setup purposes I am only using one of my 2 LNBs and I am not using a Disec Swith.

What is going on here ? If my dish is alligned on the Astra 28 degrees why do I still get UK sky FTA on Astra 19.2 deg ? I do not want UKsky I want the rest of the European channels found on Astra 19.2 deg

[dresdner353]

you are more than likely on 28.2 and not 19.2..

standing behind the dish, you need to swing the dish 9 deg to right and possibly lower its vertical angle a little to get 19.2.. but if you fit the signal meter again and start turning.. the next "beep" will probably be 23 deg and then further on is 19.2.

[twanspider]

Thanks for that, I will give it a shot Friday. But howcome when I set satellite configuration on 19.2 deg on reciever I still get what actually should be on 28 deg, just curious

thanks for the help

[De_Belg]

Originally Posted by twanspider

Thanks for that, I will give it a shot Friday. But howcome when I set satellite configuration on 19.2 deg on reciever I still get what actually should be on 28 deg, just curious

thanks for the help

Same transponders.

[twanspider]

I managed to get Astra 19.2 ! BUT ,,,, I just can not get hotbird now. I have a 90 % signal on Astra, looking from front of the dish, the LNB is on the right. So I put the left LNB ( using an offset 1metre dish) in place but no Hotbird !

So to be sure that Hotbird signal was arround ( got trees and a house 30 metres away) i turned the dish so as to get the strongest beam from Hot bird. All i could get was 52 % and Dreambox tuner could just not lock on. Infact the signal was contiuously going crazy from 52 to 58 %.

I turned dish to get Astra again and got 90% signal, but the left hand LNB (hotbird) was just getting the 52 %.

Could it be that the few degrees difference from 19.2 to 13 was enough to be obstructed by the house or trees infront of the dish ? Cause when my dish was set up in Malta, if I could get AStra then I could get HOt bird on the same dish but using offset LNBs

[De_Belg]

House 30 meters away, even 4 stories high (around 12m) can't be the problem.