Perfect satellite dish alignment with a meter

[LOPEZdJUNGLIST]

easier than a SWR meter

[JaghoriLover]

where can buy them from?

[yok79]

Lol i'n 1990 no tek Youse those any more

[ivorthicken]

great you found a satalite but was it sky ,,,, about as usefull as a choclate teapot !!!!!

[hotlips4000isback2]

My Panasonic TV has Freesat/Freeview built in.

I want to set up the freesat, but i don't no how to align my new Dish ;(

My TV manual says it has to be set at: Astra 2 @ 28.2 Degrees.

Can i mount the dish on any wall available, and does the height of the dish matter?

I have one of those signal finders plus compass yet i still can't work out whats correct, can anyone help me out? ;(

[falliii]

anyone looking subscription packages for all sky and european channels, mail me.

[satzilla]

I'am using FastSatfinder to adjust my dish

[chastuk]

I used one of these to help set up my motorised satellite system and although, as you say, they find the sweet spot it sure is a bind trying to keep it on the right spot when you do the securing nuts up tight.

[MrCabbagefarmer]

is it squeeling to let you know it has found a satellite or that it has not found one

[themoses31]

ati vazut cum a reglat englezu satelitu???:)))

eu sunt inginer la sky tv , daca m-ar vedea menagerul meu cu sat finder cred ca m-ar calca in picioare :))

[legopants]

Is there a guide anywhere on how to use one of these?

[AlbertInSanAntonio]

I cant seem to get a satellite quality signal

no matter what i do can someonehelp

[ff621]

@AlbertInSanAntonio Check you wiring, drop a line straight from the dish to the box and see what happens. of course assuming your dish is still mounted leveled and the line of sight is not obstructed if all that is good then , next step will be the LNB and the box.

[ff621]

@AlbertInSanAntonio and you could get one of these lil satellite finder they are inexpensive about $25.that will help you solve your problems faster.

[zurriagazo71]

@AlbertInSanAntonio did you manage to get a signal?

[AlbertInSanAntonio]

@zurriagazo71 nope I even washed the bird shit off it. and nothin.. I need to buy me one of them things that beep..

[AlbertInSanAntonio]

@zurriagazo71 I am trying to get AMC14 I had picked it up once but I cant find it anymore.

[TheTurkCrime]

you've turned up the sensitivity control knob fully ????

[semco72057]

@TheTurkCrime Once you get a noise like this you turn the volume down a little and recheck as you turn the dish until you get this sound once more. That should be it. It's not as accurate as the expensive meters, but work.

[uraijit]

@semco72057

Yup. You're supposed to turn it down, and tune it in, until you can get signal at the very lowest volume that you can.

[semco72057]

@uraijit I got that problem fixed and have to now replace a portion of the cable my big puppy chewed into. I have the tools to take care of that problem and will be back in business as soon as I move the dog to a new location. My new sonicview receiver just don't work as good as my old mercury II did. I get channels from some satellites, but with no strength signal on the new one the channels don't work.

[uraijit]

@semco72057

All of ours have gone NAGRA-3, so all that's available now is NASA, and religious channels...

:(

[semco72057]

@uraijit If you don't have a motorized dish you can get a motorized dish if you live where you can put one up. You will be able to get more channels. I love the Pentagon Channel, Al Jazeera, and other news channels. I can only get the NASA channel on Directv which is a subscription channel. I just can not get any channels from satellites over most of Europe.

[rassnic]

that piece of shit never worked for me when i connect to lnb only turns off, i prefer taking tv to roof

[ashleey413]

tv on roof is a very good idea

[semco72057]

That is a good video to demonstrate the meter usage, and it works well with the stationary dishes.

[vinnyme2]

do these satellite finders work with sky+ because there two wires that come out of the lnb

[ve2zzz]

These meters are REALLY cheap and will put your patience on a test ! They either indicate full signal or no signal. Once, you'll have a "full signal" indication, use the gain pot (button on lower right) to reduce the meter's deflection and continue to align the dish to obtain highest deflection (and annoying beeeeeeeeeep !!).

They are useful, but a log (dB) indication would be A LOT better !!!!

[semco72057]

I have one like that which came with my kit and it will find a satellite, but I have a motorized system and wonder how it will work with adjusting it?

[hamjayo]

isit for wifi?

[the720k]

Please see the title of the video and read the large print on the satellite finder. Maybe my eyes are bad... Does it say wifi finder? No, it doesn't, does it?

[doobiedwyer]

Does it work with broadband?

[semco72057]

@doobiedwyer Yes it will work the same since you are looking for a signal, but need to know the angle of the satellite to get the broadband.

[videofan88]

what does the ringing mean

[samuelseven]

bird dog works that does not!!!!!!!!!

I install commerical and residentail satellite internet and TV. That piece of crap meter works like @#$%!!!!!!!

[shizzle5150]

Yes, because EVERYONE wants to drop $500+ on a meter to get free to air satellite :/ . I'm sure the bird dog works great and if you install direct tv for a living you would want a good one but cut the guy some slack.

[PhobiaGuy]

never use the bowl of the dish to align, you may bend it or it skews the reading, hold the back bracket and th BASE of the boom arm (not the LNB end)

26 years experience!

[nubemuffin]

cant you do the samething with a compass?

[NathanTheOne]

yes but this is to get the best signal you can

[colincolin30]

i spent 3 YEARS trying one of these forget it buy a professional unit like the trimax 2200

cheers colin

[BoguszekCD]

Przyda mi się do ustawienia talerza pod kartę TV W PCI :)

[Hixxyuk]

So what quality and b.e.r. reading was you getting from that meter?

[sergerubis]

Good and perfect

[joeyb19711971]

This will help a little but it will tone no matter what satellite it is on and he probably has the gain turned all the way up to make it appear to work better.

[808FlyBy]

y,know i got one of these and it was so unstable. i gave it a fair test but now i just use the STB level meters and a pair of walkie talkies. i see M,s are selling a new digital meter for around £80 GBP

[Jclz95]

spent £80 at argos for instalation with dish and cables etc.

spent £150 at argos for a nice freesat hd box

argos cat . 527/0086

[YoungDayzed337]

gtfo here wit that, get a birddog!

[skinnysim]

what crap get a birdog, cant peak newer dishes with that .

[gmc3056422133]

this is the best tool cheap and reliable i use it all the time.

[ariam0357]

ebay has it for 10.88 dollars. it has the meter and the compass free shipping too. you can go wrong with 10.88 man.

[zombiecarrot]

wo i just got a satellite dish and wanted to install it myself than paying some dude and after this video is saw that "satellite finder" and i tought its ez but it costs 60 bucks about much i'll the satellite dude!

[gregslater84]

This is not done correctly. Read the instructions! When you get the maximum reading on the needle, you need to hold the dish in that position. Then reduce the gain on the meter with the knob so that the reading drops to about halfway. Then try to maximise the signal again...

[dansachump]

my dog just went nuts!!!!!

[HomesickNYC]

lmfao... as an added incentive, all the dogs in ur neighborhood start to howl so you know your satellite is pointed correctly

[fredyvideo]

hahaha

[KYSTUDIO]

I just bought one of this meter and its a waste of money, could of have spend that $20 on car gas.

[KornyFlyers]

i bought mine at ebay for 8 dlls, and the first time i thought the same, but you gotta learn how to use it, its real simple and fun, got my dish network set to 125 in no time

[aminex]

its because your a noob

[Chazland]

I'm looking for advice on a problem with my 1.2m dish in spain.

Its pointing ok for Freeview and I have fine tuned it with a meter. The transponder frequency settings are changed on the box to 12.051. The box still cant find a signal. Can anybody tell me what could be wrong?

[AnthonyUK]

If you're after BBC/ITV, it could be that the dish is too small or incorrectly aligned:these use Astra2D at 28.2degE with a tight focussed beam which is only visible on a 1.2m antennae in the extreme northern border close to france and is more difficult to receive further south.

[greeengiaant]

change LNB settings and rescan

[selwyn34]

Has anyone else ever heard of Free to Air Satellite??? I had no idea what this was until maybe 2 weeks ago. All I had to buy was the actual satellite receiver and I get the channels for free. I don't even get charged monthly. I wish i would've known about this shit before I spent thousands on DirecTV!

You can get set up with a receiver here if you wanna check it out:

"ABADSS dot COM"

don't know why it won't let me post the actual link... ??

[satelliteworldtx26]

they are okay if you are using a small dish, using them with a bigger dish sucks, you have to hit the signal and go in and see what you are hitting, i remember using one trying to hit 93 of a primestar dish for wild feeds, and i kept hitting damn 95! use a birdog for fta!

[806TO713]

Yeah but if that was a linear or universal LNB you could be hitting the wrong satellite, theres like 60+ out there. I stick with the Birdog meter, they are pricy as fuck but I got mine for free XD.

[mrmonsta2001]

Yeah, but what satellite are you hitting?

[TheGasMaskGuy]

You're cool.

[spinal2k]

nice!!!!!!!!!!!

im about to setup mine and i already ordered one of those things... so i dont have to yell "HOW DOES IT LOOK NOW? CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING?" :P

nice gadget!

[saythany]

Mike Moreno is GAY!!

[uksatellitehelp]

This video shows how a satellite meter can help finding the sweet spot to perfectly align a satellite dish. These meters are really useful little helpers.

[cocodrilll]

@uksatellitehelp

where can you buy this meter?