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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="I_Just_want_to_know" data-source="post: 602617" data-attributes="member: 320516"><p>Good day everyone..</p><p></p><p>Wondering if someone can clear up some issues for me..</p><p></p><p>having spent about £250 in the last month on a Dreambox 500S, 90cm Dish, Motor, LNB and all the rest of it, I'm now preparing to go out and buy the meanest looking axe I can find, to smash the $**t out of it all..</p><p></p><p>I spent the last few days setting the dish up and everything, and eventually found astra2/eurobird1 at 28.2.</p><p></p><p>I'd initially just planned on using the dream box signal indicator to get the best position, but as I live alone and there was just me to trudge up and down the ladder all the time, I decided to get myself a sat finder from B&Q... within a few minutes, I had a more accurate target. Good oh!! NOT!!</p><p>I'm assuming sky is using this satellite (I googled it for accuracy, as I thought I was looking at astra 19.2 or astra 23.5 but when scanning on those, I was getting nothing, despite my meter telling me I was (and given that my skydish is about 1m away, they both seemed to be pointing in the same direction)</p><p>Anyway, when I then plug the new cable into the sky box to get a reference, I get no signal reading at all (dreambox is showing +60)</p><p>so 1st question, am I even looking at the right bird?? (it appears not, but I best check)</p><p>2nd question, when I do a transponder check on eurobird 1/astra 2a at 28.2, I'm getting about 80services (and only about 3 actually show anything, in italian..) the other transponders on this satellite are obviously carrying something, is it the same channels, or am I missing out on some by possible being set up incorrectly??</p><p></p><p>And the 3rd question, which is the main one really.. I bought a darkmotor, thinking this was a good purchase, metal gears and what not, but I cannot get it to move, (it will move manually if I press the buttons, so it is getting power) but refuses to do anything from the dream box.. I have since read that there are issues with motors on the dream box... have I just wasted the best part of £60 on that motor (and the way I'm feeling at the moment, £250 on everything I bought <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite53" alt=":confused" title="Confused :confused" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused" /> )</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if I'm best off just buying a technomate box, as it appears you can get a lot more results a lot simpler using something like that...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>(BTW.. for info's sake, I live on merseyside, I believe the DM500 to be real, its running a gemini image, although I'll have to check which one, I am a newbie, which I have discovered is not the best box to buy, but my colleage sold me a much better description than it turns out.. although I am quite handy with computers so flashing and stuff isnt a prob to me...)</p><p></p><p>Any advice, or help in smashing the crap out of it all will be greatly recieved..</p><p></p><p>Rob (in case you can't gather, I'm not best pleased at the moment)</p><p></p><p>'O'-red</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I_Just_want_to_know, post: 602617, member: 320516"] Good day everyone.. Wondering if someone can clear up some issues for me.. having spent about £250 in the last month on a Dreambox 500S, 90cm Dish, Motor, LNB and all the rest of it, I'm now preparing to go out and buy the meanest looking axe I can find, to smash the $**t out of it all.. I spent the last few days setting the dish up and everything, and eventually found astra2/eurobird1 at 28.2. I'd initially just planned on using the dream box signal indicator to get the best position, but as I live alone and there was just me to trudge up and down the ladder all the time, I decided to get myself a sat finder from B&Q... within a few minutes, I had a more accurate target. Good oh!! NOT!! I'm assuming sky is using this satellite (I googled it for accuracy, as I thought I was looking at astra 19.2 or astra 23.5 but when scanning on those, I was getting nothing, despite my meter telling me I was (and given that my skydish is about 1m away, they both seemed to be pointing in the same direction) Anyway, when I then plug the new cable into the sky box to get a reference, I get no signal reading at all (dreambox is showing +60) so 1st question, am I even looking at the right bird?? (it appears not, but I best check) 2nd question, when I do a transponder check on eurobird 1/astra 2a at 28.2, I'm getting about 80services (and only about 3 actually show anything, in italian..) the other transponders on this satellite are obviously carrying something, is it the same channels, or am I missing out on some by possible being set up incorrectly?? And the 3rd question, which is the main one really.. I bought a darkmotor, thinking this was a good purchase, metal gears and what not, but I cannot get it to move, (it will move manually if I press the buttons, so it is getting power) but refuses to do anything from the dream box.. I have since read that there are issues with motors on the dream box... have I just wasted the best part of £60 on that motor (and the way I'm feeling at the moment, £250 on everything I bought :confused: ) I'm wondering if I'm best off just buying a technomate box, as it appears you can get a lot more results a lot simpler using something like that... (BTW.. for info's sake, I live on merseyside, I believe the DM500 to be real, its running a gemini image, although I'll have to check which one, I am a newbie, which I have discovered is not the best box to buy, but my colleage sold me a much better description than it turns out.. although I am quite handy with computers so flashing and stuff isnt a prob to me...) Any advice, or help in smashing the crap out of it all will be greatly recieved.. Rob (in case you can't gather, I'm not best pleased at the moment) 'O'-red [/QUOTE]
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