No problem, I realised what you meant anyways. I realised, after a lot of searching, that satellites need to be powered (of course they do). I then realised I had a power switch near the satellites that was before useless. I have switched thos on and I am currently testing the satellite. I'll get back to you if Im successful. I guess the reason I was such a noob is because of the shabby wiring job done by the landlord
Just to be precise: The satellite is a spacecraft orbiting the earth some 36000 km away from us.
The antenna is mounted outside the house, and is pointing in the direction of the satellite.
The antenna consists of the round'ish reflector ("the dish") and the LNB, which is a piece of Electronics that make the very high frequency signals (10 GHz) from Space into something (1-2.4 GHz) that can be sent Down a cable to your reciever.
The receiver is either a set-top box, or built into the TV, as you have.
NOW,
no power switches on the wall should have any impact on the operation of the LNB.
The LNB is powered fom the receiver, indeed it says so on the back of your tv.
In communal systems, and in some private systems, you often mix the output from the LNB (the signal from the satellite) with the tv signals coming through an aerial (typically 400-800 MHz).
The Little metal box ("the isolator") that you have filters out anything above 1000 MHz (1GHz), so that only the Aerial signals are sent to the TV. (it says 5-1000MHz on the box - this it was it passes through.)
Your problem is therefore that
the box removes exactly all of the satellite signals that you are looking for.
What you need is therefore:
a) a splitter that provide TV aerial signals (<1GHz) on one output, and sat signals (>1GHz) on another, or
b) a simple barrel-connector which is a female-to-female coupler. Most sat receiver ignore the tv signals < 1GHz.
Option a is below £10, and b is below £1. You can get them easily on the internet, or in shops.
For a really quick fix, put the tv on the floor next ot the Black cable so you can plug it directly into the tv. Then try scanning.
As Topper says, it is not enough that the dish is pointing in the general direction. It needs to be precisely aligned pointing at the point in the sky where the satellite is. If you moved the dish since you started, then you will need to align the dish to 28.2E again. This is best done using a meter, but you can also use the TV and shouting through the window at the person moving the antenna. There's info elsewhere on the site on how to do this.
This is of course assuming that there is indeed sat signals coming through the Black cable.
It could be damaged or disconnected...
