Trouble finding Astra? locking on to 07e5?? please help

[sunnyspain]

Hi, further to my last post, I've got an old Grundig GDS200, a 1.2m ofset dish, Sharp universal LNB all set up in Murcia Spain now but I cant align to Astra?? I'm getting a lock on 07e6 and 07e5 (what are they) but can't find 07d4 (astra I believe)?? Am I close or miles away?? Before I go and buy a Pace DS340N I just want to know if it's possible to get any channels with the Grundig.
My neighbour incedently has the same dish but with a Pace box and has a crystal clear recepcion on all FTA channels, his signal test info says NETWORK id 0002 and TRANSPORT STREAM 0800 and is NOT locked??

I've borrowed a Maxivew Satfinder from a friend, but I still cant find it with that.

Any help advice appreciated, It's now 2 years since I watched UK TV!!

Many thanks, Neil

 

[Analoguesat]

07d4 is on a north beam which is probably weak in south Spain. You need to change settings for a south beam transponder.
Gom to www.satelliteforcaravans.co.uk and follow the instructions for southern Europe.

 

[geoffreys]

Hi, further to my last post, I've got an old Grundig GDS200, a 1.2m ofset dish, Sharp universal LNB all set up in Murcia Spain now but I cant align to Astra?? I'm getting a lock on 07e6 and 07e5 (what are they) but can't find 07d4 (astra I believe)?? Am I close or miles away?? Before I go and buy a Pace DS340N I just want to know if it's possible to get any channels with the Grundig.
My neighbour incedently has the same dish but with a Pace box and has a crystal clear recepcion on all FTA channels, his signal test info says NETWORK id 0002 and TRANSPORT STREAM 0800 and is NOT locked??

I've borrowed a Maxivew Satfinder from a friend, but I still cant find it with that.

Any help advice appreciated, It's now 2 years since I watched UK TV!!

Many thanks, Neil

I'd also like to know what 07e6 and 07e5 are. It has been asked before on this forum but I've never seen a reply. My system shows 07e5 whenever 07d4 fails.
Geoff
Cyprus

 

[Analoguesat]

The reason is simple.

07e5 is 12110H on the 2B south beam
07e6 is 12129V on the 2A south beam

Both will be stronger in your location than 07d4 (11778V - 2A north beam.)

You can check most of the tp idents here:

http://www.digitalsat.co.uk/transponderidents28e.html


edit - corrected 12110 polarity

 

[sunnyspain]

I've changed settings as suggested and still "no satellite signal being recieved" message is displayed, I have OK on Lock, 3/4 signal strength and about 1/4 Signal quality.

I changed default transponder in the Installer set up menu? do I need to change anything else? The Digibox has been unpluged for nearly 1 year, so could the software be out of date?

thanks for the help so far,

Neil

 

[bignick]

Which default transponders did you try?

Just in case you didn't know (I'm probably teaching you to suck eggs) get to the installers menu by services-4-0-1 select then choose option 2 - default transponder. Change it to 12441 - I've heard thats good in spain or 12207 which is good in cyprus.

After that go to manual tuning and it will give the signal strenth for that transponder!

Just another thing.... the number on network ID is 0002 isn't it? I only ask 'cause I've been there before

I maybe wrong but I don't think the software on the GDS200 will update. But it should still work.

Cheers

Nick

I've changed settings as suggested and still "no satellite signal being recieved" message is displayed, I have OK on Lock, 3/4 signal strength and about 1/4 Signal quality.

I changed default transponder in the Installer set up menu? do I need to change anything else? The Digibox has been unpluged for nearly 1 year, so could the software be out of date?

thanks for the help so far,

Neil

 

[sunnyspain]

Thanks Nick,

We have progress... I've now found 07ea, and with a default transponder of 12.207 I have Sky News. nothing else however.
Yes the Network id is 0002, don't worry about teaching me to suck eggs, I am a complete newby to this game, I had Sky in the UK but never got involved in transponders, so I am grateful for any help.

What I dont get is... I gather certain channels are on certain transponders? so do I have to "add Channels" and know the frequency of all the channels I want, or is there some way of selecting them all?

Cheers again, Neil

 

[bignick]

Right, now you have sky news then you will be able to get everything else that the dish/tune/lnb/digibox will allow you to get.

Sky news will be available on the other channels option but you should get loads more in normal sky. what about 104 & 105? Have you got a FTV card in there? do you get any other messages apart fron no signal?

Thanks Nick,

We have progress... I've now found 07ea, and with a default transponder of 12.207 I have Sky News. nothing else however.
Yes the Network id is 0002, don't worry about teaching me to suck eggs, I am a complete newby to this game, I had Sky in the UK but never got involved in transponders, so I am grateful for any help.

What I dont get is... I gather certain channels are on certain transponders? so do I have to "add Channels" and know the frequency of all the channels I want, or is there some way of selecting them all?

Cheers again, Neil

 

[sunnyspain]

Nick
I have sky news, Euro news, CNN and thats all I can find, thats using default transponder of 12.441. 104 and 105 are saying channel unavailable, and no I dont have a ftv card. Do I need to continue moving the dish looking for another Sat or should I lock the dish and leave it where it is and go buy a more sensitive digibox? and maybe a FTV card?

As strange as it may sound, If I could get ITV (to keep the wife happy) and POP and TINY POP to keep the kids happy, that will do! After 2 years with only Spanish TV I'm more than happy with SkyNews.


Cheers, Neil

 

[bignick]

I'll be honest with you mate. Ths GDS200 is not my choice of digibox out there. What I suggest you do is see if you can borrow a friend or nieghbours box - prefrerably one that has a similar dish setup to yours and see if you get the same. If you get success there then go get yourself a Pace 2600 or failing that then a DS430n or Amstrad DRX 400 or modern Thomson, or Grundig GDS3000 (I think in that order - though I'm sure others will have comments to add) and FTV card (or subscribe of course!).

If you haven't got an Ebay account to get one, or the locals are ripping you off for one then contact me!

Cheers

Nick

Nick
I have sky news, Euro news, CNN and thats all I can find, thats using default transponder of 12.441. 104 and 105 are saying channel unavailable, and no I dont have a ftv card. Do I need to continue moving the dish looking for another Sat or should I lock the dish and leave it where it is and go buy a more sensitive digibox? and maybe a FTV card?

As strange as it may sound, If I could get ITV (to keep the wife happy) and POP and TINY POP to keep the kids happy, that will do! After 2 years with only Spanish TV I'm more than happy with SkyNews.


Cheers, Neil

 

[spiney]

well, obviously, you can try to get particular channels you want individually, maybe first in "manual tune", then if received ok you can add them to "other channels" list.

Channel details to try with at www.satcodx.com, etc .....

Obviously, this doesn't solve not locking onto the default transponder, and you won't have the epg!

 

[sunnyspain]

Cheers for the info, I have a good offer for a second hand pace 2600, I think I will go for it.

Cheers again, Neil

 

[bignick]

Thats what I would Do :-thumb1

Let us know what its like after you hook up the 2600

Cheers

Nick

Cheers for the info, I have a good offer for a second hand pace 2600, I think I will go for it.

Cheers again, Neil

 

[Mike4t]

What part of Murcia are you in,, as the 1.2m seems a bit small,, I am up near Abanilla and need at least a 1.8m and that will give me most of FTA for best part of day.. I currently have a 2.4m which gives me 24/7 FTA,, I have used the GDG 2000, and found it an abosolute pig to get good reception of CH4/5,, FD was critical as was Skew,, even a gnats c**k was toomuch,, now changed to a 2600, and have a DS430N,,, the 2600 is much better than the 430,, as ITV sometimes breaks up on the 430n late nite..

 

[sunnyspain]

I'm in Lorca, southern Murcia. I have now decided to go for a new Pace box, question is.... is the 2600c1 better than the DS430N? I've done a 'local survey' and all neighbours seem to have 1.2m dishes with DS430N boxes and get no trouble with FTA.
Any advice on 2600 vs 430n gratfully recieved.

Cheers, Neil

 

[dxsat]

The 2600 CI is better than the 430n but slower. You will have to get one secondhand on EBay but be careful to ask which model you are getting. Some sellers will describe a new 430n as a 2600, as they don't know the difference.

 

[Mike4t]

As I said the 2600 appears to be much better on sensitivity,,, but I have a box I bought from AKI (Between Alicante and Benidorm on the N322, by the big Carrefour at St Juan) for 120€ which will pick up all the FTA channels which now is BBC and ITV, also the screen readouts are much better than the Sky box as whilst you are tuning in on the Install menu, you can see the Transponder no the Sig strength and the quality etc,,,

One other point on using Sky box, a neighbour has problems with CH4/5 In the afternoons,, but this is be corrected by going to transponder 12129,,,, press red button first to ensure that all other settings are reset correctly,,

another thing is to try for a ITV stronger sig is to add ITV channels Isles on 10906 V 22 5/6 (Do this in services, add channels.

Have you tried the 430N or 2600 yet,. because if your neighbours are OK on a 1.2 dish, your problem can only be set up and alignment or faulty LNB, cable etc. to buy new DS430N will be about 275€ in this area,, havent seen any cheaper, card is 80€..

 

[sunnyspain]

Now im even more confused?? No I havn't tried the pace boxes yet, I keep missing them on Ebay. I'm hoping to borrow a 340N today, so will post the results if I do. I tried the ITV on 10906, but am getting 'no satellite signal recieved' message. I am getting a crystal clear picture on SkyNews, CNN, Travel, Men & motors and various other shopping and religous channels but its BBC, ITV and a couple of kids channels that I really want. I would asume that the dish is pointing in the right direction being that I am getting those channels? please correct me if im wrong.
Thanks to everyone for the help/advice so far, this is a very usefull site.

Neil

 

[Analoguesat]

Now im even more confused?? No I havn't tried the pace boxes yet, I keep missing them on Ebay. I'm hoping to borrow a 340N today, so will post the results if I do. I tried the ITV on 10906, but am getting 'no satellite signal recieved' message. I am getting a crystal clear picture on SkyNews, CNN, Travel, Men & motors and various other shopping and religous channels but its BBC, ITV and a couple of kids channels that I really want. I would asume that the dish is pointing in the right direction being that I am getting those channels? please correct me if im wrong.
Thanks to everyone for the help/advice so far, this is a very usefull site.

Neil

The majority of the pay channels are transmitted on pan European beams that cover Spain quite nicely. BBC& ITV use Astra 2D which is focussed onto north western Europe. Spanish viewers need bigger dishes than normal for 2D.

The official footprints for the Astra 2's are linked off this page:

http://www.ses-astra.com/corpSite/siteSections/ASTRAFleet/astra2a/index.php

down the bottom of each birds page.

 

[devonbrown]

Now im even more confused?? No I havn't tried the pace boxes yet, I keep missing them on Ebay. I'm hoping to borrow a 340N today, so will post the results if I do. I tried the ITV on 10906, but am getting 'no satellite signal recieved' message. I am getting a crystal clear picture on SkyNews, CNN, Travel, Men & motors and various other shopping and religous channels but its BBC, ITV and a couple of kids channels that I really want. I would asume that the dish is pointing in the right direction being that I am getting those channels? please correct me if im wrong.
Thanks to everyone for the help/advice so far, this is a very usefull site.

Neil

I offered you a 2600C1 but you haven't come back to me.