Digital Antenna
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Hi Folks, I just got a Nokia MediaMaster digital reciever and I'm trying to set it up. It's proving to be the F-word nightmare. I cannot get any signal at all, no matter what way I move the antenna. Considering that I'm in South of Ireland, not sure if it's due to the position or something else. Anybody of you have ever mounted any such thing? (If you haven't I wouldn't recomend it!) Regards, Venet. Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.
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Hi Folks, I just got a Nokia MediaMaster digital reciever and I'm trying to set it up. It's proving to be the F-word nightmare. I cannot get any signal at all, no matter what way I move the antenna. Considering that I'm in South of Ireland, not sure if it's due to the position or something else. Anybody of you have ever mounted any such thing? (If you haven't I wouldn't recomend it!) Regards, Venet. Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.
I set up my DirecTV dish in about 30 minutes. Finding a signal could have been a problem using the instructions they provided, so I skipped them. I don't know what service you get there, but mine provides a website that will tell a user what azimuth and elevation to use for a given location in their service area. I grabbed this information, a level, a compass, and a protractor, then measured the angle of my roof. From this I preset the elevation on the antenna before I mounted it, then after mounting used the compass to set the initial azimuth. I then switched the receiver to the signal monitoring mode (which emits a loud beeping tone that rises in pitch with increasing signal strength), opened the doors and windows, and climbed up on the roof. I used a search pattern akin to a raster scan, moving the antenna horizontally in 1/2° increments through about 4° each way, then adjusted the vertical angle for another sweep, until I acquired an initial signal. Once I had that, it was a simple process to fine tune within that narrow window for the peak signal. "Knock, knock." "Who's there?" "Recursion." "Recursion who?" "Knock, knock..."
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Hi Folks, I just got a Nokia MediaMaster digital reciever and I'm trying to set it up. It's proving to be the F-word nightmare. I cannot get any signal at all, no matter what way I move the antenna. Considering that I'm in South of Ireland, not sure if it's due to the position or something else. Anybody of you have ever mounted any such thing? (If you haven't I wouldn't recomend it!) Regards, Venet. Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.
I'm not familiar with that particular system, but here are a few things to remember about satellite dishes: Use the elevation markings on the dish. The horn is mounted at an angle to the dish, so you can't just aim the plane of the dish right at your target. In other words, the signal received is bounced at an angle from the dish to the horn, so you have to compensate for that. The elevation markings take that into account. Make sure your compass isn't being disturbed by a local magnetic field. Make sure you're using cable designed for satellite dishes. Your typical coax cable won't cut it. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
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I'm not familiar with that particular system, but here are a few things to remember about satellite dishes: Use the elevation markings on the dish. The horn is mounted at an angle to the dish, so you can't just aim the plane of the dish right at your target. In other words, the signal received is bounced at an angle from the dish to the horn, so you have to compensate for that. The elevation markings take that into account. Make sure your compass isn't being disturbed by a local magnetic field. Make sure you're using cable designed for satellite dishes. Your typical coax cable won't cut it. Dave Goodman dgoodman@infoway.com www.dkgoodman.com "Actio sequitur esse."
Dave Goodman wrote: Make sure you're using cable designed for satellite dishes. Your typical coax cable won't cut it. That might be my problem. Cos I was finding it very strange to get a very weak signal, with no picture or sound at all. I suppose i need to get another cable. Thanks both of you for your replies. Regards, Venet. Donec eris felix, multos numerabis amicos.