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mario123
16th November, 2010, 08:20 PM
can any1 recommed a sky mini dish for me to buy? i think i need zone 2 as im in belfast?
and does any1 have a guide on how to install it pls?

sob1467
16th November, 2010, 11:55 PM
Here is a very good tutorial on how to install a dish

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/how-install-motorised-dish-42881/

As regards which mini dish to buy there are loads of options on Ebay and all of them do practically the same job you can buy them for around ?30 - ?40 on there including p&p

Thomo
16th November, 2010, 11:56 PM
mario123, i used to use a zone 2 for the caravan around the north coast but now use a zone 1 with no problems + they come with install instruction, hope this helps.

Curious123
17th November, 2010, 12:40 AM
I have a 1m motorised dish as my main dish and then added a second zone 1 dish. It pretty cheap from ebay and I just looked at my neighbours dishes and pointed in the same direction. A little bit of wiggling about and it ws installed.

Manic01
17th November, 2010, 11:13 AM
Use dishpointer.com to get settings/elevation line of sight etc.

mario123
17th November, 2010, 02:11 PM
ok nps guy just wasnt to sure about the dish skew and lnb skew. but just look at next doors and read the leaflet that comes with it

seanmckeown
17th November, 2010, 04:31 PM
i got a good deal from maplin. a 46inch dish along with a fta satellite box, with all the fittings and instructions.

the proper price is 59.99 but i got a grade b product and it was only 39.99, use voucher code 'secret3' and that gets u ?3 off, and its free delivery as its over ?35.

i have used this in belfast and it works fine

Standard Definition Satellite Kit for Free Digital TV Free Delivery : Satellite Kits : Maplin (http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=218642)

seanmckeown
17th November, 2010, 04:39 PM
for setting up the dish get a compass and use these measurments

swing the dish round so that its at 140 degrees
elevation off the ground has to be at 21 degrees
lnb skew is 14-15 degrees (stand in front of the dish and turn the lnb 15 anti-clockwise)