bit of advice on motorised dish

[gingeee85]

ok so im looking at getting a motorised dish in jan, and was wondering how it works, now i have a vu+ box with a sky bouquet, if i was to scan another satelite do i lose that bouquet or does it stay there for when i switch back to the satelite? also are they easy to install, i cant find an installer in my area

[jimleeds]

hello the uk bouquet would stay in place and the channels would just go into your channel list you can get full european bouquets though i have one on mine at minute can't remember who's it is but works great.
installation can be a pain if you don't have a clue about how they work but give it a go if your confident theres nothing you can damage

[gingeee85]

excellent cheers, worst part for me is mounting it on the wall, motorised dish is the last peice of the puzzle for my games room. nice pic there,

[jovie]

dont get an installer do it yourself its easey theres plenty of people on hear to help just a little reading you wont have to
ask for help when the wind blows the dish of course regards jovie

[cactikid]

if you have a fixed dish i would leave that there and you can have one tuner fixed and the other on the motor,if the motor goes off centre you still have the other.

[gingeee85]

yeah i was thinking that myself cactikid, would i place the motorised dish around the same height of the other dish?

[ramjet]

dish height has no relevance apart from making sure you have no obstructions in the way of the signals from the arc the motor will be "looking at"
generally speaking the fixed dish is pointed at 28e and you may find many obstructions either side of that position, or none at all
you can check the website dishpointer and place a dish on your property in various places and check for obstructions etc

the one thing nobody here can do for you is decide on what obstructions will cause you problems from any preferred fixing point or height, that would normally be done in a site survey by an installer, it may well be that no suitable fixing point is available on your property in which case it is pointless people telling you to do it yourself simply because they will have assumed that you have already checked the suitability of any mounting point or points, yet only a physical check at your property will reveal this !

the only thing we can be sure of is that you will get the same as you get now, as clearly your present dish has reception of 28.2e

[gingeee85]

would it be best to replace the sky dish then? its a big wall and pretty open area

[bluebottle]

I would be aware of planning permission in your area, certainly where I am you are only allowed one dish on your property, also dish size. Planning permission is needed for over 1m i think, someone on here will know more on that than me. but if you plan getting weak sats you will need to go bigger than a standard sky sized dish. there are plenty of sites which recommend sizes for best reception depending on where you are in the UK.

[gingeee85]

so id need planning permission for a 1m dish?

[mdt]

so id need planning permission for a 1m dish?

NO!! unless your in a listed building or the norfolk broads you are allowed 2 sat dishes on your property. 1 of 100cm and 1 of 60cm

regards mdt

[gingeee85]

after some decision iv decided to remove the sky dish as it will be surplus to requirements, does anyone know the name of this european bouqet? iv tried googling and cant find anything

[andy91]

Best Enigma 2 multi sat bouquet is Catseyes,

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f216/catseye-enigma-2-settings-225447/index25.html

Andy.

[mdt]

Best Enigma 2 multi sat bouquet is Catseyes,

http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f216/catseye-enigma-2-settings-225447/index25.html

Andy.

in your opinion it is... used to use it but had issues so went to @vhannibals. @gingee85 try different multi-sat bouquets and see which one you prefere or use one of the aformentioned and edit it to your preferance and happy days,regards mdt

[gingeee85]

cheers for all the help, nice to see a good community always willing to help