Satellite dish and motor recommendations

[digicon]

Just get the standard version forget the SE and XP series the standard Gibertini is Fine and they are all Aluminium

[DigitalVandal]

Just had another look at the site and as you say, it is the L version in the link. I'm happy to take your advice Digicon and go with the cheaper one if you believe it to not be too much difference to the others.

[DigitalVandal]

I've received my dish and LNB and waiting on my motor to arrive. Couldn't believe it took 2 days from germany, amazing service. The dish has come with a load of bracketry and very difficult to follow instructions for the movement but then when I look at photos it seems the motor has a movement system too. Which parts do I use and is there any photo guides for putting the gibi 1m onto a dark motor as I can't find any on this or any other forum using the search system and google doesn't throw up anything close enough either.

[benny/9]

diseqc motors have more or less the same set up way
look at this for a idea on the set up
DiSEqC Motor Installation Tutorial | Motorised-Satellite-Uk.Com

[DigitalVandal]

I'm getting there. So much to take in. I've just learned something else that would probably be common sense but not to me. . It seems that the motor has only one input from a tuner to move it. Which is fine until tuner A is recording something on 28.2 then I want to move the dish using tuner B to another sat. I was also intending to have my upstairs receiver on the dish too, so how would I move the dish if I wanted to from that receiver? The quad LNB is looking quite pointless if I can only use 1 tuner on the motor. Just when everything was becoming clearer the fog has descended yet again.

[DigitalVandal]

Receiver 1 Tuner A fixed, Tuner B motorised. (when I get another twin tuner the motorised dish will be on C/D and fixed back on A/B)
Receiver 2 Tuner A fixed, Tuner B motorised. (I know that I can't move the dish from this only receive from the sat the dish is pointed at)

Lots of scenarios I have thought of but the biggest issue I can think of is if I want to watch a channel on, say 19.2, will receiver 2 know to use tuner B or will it just show a blank screen as tuner A is not pointed at the correct sat?

If there are any other pitfalls then please let me know. I'm more than a little disappointed that I cant get the dish to be moved by the 2 receivers but you live and learn.

[mdt]

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I'm more than a little disappointed that I cant get the dish to be moved by the 2 receivers but you live and learn.[/QUOTE]


if you use a polar mount/actuator and v-box its possible but you would need some sort of IR sender to control the v-box in the living room from the bedroom,regards mdt

[DigitalVandal]

Thanks for the reply. It would appear that not many people bother so there must be a good reason for that. cost and messing about i'm guessing.

[digicon]

It can be done but you would need the use of smart priority switches to aid you

[DigitalVandal]

Everything up and running now. Thank you all for your help. I can get some channels on 7.3w, is that normal?

[digicon]

Everything up and running now. Thank you all for your help. I can get some channels on 7.3w, is that normal?

On a 1m dish yes although dont expect to view them 24/7 due to the footprint

[DigitalVandal]

What time of day would 7.3W be most watchable? Breaks up a lot atm on some channels but not others. guessing some H and some V but not able to work out the difference? When I get a channel that is breaking up, my tv is constantly changing resolution and flashing. Not sure how to stop that happening as when it does happen I have less than a second inbetween flashes to try to get back to a channel that will display correctly and not trip the auto resoltion option. I have the box set to 1080p and running through a denon amp which is also set to 1080p.

[digicon]

Depends which Band and which polarity and the time of day, I cant tell you which ones as you are in a different area to myself.