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Installation of 5.2M dish
How to get satellite TV signal, how to set up your satellite dish for home or caravan Part 1
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How to get satellite TV signal, how to set up your satellite dish for home or caravan Part 2
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How to get satellite TV signal, how to set up your satellite dish for home or caravan Part 3
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Gutter Mount installation for satellite TV in Australia for free & Pay TV channels
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How to use Stripper to conect COAXIAL cable to F Connector -Very usefull
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Questions
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Who should Own A satellite TV System?
Most owners of Satellite TV systems these days fall into the following categories:
Most owners of Satellite TV systems these days fall into the following categories:
1.Those who can not get cable due to isolated location.
2.Those who wish to receive programs not available on their local cable system.
3. People who desire the sharpest video picture possible (Studio Quality, far better than cable or over air) Or those who want Discrete stereo sound from channels or networks that are not carried in stereo in their local area.
4. News Junkies who want to see unedited news coverage from the source location, before it gets chopped up and packaged.
5. Experimenters and techy hobby types .
6. Audiophiles who want to hear HUNDREDS of music services in superior quality.
7. Digital Information Junkies desiring info-text services.
8. Those who desire foreign Language programming.
9. Individuals who like to see certain TV shows Before they are aired over the networks, often without commercials.
10. Those in search of additional programming.
11. Sports Lovers There are many sports channels on satellite
12. Those who want to watch programs earlier or later than seen on their local stations.
13.Those who want to know different views
14. Radio Lovers. With the proper additional equipment there are hundreds of additional audio services receivable, including AM and FM stations from major cities, Talk Shows, every kind of music imaginable, and very specialised formats. Some Satellite owners actually spend more time listening to the signals on their dish than watching.
15. Culture Hunters .If you like Ballet, Art Films, Concerts, documentaries, Foreign Films, There are many opportunities here.
And More And More and More
More consumers are becoming involved in installing and positioning their own satellite antennas. Following a few simple steps can help make sure you get it right the first time.
Steps:
1. Determine which satellite carries your most frequently viewed programs, and figure out its location on the solar arc. You can find this information at the www.lyngSat.com Web site.
2. Locate the area outside your home that is nearest to your television set.
3. Turn and face north if you are located south of the equator.
4. Look from east to west, following an arc that mimics the sun's path across the sky.
5. Observe any obstacles, such as trees or buildings, that may obscure the line of sight along the arc. This is the most critical step prior to installation.
6. Choose a method of installation that allows your system to withstand the
elements year-round and still remain perfectly level and rigidly mounted.
Steps:
1. Determine which satellite carries your most frequently viewed programs, and figure out its location on the solar arc. You can find this information at the www.lyngSat.com Web site.
2. Locate the area outside your home that is nearest to your television set.
3. Turn and face north if you are located south of the equator.
4. Look from east to west, following an arc that mimics the sun's path across the sky.
5. Observe any obstacles, such as trees or buildings, that may obscure the line of sight along the arc. This is the most critical step prior to installation.
6. Choose a method of installation that allows your system to withstand the
elements year-round and still remain perfectly level and rigidly mounted.
This is a very broad question.
Reception varies depending on the equipment you have. There are 2 main bands in which satellite TV is transmitted. C band which is in the 3.4 to 4.2 GHz frequency band and KU band which covers 11 to 12.75 GHz.At these frequency, the signal is micro-wave.Generally C band requires a larger dish and KU band a smaller dish.
Reception varies depending on the equipment you have. There are 2 main bands in which satellite TV is transmitted. C band which is in the 3.4 to 4.2 GHz frequency band and KU band which covers 11 to 12.75 GHz.At these frequency, the signal is micro-wave.Generally C band requires a larger dish and KU band a smaller dish.
A ,C band dish is usually 2M or larger in diameter, and KU band dishes vary from 65cm to 2M.C band dishes are usually mesh as the surface accuracy does not to be as accurate as it needs to be for KU band.
Therefore KU band dishes are usually solid with a smooth surface as they need to be accurately made to focus the small KU band waves into the feed horn on the LNB. The LNBs (Low noise block down-converter) sits in the front or centre of the dish, and collects all the reflected micro-waves from the dish. The micro-waves are very very weak, and are not harmful.
The LNBF has an integrated feed horn, and the waves travel along the feed horn, and enter the LNB where they are converted and transferred to the satellite receiver via the coax cable.
C band contains many free channels, most of which are foreign language. There are 9 satellites accessible from the East and West Coast of Australia. Your C band dish can be a fixed type system, with 2M mesh dish, C band LNBF, coax cable and digital satellite receiver, or it can be motorized to point to all of the C band satellites in your region.
C band contains many free channels, most of which are foreign language. There are 9 satellites accessible from the East and West Coast of Australia. Your C band dish can be a fixed type system, with 2M mesh dish, C band LNBF, coax cable and digital satellite receiver, or it can be motorized to point to all of the C band satellites in your region.
A fixed C band dish system is usually installed on the ground, and points to one of the 9 satellites in your region. Free to air channels from this one satellite can be viewed. A Satellite channel list link is available on our site at www.lyngsat.com courtesy of Lyngsat.
The average cost of a 2.3M fixed C band system is under $1100 installed. Motorizing your system can allow it to point to all (providing you have no obstructions such as trees etc) satellites in your region and you can move the dish remotely as you require.
To motorize your dish you firstly need a special type of pivoting mount on the dish. This is called a polar mount and comes standard on most larger dishes. Other additional items required are an actuator and positioner , and connecting cable. The actuator is the ‘ram’ like unit which fits on your dish and does the moving, and the positioner is the inside unit that controls the actuator and ‘remembers’ the satellite positions.
The positioner usually comes with a remote control for the user. There are also a type of positioner that interface with most modern digital satellite receivers using a protocol called DisEQc 1.2.
These are called V-BOX, and use the existing Digital receiver remote control to control the satellite dish position. The average cost of a 2.3M motorized C band system is under $1150 installed.
KU band contains few ( maybe 40) free to air channels. Other channels on KU band are PAY TV channels and Aurora remote area channels and require a Digital satellite receiver with card slot, and an authorized smart card and subscription (for Pay TV) to view them. The Pay TV receiver and card are supplied by the PAY TV provider when you take up a subscription.
Aurora is platform on Optus C1 satellite that has a group of channels that contain free to air Television such as ABC and SBS, and a choice of 2 commercial channels, either GWN and WIN West for WA, or Imparja and Seven Central for other areas. SBS and ABC are available to anyone within Australia.
KU band contains few ( maybe 40) free to air channels. Other channels on KU band are PAY TV channels and Aurora remote area channels and require a Digital satellite receiver with card slot, and an authorized smart card and subscription (for Pay TV) to view them. The Pay TV receiver and card are supplied by the PAY TV provider when you take up a subscription.
Aurora is platform on Optus C1 satellite that has a group of channels that contain free to air Television such as ABC and SBS, and a choice of 2 commercial channels, either GWN and WIN West for WA, or Imparja and Seven Central for other areas. SBS and ABC are available to anyone within Australia.
Can C and KU band be integrated into then one system?
Theoretically yes, however this requires a dual band feed horn, a C band LNB and a KU band LNB, plus some sort of switching to select between feed horns, and servo motor control to change polarity on both bands.The performance is compromised when a dual band feed horn is used, and using a mesh dish for KU band is about 30% less efficient than using a solid dish.
The preferred method to receiver C and KU band is to have 2 separate dishes. Say a 2.3M mesh motorized dish for C band, and a fixed 90cm to 1.2M solid dish for KU band, with some electronic switching to select between the 2 dishes.
So you can receive about 140 free to air channels with a motorized C band dish, 130 of which are foreign language, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Tamil, Greek, Kurdish, Persian, Portuguese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Vietnamese, Russian, Indonesian, Japanese, many ,many more different languages and about 10 English.
On the KU band system you can receive a few free channels, and if you have a PAY TV card, you can receive the channels you pay for.
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