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llamekuf | 07:12 Sun 21st Sep 2014 | How it Works
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They have a Samsung Smart television with Freesat installed.
The cable has been connected from the LNB of the dish to the TV.
Even using a meter and manually moving the dish there is no connection showing between the TV and the dish, not even the slightest sign.
Anyone know what they are doing wrong?
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I'm not sure who 'they' are but I would suggest they haven't got the sat tracker co-ords correct on their equipment.
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Thanks for your answer ZACS-MASTER.
' They ' are some friends.
What are " sat tracker co-ords " please.
Are you sure that it is Freesat not Freeview that is installed?
Free sat needs a viewing card and a satellite receiver (like a Sky Box) I think they are confusing Free sat with Freeview as well. Freeview comes via an ordinary aerial not a sat dish!
Freesat needs no card. Sky freesat needs a card.
^^ I was thinking of the 'Free sat' card you can buy from Sky to use in a sky box. Just checked, a few TVs do come with free sat already installed now. I still think it just comes via the ordinary aerial though not through a satellite dish, it is a joint venture between BBC and ITV. ( I may be wrong about the aerial though)
Read Beauchioco's answer on this thread
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Question1366111.html
very comprehensive (I did not realise 'Freesat' and 'Freesat from Sky' are two different things! very confusing)
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Passing on thanks to everyone who has contributed to this post.
Much appreciated.
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Thank you.
It is new.
Should the TV be on Auto Scan when moving the Dish or BBC 1.
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As the Freesat is already installed in their TV it should of course be on BBC 1
(101).
Still not the slightest signal.

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