Freesat installation

graham · 28 September 2019 14:52

Installing a satellite dish yourself Technology

This was originally posted by @Mat_Davies in another topic, Required:a Dummies Guide to Accessing UK TV in France. I ordered this complete kit from UK : Link. The kit took about a week to arrive despite being told it would take 2 days and cost approx £105 ncluding shipping. The kit includes everything you need except tools. The satellite dish was very easy to mount on the wall and not a problem from a short ladder. It required 5 holes to be drilled, 4 to mount the dish and 1 to run the cable. I used Link to establish the alignment for the dish which can show you the alignment overlaying a aerial view of your house. Using the included signal receiver plugged into the dish it was simple to achieve the alignment. All was going well up to this point and this is where the fun started… I had correctly aligned the dish to the satellite using the signal tester, but I could not get a signal at the TV, the receiver showed absolutely zero signal. So I tried again, and again, and again but st…