Connecting Freesat box to old satellite dish

enfield_freddy

layman's terms:
the centre core is the feed , the outer core is the screening , no they have not to touch ,


no big bangs or anything , just no picture

aerostar

http://www.stevelarkins.freeuk.com/images/fitting_ftype_plug.jpg

and here

http://www.maxview.co.uk/products/FITTING_AN_F_CONNECTOR.html

purplestar133

enfield_freddy wrote: »

layman's terms:
the centre core is the feed , the outer core is the screening , no they have not to touch ,


no big bangs or anything , just no picture

aerostar wrote: »

http://www.stevelarkins.freeuk.com/images/fitting_ftype_plug.jpg

and here

http://www.maxview.co.uk/products/FITTING_AN_F_CONNECTOR.html

Perfect! Thank you so much!

zaax

The cable that comes from the ground (street) would be cable TV etc. The spare cable from the sat. could be used for another TV. If you can not get BBC parliament it means the dish is out of alignment.

purplestar133

zaax wrote: »

The cable that comes from the ground (street) would be cable TV etc. The spare cable from the sat. could be used for another TV. If you can not get BBC parliament it means the dish is out of alignment.

Good tip. I'll look for it.

agrinnall

zaax wrote: »

If you can not get BBC parliament it means the dish is out of alignment.

Can you explain why that is? Presumably everything comes from the same satellites (which I think are Astra 28.2E and Eutelsat 28A), so is BBC Parliament a lower strength signal compared to other channels?

Fightsback

zaax wrote: »

If you can not get BBC parliament it means the dish is out of alignment.

Not getting BBC Parliament is a bad thing ?

Moto2

zaax wrote: »

. If you can not get BBC parliament it means the dish is out of alignment.

BBC parliament is on transponder 46 along with a bunch of regional BBC stations and even more radio, not really sure how losing that one in isolation is indicative of a mis-aligned dish

[Deleted User]

Hi,

here's a wee video re: how to fit an F Connector.

purplestar133

Just to say, I did this successfully! Only problem was that when the f connectors were on, they were quite loose on the plastic covering of the cable. Best I could come up with was to pinch them with pliers so they'd stay on..