Auto satellite dish on roof of van...

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Auto satellite dish on roof of van...

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Whilst we were in the Adelaide area for a couple of months we opted for the Wineguard antenna in lieu of the auto satellite dish on the roof.

Now that we are settled in at 40 Mile Beach, WA, where the local signal from Karratha is fine during the day but reduces to nothing around 9pm we cranked up the big dish expecting to get a perfect picture.

Yeah, right!

Well you know what perfect breaks down to dontcha... ?

Per is the noise the cat makes when it's happy, & fect is the Irish spelling of that other F word - yeah, that's right - fornicating!!!

So, rang up the Vast people this morning, told them the story & expected them to tell me that they will fix it immediately! :roll: DUH !!

She said: "No problems, if your system is up & running then I'll just re-activate your card & it will fixed".

Me: "Umm... No, I just explained that the dish can't lock on to the satellite."

Her: "Oh! Well that means that you must have had your system turned off for a couple of weeks then."

Me: "Correct."

Her: "OK. Then you'll have to get a TV type person to come out & reset your dish for you. If you don't use your dish regularly - about once a fortnight then it will need to be reset each time!! It's a bit of a glitch in the system!"

Me: "Well, that's a bit of information that should have been mentioned when the unit was purchased, or, at the very least when the card was being activated by the staff at Vast!"

Her: "Mmmm...

I disconnected.

Has anyone had a similar problem & if so how did you rectify it?

I have no knowledge the dish at all other than turning it on & off.

Is there a simple way to reset it... a button on the dish to push?" Wishful thinking perhaps. :roll:

Bloke a few vans away had a fell come out from Karratha, 40 klm away, to solve his TV problem - an omni directional antenna. Cost him around $200 for the visit, will pay that if I have to ... but...
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Re: Auto satellite dish on roof of van...

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So many questions,

What type of auto Sat dish?

I had a Alden and it required you change the zone it was in to lock on to a satellite. This is equivalent to adjusting the Skew of the LNB.

See your instruction, Zone one usually covers east coast but zone two can kick in higher up. Zone two covers inland NSW , Vic SA and big slab of WA.
Zone three kicks in at Geraldton WA.

Also are you trying to lock into C1/D3 Satellite. Others don't work with VAST.

So what Auto dish do you have??

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Thanks Russell... the zone button was the thing I was missing... all good now.
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Chuck wrote:Thanks Russell... the zone button was the thing I was missing... all good now.
:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Chuck wrote:Thanks Russell... the zone button was the thing I was missing... all good now.
Thats' $200 per hour plus travel being 2mins and six inches you owe me!!!

Have fun.

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RussellB[SA] wrote:
Chuck wrote:Thanks Russell... the zone button was the thing I was missing... all good now.
Thats' $200 per hour plus travel being 2mins and six inches you owe me!!!

Have fun.

Russell
Errr I think I could have written that differently :oops: :oops:
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I think so as well but I won't tell :oops: :oops: Be "happy"
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... and no way I'm getting out of this chair for a while either!!

:?

:oops:

:D
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Chuck wrote:... and no way I'm getting out of this chair for a while either!!

:?

:oops:

:D
So which chair did you mean?? you were sitting on this one for long enough :lol: :lol: :lol:
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haha He does look a bit thinner? Not impressed with that bolt on the outside of the door? Be fine until someone with a wicked sense of humor turns up?
Easy to see they anticipate some strong winds there!!
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