1. Based on your location, choose the diameter you need satellite dish, depending on where you live, the diameter of the antenna can vary from 0.6 to 0.9 meters. For Nizhny Novgorod and the region, a plate with a radius of 60 cm is enough.
A detailed coverage map of the Intelsat-15 satellite is located here.
2. Tune the antenna to the Intelsat-15 satellite.
Note:
1. The satellite dish MUST be very precisely in the direction of the satellite.
Approximate direction to the Intelsat-15 satellite
If you are in the Central region - to the southeast.
If you are in the Siberian region - to the south.
If you are in the Far East and Sakhalin - to the southwest.
2. There should be no obstructions between the antenna and the intended position of the satellite. Within a radius of 20 meters there should be no trees, houses and other objects.
An example of typical obstacle options
3. The plate should only be placed in open space. It is impossible to install a plate mirror inside the balcony, attic.
First you need to decide in which direction you need to direct the mirror of the dish. To do this, we need 3 parameters: the azimuth value for our settlement without taking into account the magnetic declination (because the magnetic declination is taken into account on the maps), the value of the elevation angle, the angle of rotation of the converter.
For Nizhny Novgorod and the region, these values will be:
- azimuth values 133.6 °
- elevation angle values 14°
- angle of rotation of the converter approx. 30 °
In order not to lose the found direction, it is worth designating a landmark for yourself, which we offer you to determine in two options:
Determination of a landmark by compass
1. We go outside and take a compass with us.
2. We stand with our backs to the building on the southeast side of the object, where you plan to install.
3. Determine the compass direction to the north (i.e. when the red compass needle points to 0 ° on the dial).
4. Set aside the azimuth values, for Nizhny Novgorod and the region it is approximately 133.6 °.
5. We visually select and remember a landmark, for example, a building or a tree (the resulting direction will be the direction to the Intelsat 15 satellite).
Determination of a landmark on the map
1. To determine the exact direction to the satellite, we take a map of the settlement (printed, for example, from search engines Internet)
2. We mark the object where it is planned to install the antenna.
3. We determine the direction to the north on the map.
4. We put a protractor on the map so that zero is directed to the north. We mark 133.6 ° on the map - this will be the direction to the Intelsat-15 satellite.
5. In the received direction to the Intelsat15 satellite, we mark ourselves a landmark.
Assembling a plate for "Telecard" with a diameter of 60 cm
We choose a place on the building for mounting the antenna holder with visibility to the landmark.
For installation, we take with us:
- Perforator or drill for drilling holes in the place where the antenna bracket is attached;
- Anchor bolts, screws or through studs for fixing the antenna bracket on the wall;
- Insulating tape and a sharp knife for cutting cables;
- Wrenches (from 10mm to 22mm) or an adjustable wrench;
- Pencil or felt-tip pen to make marks on the antenna mount
You can fix the bracket with anchor bolts, screws or through studs to ensure the greatest strength under possible storm and wind loads. The pipe section on which the antenna is attached must be strictly vertical.
We assemble a satellite dish, in accordance with the attached diagram
The converter is installed in the holder on the antenna extension rod with the “head” to the antenna mirror, fix it securely, taking into account the required rotation angle.
For Nizhny Novgorod, the angle is 30°. For the convenience of adjusting the inclination of the converter, its body, as a rule, has a scale with a zero mark and marks through 5 *.
Attach the antenna to the bracket. Tighten the adjusting nuts so that it is possible to move the antenna with some effort in the vertical and horizontal directions alternately.
Start cutting the cable, remove the outer insulation 15 mm from the edge. Without damaging the central core, remove 10mm of dielectric with foil. Peel back the remaining cable shielding foil. Screw the F-connector onto the cable until the central core appears.
Connect the cable to the converter, connect the other end of the cable to the satellite receiver.
Connecting the cable to the receiver is STRICTLY done with the receiver turned off from the 220 volt network.
ATTENTION!
If the antenna is the highest point on the building, then lightning can strike it with a high probability, so you need to worry about grounding and lightning rods. Lightning strikes the antenna may result in failure of the entire set of equipment or injury. When installing antennas on balconies, loggias, walls of buildings that already have grounding, additional grounding is not required. If the antenna is installed on hills, cottages, dachas and there are no lightning rods, you must contact the construction company to install the appropriate lightning rods.
Connecting to a TV and setting up the receiver
Turn on the TV and set it to receive video from the video input to which the receiver is connected.
Turn on the receiver. After turning on the receiver, the TV screen displays the process of initializing the receiver. If the receiver has not been configured before, after the initialization is completed, the Main Menu appears on the screen.
Insert the smart card into the slot of the receiver, according to the direction of the arrow shown next to the card reader
Make sure that the Intelsat 15 satellite is in the list of satellites of your receiver, if not, enter the data manually.
Required data for setting:
Converter frequency - 10600 or universal (9750-10600)
Converter power is on.
At standard connection the subscriber gets access to the Standard or Unlimited package. If desired, one or more additional packages can be connected to any of the selected packages.
When installing a kit with a Globo X80 receiver it is possible to connect only additional packages Viasat, Our football, Children's light.
When installing a kit with a CAM module or with a Globo HD X8 receiver it is possible to connect the following additional packages: Viasat Premium HD, Viasat, Viasat Premium HD + Viasat, Match! Football, Our football, Children's, Discoveries, Egoit, World cinema, 1001 nights, Amedia Premium HD, Musical.
Basic missiles:
1. Standard– the package includes 120 TV channels of various subjects. Subscription fee is - from 100 rubles / month. The package is divided into several thematic categories of channels:
All-Russian - a large assortment of news, entertainment, educational, children's programs, films. Popular music and sports channels.
Channel One, Channel One HD, Russia 1, Soyuz, Match!, Raz TV, Russia 24, OTR, Russia K, Russia HD, Life, NTV, Spas, Channel 5, TV Center, Friday, Karusel, STS, Strana, REN , Home, World, Star, Channel 8, TNT, Your home store, TOP SHOP TV, Success, MUSIC, Info channel, Shop & Show.
Knowledge and entertainment
EGE TV, Che, Discovery Channel, Success, Male, TNV, Country life, Raz TV, TV channel Theatre, History, TNT 4, Euronews, Yu, SHOP 24, Mom, Friday, STS Love, Auto 24, Viasat Nature, World of Hobbies , Promotion, Cinema, Your home, Sarafan, Ruble, Krik TV, Promotion, Tsargrad, Bulat, Slov, 7TV, Mir 24, Vetta 24, PRO100 TV, Promo channel "Try Unlimited".
Cinema - novelties of foreign and domestic films and serials. Cinematic masterpieces. Large selection of films of various genres.
A1, A2, Good Movie, Favorite Movie, TV 3, Real Scary TV, Russian Illusion.
Sports - live broadcasts of matches and sports competitions, olympiads, demonstration performances, interviews and facts from the life of world athletes.
KHL HD, KHL TV, MATCH!, MATCH! HD, Eurosport 1.
Children's - everything for children and adult lovers of cartoons and children's programs.
Disney, Carousel, Ani, Children's.
Music - domestic and foreign music for every taste, new clips, star interviews, concerts and music shows.
Maidan, MUZ, Europa Plus TV, BRIDGE TV, Total Music Boom, TNT MUSIC, Nostalgia, Nashe TV, RU.TV.
Regional - news, educational and entertainment TV programs of the regions of Russia.
Katun 24, TNV, Kuray, BST, Shant, Moscow 24, Yurgan, Mir Belogoriya, 360°, OTV, channel 11, ORTRK - 12, Channel 49, Yenisei, Chavash EN, LOT, TRO, Don 24, Tugan Tel, Province , Wetta 24.
FTA - the most popular and popular channels on various subjects in the public domain.
Channel 8, Katun 24, Your home store, TOP SHOP TV, Raz TV, Soyuz, TV Mall, Nano TV, SHOP 24, Life, STS Love, Shop & Show, TNT MUSIC, Yu, Mir Belogorye, ORTRK - 12, Neshe TV, Yuvelirochka, TDK, Open World, Leomax, 7 TV.
2. Unlimited- a package that includes over 200 TV channels, 15 of which broadcast in HD quality. Subscription fee - from 300 rubles / month. For ease of viewing, the package is divided into the following groups of channels:
All-Russian - the most popular educational, entertainment, news, music, sports and children's programs. Channels with foreign and domestic films.
Channel One, Channel One HD, Russia 1, Match!, Russia 24, Russia K, Russia HD, NTV, Channel 5, TV Center, Karusel, STS, REN, Domashny, Zvezda, Channel 8, TNT, Your Home Store, TOP SHOP TV, Success, MUSIC, Time TV, Union, Info channel, Shop & Show, Life, OTP, Country, Friday, WORLD, Spas.
Knowledge and entertainment- the most popular channels for those interested in history, culture, wildlife, scientific achievements and other useful information.
USE TV, Country Life, Viasat Explorer, Male, Discovery Channel, Da Vinci, TNV, Ocean TV, Success, Zee TV, TLC, Animal Planet, SHOP 24, Outodoor Channel HD, Travel Channel, Travel Channel HD, Raz TV, Secrets galaxies, Euronews, History, Science 2.0, My planet, 2x2, Yu, RBC TV, TNT4, Theater TV channel, Hunting and fishing, Mom, T 24, ID Xtra, STS Love, F L Original, Viasat Nature, Cinema, History, Mir hobbies, Promotion, Friday, Auto 24, Top secret, Sarafan, Wildlife HD, Living planet, Telecafe, Zoopark, Fine Living, Noise, Slov, Scream TV, Mir 24, Tsargrad, Your home, PRO100 TV, 7TV, Bulat, Promotion, Ruble, Vetta 24, Fashionbox, Docubox.
Cinema - the largest selection of new and already known films. Foreign and domestic films and serials for every taste.
A1, A2, TV 1000, TV 1000 Russian cinema, TV 1000 Action, TV 3, Favorite movie, Russian bestseller, Russian detective, Russian novel, TV XXI, SONY HD, SONY SCI-FI, SONY Channel, MGM HD, Paramount Channel , Paramount Comedy, Good Movie, World of Series, Eurokino, Illusion+, Russian Illusion, Kino TV HD, Real Scary TV, Spike, Filmbox Arthouse, Filmbox.
Sports - live broadcasts of football matches and other competitions with comments by famous sports experts, commentators and journalists. Hockey, football, boxing, car racing, extreme and other sports.
Viasat Sport, Eurosport 1, Eurosport 2, Extreme Sports, KHL HD, KHL TV, MATCH!, MATCH! HD MATCH! Fighter, MATCH! Arena MATCH! Game, MATCH! Our Sports, Football, Fightbox, Fast & Funbox.
Children's - the best animated films and series, unique children's educational and entertainment shows and TV shows.
Disney, Carousel, Ani, Children's world, Cartoon, Tiji, Gulli Girl, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Multimania, Children's, Tlum HD, Penguin Lolo.
Music - domestic and foreign music for every taste: author's songs, "hot" hits, music of the 80s and 90s, popular clips and shows with famous stars.
Maidan, MUZ, Europa Plus TV, Shanson TV, Total Music Boom, VH1 Classic, MTV Hits, BRIDGE TV, BRIDGE Classic, RU.TV, Mezzo Live HD, C Music TV HD, Rusong TV, TNT MUSIC, Nostalgia, Our TV , MTV Russia, BRIDGE Dance.
Regional - the most important events in the country and its individual regions. News of business, politics, economics and culture.
Katun 24, Ninth Wave, LOT, TNV, Kurai, OTV, Mir Belogoriya, BST, Shant, ORTRK - 12, Moscow 24, Yenisei, Yurgan, Channel 11, Channel 49, 360 °, TPO, Don 24, Vetta 24, Gubernia , Tugan Tel, Chavash En.
FTA - a large selection of TV programs on various topics, broadcast in the public domain.
Channel 8, Nano TV, Katun 24, Life, Belogorye world, Leomax, Your home store, SHOP 24, Yu, TOP SHOP TV, Raz TV, Soyuz, TV Mall, Shop & Show, ORTRK - 12, STS Love, Yuvelirochka, TDK, TNT MUSIC, Our TV, Open World, 7 TV.
Additional packages:
Self-configuring a satellite dish is quite a feasible task. How difficult is it? Depends on the approach to this issue. And any question right approach always solved.
I tried to present the material in detail, step by step, in an accessible language - a kind of instruction for "dummies". So that a person who does not even know what SAT TV is can also get a positive result.
A bit of theory
How does satellite TV work? I'll try to be concise and brief, if possible. Satellite television- this is a system where the transmission of a television signal is carried out from the transmitting center to the consumer through an artificial satellite of the Earth. Television satellites are located in geostationary earth orbit above the equator.
Geostationary orbit (GSO) - a circular orbit located above the Earth's equator (0 ° latitude), while in which an artificial satellite revolves around the planet with an angular velocity equal to the angular velocity of the Earth's rotation around its axis.
In the horizontal coordinate system, the direction to the satellite does not change either in azimuth or in height above the horizon, the satellite "hangs" motionless in the sky. The geostationary orbit is a kind of geosynchronous orbit and is used to accommodate artificial satellites (communications, broadcasting, etc.).
The satellite must be facing in the direction of the Earth's rotation, at an altitude of 35,786 km above sea level. It is this height that provides the satellite with a period of revolution equal to the period of rotation of the Earth relative to the stars. (Extract from Wikipedia).
As a result, it turns out that television broadcasting satellites are always in one place, and do not go anywhere, transmitting a television signal to us. We just have to set up our satellite dish to the satellite of interest to us to receive a television signal.
Let's move on to practice
We collect directly the satellite dish itself. Usually in the box with accessories, there is an instruction. Even if it is not, I'm sure you can handle it. All bolts and nuts must be tightly tightened. Do not tighten only strongly directly the fastening of the converter (gun) and the bolts responsible for the vertical angle of the satellite dish.
Mount the converter itself in the middle of the mount, if it is long enough, and you are wondering how to fix it? Away from the satellite dish, or closer? The output for the cable in the converter is located perpendicular to the ground. We will tighten all this immediately after we achieve, during tuning, the maximum signal strength and quality values.
Choosing a place to install a satellite dish
The satellite dish is assembled, we start looking for a place to install it. The kit usually comes with a wall mount. Accordingly, you need to choose the “correct” wall. A wall bracket is attached to the south side of the house. The wall we need is determined quite simply. At lunchtime, the sun shines on it. For confidence in right choice directing the antenna to the satellite of interest to us, we survey the surroundings in search of nearby satellite dishes.
Almost all of them look slightly plus or minus in one direction. We saw a satellite dish not far from you with the Tricolor logo or without it, but with a diameter of 55-60 cm, wonderful, this is probably the 56th degree of east longitude. If you are tuning "Tricolor TV Siberia" or "NTV plus Vostok" your tuned antenna will look exactly in the same direction.
Mounting bracket for satellite dish.
The bracket must be fixed rigidly and tightly, but not dangling in any way. I usually use the following fastener.
For brick, concrete and wood. Plumbing screw with a turnkey head for 17 or 13.
For an antenna with a diameter of 90 cm, in a standard situation, a length of 5-6 cm is sufficient.
I just screw it into a tree, and into concrete or brick, having made holes with a perforator, I put plastic dowels. The manufacturer of the dowels does not matter. Branded for 30 rubles apiece or simpler for a ruble and a half, it does not matter.
When installing a satellite dish bracket on foam concrete, aerated concrete, sibit, I use special dowels.
If the house is sheathed with siding, I get long plumbing screws, and I make spacers from metal tubes. Having cut or drilled holes in the siding of sufficient diameter for the passage of the tube, I calculate the required length of the spacers. Leaning against the wall, the tube should stick out about a centimeter further than the siding. Well, then it's a matter of technology. We string a bracket onto the bolts, then spacers from metal tubes, and we attract the structure to the wall. When tightening the plumbing screws, the bracket rests against the spacers protruding from the siding. And the siding stays nice and clean.
I also use spacers in some cases for a greater removal of the bracket from the wall. There are cases when, when setting up a satellite dish, the edge of the dish rests against the wall of the house, and the antenna does not have enough turn to the satellite. By increasing the distance between the wall and the bracket using spacers, I increase the angle of rotation of the satellite dish.
There are cases when the antenna mount must be fixed to the metal. Let's say. vertically standing metal beam. In these cases, I use metal screws with a drill, with a hex head. I'm screwed by them too. Having completed the task of installation, fastening the satellite dish to the conscience, we move on.
Preparing the receiver for setting up a satellite dish.
As a tuning device, we will use a satellite receiver (receiver) purchased by us in the kit, and our own TV set, and it would also be nice to bring our neighbor Mikhalych or our beloved wife to the process. When choosing an assistant for setting up a satellite dish, first of all, pay attention to whether the candidate for assistants has the following qualities. Goodwill, calmness, resistance to stress in non-standard situations. Choose the best of the candidates, in a hopeless situation, take the one who is at hand. Of course, you can set it up in one person, but it's more fun together.
We mount the antenna on the mounting bracket, then we connect the satellite receiver to the TV. Now we need to make the receiver visible to the TV. To do this, you need to connect the receiver to the TV using one of the methods proposed by the manufacturer of the satellite receiver.
On the back of our technology, we study the methods available to us:
HDMI;
scart - scart (comb);
RCA (tulips);
Y, Pb, Pr (tulips);
scart - tulip;
RF OUT (HF - output connection via coaxial cable).
Having connected the option we have chosen and turning on all the equipment in the network, we, by pressing the menu button located on the receiver's remote control, should see this very menu on the television screen. If the menu is not displayed, then something is going wrong. Remember that usually each television connector is signed. In order for the TV to “see” the satellite receiver, we must correctly display the selected connection method using the TV remote control.
Usually, the buttons of the following format are responsible for choosing how to connect any equipment to the TV.
On the button, or under the button, it is written or drawn the following options:
- a rectangle with an arrow entering inside.
We find our option, and achieve the display of the menu image on the television screen, by pressing the button of the same name on the remote control of the satellite receiver. Next, we need to display the power and signal quality scales on the screen. The general scheme of actions for all satellite receivers is approximately the same.
1. Menu and OK.
2. Select the item Installation, or Installation and OK.
3. Perhaps, once again select the item Installation, or Installation and OK.
4. And we get into the window, where two scales are displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Let's consider the view of the window on the example of a budget receiver common in Novosibirsk with a Galaxy Innovations GI S1025 card reader.
What should we have enabled and disabled? Usually, to tune a satellite dish to one satellite, by default, all settings in satellite receivers posted as we need. In the first line, we just have to choose the name of the satellite on which we are going to tune the satellite dish.
For Raduga TV - ABS 2 _Ku 75.0°E this is a new satellite. Since the satellite appeared recently, it can be written as ABC_1 Ku 75 E
For and Telecards - Intelsat 15 85.2°E.
For Tricolora TV Siberia and NTV plus Vostok - Express AT1 56.0°E.
In the second line LNB type, the converter type is indicated. For Raduga TV, Continent and Telecard, a universal converter of linear polarization Ku band is used. In the settings in this line, universal must be selected, i.e., the local oscillator frequencies of 9750 MHz and 10600 MHz are selected.
For Tricolor TV Siberia and NTV plus Vostok, a universal Ku band circular polarization converter is used. The line should contain the frequency of the local oscillator 10750 MHz.
DISEqC is disabled by default. You don’t need to turn it on, this setting is used when we set up a satellite dish for several satellites.
The positioner is disabled by default. You don't need to turn it on.
22 kHz is off by default. You don't need to turn it on.
0/12V Must be on or auto
Polarization Auto We don't change anything here either.
Tone - signal Off.
LNB Power Must be on.
Having achieved the display of power and quality scales on the TV screen, we connect the coaxial cable coming from the converter to the receiver. Having previously screwed the F-connectors (sockets) onto the cable.
An accessible and understandable video, thanks to the author. I only recommend that the central core be left longer, 5-6 mm, so that the F-connector “sits” on it when screwing on.
Usually, when a coaxial cable is connected, and the receiver settings are correctly set, the power scale displays the converter “seen” by the receiver, in the form of an increase in the scale as a percentage.
I highly recommend screwing the F-connectors to the converter and satellite receiver by hand, without any keys and pliers.
By entering the transponder editor, you can select a specific transponder for which we will configure the satellite. What is it for? Some transponders come with a stronger signal, others are weaker. A stronger transponder is easier to catch when setting up a satellite dish.
And also if your satellite receiver does not support the DVB-S2 standard, but only the standard, you will not be able to set up a satellite dish by setting the transponder (frequency) of the DVB-S2 standard in the receiver.
By standards satellite receivers can be divided into two groups:
— with DVB-S standard support
- with support for DVB-S and DVB-S2 (the ability to view HD channels)
Below are all the transponders I recommend for self setting satellite dishes go to DVB-S standard, with the exception of NTV plus Vostok. At NTV Plus Vostok, all frequencies are in the DVB-S2 standard and all equipment supports the DVB-S2 standard
Transponders by which I “catch” the desired satellite
The current list of transponders (frequencies), and the list of channels coming from them to any satellite can be viewed as one of the options on Frokus.net:
So, all the preparatory work has been completed, with the approximate direction of the satellite dish to the satellite we are looking for, we have decided, we proceed to self-configure the dish.
Self-configuring a satellite dish
The most interesting moment is coming, which can bring us both bitterness and disappointment, as well as joy and pride. Of course, the feelings we experience will depend on the result obtained.
You will be looking for a signal, the assistant will carefully look at the TV screen, watching for changes in the signal strength and quality scales. Ideally, if it is possible to turn the TV towards the window facing the same wall on which the satellite dish is fixed. Then you and the assistant will not need to use cellular communication. Your hands will be free to work. If this is not possible, you will have to use phones. The task of the assistant is to inform you in time about all the changes occurring in the signal scales. Let's start looking for a signal.
Vertically, we set the mirror perpendicular to the ground, slightly raise it up, and from left to right, or from right to left, smoothly, very slowly move the satellite dish in search of a signal. Any changes in the scales, the assistant should immediately inform you. If you walked from right to left, and back from left to right, and silence, change the angle of the satellite dish in the vertical plane, slightly raising the antenna higher. And again repeat the search horizontally.
No result? Raise the antenna mirror vertically a little more, and repeat the search horizontally, from right to left and from left to right. If a color slipped in the scales and got lost, congratulations, you just missed the satellite signal, and you more specifically know where it is. Having caught the signal, gently try to amplify it just a little bit. Trying to move the mirror a little left and right, and up and down. We have reached the maximum signal, start tightening the fixing nuts.
While tightening the nuts, the assistant reports all changes in the signal, at this time it is necessary to monitor the indicator of the second scale - the quality of the signal. I usually tighten the nuts first, which are responsible for the vertical angle of the antenna. Then the nuts for direct fastening of the antenna to the bracket are evenly tightened.
After all the nuts are tightened and the satellite dish is fixed, we check whether we really set it to the maximum. On both sides, with both hands, we take the edges of the antenna, and gently, slightly, without much effort, we direct the dish a little to the left, and then to the right, without breaking the tightened fasteners. We do the same with the satellite dish and up and down. The assistant at this time promptly reports information about the state of the signal. Do not forget that during the tuning itself, we must be behind the antenna, and not in front of it.
Remember? We have not yet tightened the converter mount. We are trying to amplify the existing captured signal by adjusting the converter. Try to move it forward, back, slightly turn it to the left, to the right, and fix it to the maximum signal.
This method of self-tuning a satellite dish, of course, is not at all feng shui. But the main thing for us is to get the result, good result. If in the rain, and in the snow, and in the wind, you calmly watch TV through a self-tuned satellite dish, the image does not freeze and does not square, so we have achieved what we wanted.