International setup HELP

[tulegit]

Here's the situation:

I got a very large round international dish and D10 reciever from my uncle who use to subscribe to TFC package (filipino). I got it mounted on at my house now and i got a signal off the 101 at 88%. I can't get 95 even after autodetect.

I'm using a zinwell 6x8. hooked up exactly like how my uncle had it. How can I align to 95 with the reciever? And the 101 lnb that is mounted with the international lnb is loose and rotates around the centered international. where does the 101 lnb have to be in relation to the 95lnb? left, right...on top?

 

[iwc5893]

Facing the same direction the dish is pointed, the 101 LNB is on the left of the 95. In addition, the LNB must be pushed towards the dish itself. Make sure your mast is plumb, and your elevation and tilt settings are correct for your zip code. Point the dish to the east. While monitoring the signal strength on the 101 sat, slowly swing the dish to the south. The first signal peak you get will get you aligned with the 95 sat. Make sure that the 101 LNB from the international dish is the only cable connected to the multiswitch at this point if you are using the receiver as a signal meter.

You should also make sure that the 95 LNB is connected to the flexport of the multiswitch. Once the signal is peaked. If you have a second dish (triple LNB or Dual LNB) for the rest of your D* programming, you can disconnect the 101 cable from the international dish since it is not needed. If you are using the international dish to receive your core programming, both cables from the 101 LNB must be connected to the 13/18 VDC inputs on the multiswitch.

 

[tulegit]

Thanks, that's great! I'll try it out tonight to see if it works.

 

[tulegit]

Well, I moved the 101 lnb to the left of the 95. Then i realigned and got a signal of 95%. I ran auto detect and still no success.

it seems like the position of the 101 lnb in respect to 95 is very important. Just moving the 101 lnb a tad will affect the signal strenght. However, i can realign and get a good signal on 101. So there are many positions to align the 101lnb, and aligning the 95 by getting a good signal on 101 seems like an impossible task.

Are there any other options? It seems like I will need a signal meter. I'm willing to purchase a meter if I will help me for sure in getting this thing setup. Any suggestions?

I was also thinking of just purchasing one of the newer international dish to make installation easier. Is this true? Is this the dish:

DIRECTV International Dish Antenna with LNBFs for 95W and 101W (DTV66E) | DIRECTV [DTV66E] DTV 66E world direct international directv dish