[gaspode]

Hi Everyone

Don't blame yourself if you have problems with this set-up, you could well have a duff unit, there is no doubt that my receiver at least has a number of problems. After setting it up Monday without any problems it froze on me and had to be consigned to the fridge for half an hour to recover. It has been left switched on since to soak test which has shown up further problems. Although I can set it up easily, it now point blank refuses to display any programmes from Astra 2 transponder 10773 which is the one with BBC 2,3,4,CBBC and News24 on it. Reception from the other transponders is fine. Signal quality is 90% and if I put a digibox on the dish feed it picks up transponder 10773 just fine. Also I am now unable to get Hotbird at all whereas on Monday it was strong and clear. I have double checked all the settings and consigned it to the fridge again, all to no avail. I suspect it will be going back to Lidl with a demand for a refund unless anyone else has any good ideas?

Gaspode

 

[gaspode]

Hi again everyone

I have to say that I have messed with a few satellite set-ups in my time but this one has to be the most difficult system to navigate that I have ever come across! At last I seem to have found out how to get it to work properly (the receiver that is - I never had a problem with the dish set-up). The answer is to simply restore the factory defaults then start from scratch adding only the satellites and programmes that you need. The main problem when resetting is that it loses all data and sets the menu language to German! Once I found the language change menu and restored the English setting all was plain sailing. I added only the Astra2 satellite then made a programme search of all FTA channells. Bob's your uncle - all Astra2 programmes present and working fine. Now I know what to do when it throws a wobbler again!
I feel heartily sorry for those of you struggling to get a signal from the dish, it's OK for me, I've done it many times before and experience helps a lot. It would help if the manual made some sort of sense.
Just a suggestion for those of you who simply can't get a signal:

If you have a Sky digibox setup, you can plug the connector for the lead from the Sky dish into the Lidl receiver and it will work if the Lidl receiver is set to Astra2. This will help diagnose if the problem is with your receiver or the dish alignment/connection. ALWAYS REMEMBER -unplug your receiver before undoing the lead from the dish as it carries a small voltage and if shorted out may damage your equipment!

Gaspode

 

[gaspode]

Hi Carolgavin

Well I have been all the way to Italy and back since last contributing, I didn't expect to find this thread still live on my return. I know it's no comfort to you but I can report that we picked up Astra 2 BBC signal well down into Italy using this receiver (although admittedly with a mini-dish).
I may have suggested this before but will make the suggestion again. If you have a Sky system in the house (sounds as if you have) then connect the wire from the Sky LNB to the Lidl receiver (switch off first to avoid short circuits) then connect the Lidl scart to your TV. Select Astra 2 as your satellite and you should see a strong quality signal and receive all the BBC programmes. If this works then you know your receiver is OK and that your problem is with your setup of the dish.
As an observation on recent comments about dish inclination, in Scotland you may actually need to have the dish at a negative angle to point it at the satellite.

Wishing you success in the end

Gaspode