User manual

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2. SEARCHING AND FINDING
2.1 Automatic satellite search
When the red Power-LED is on, the SAT-Finder is ready for use and you can
align the satellite dish. It should be turned or adjusted in small steps otherwise
you might easily miss a satellite, just like with analogue SAT-nders.
Vertical prepositioning of the dish makes searching easier.
Turn the satellite dish vertically until the LEVEL LEDs light up.
When a sufciently strong signal is received (when 3 LEDs are „on”), the
SAT-Finder HD will analyse the transponder found – this is shown by the
MODE-LED ashing.
If the gauge of the signal is very low (up to 3 LEDs ″on”), continue to turn the
satellite dish further until sufcient signal level, approx. 4-6 LEDs, is shown. As
soon as the SAT-Finder HD has recognised the satellite, this will be indicated
by a green LED on the satellite summary and the quality of the signal will be
shown by the QUALITY-LEDs lighting up.
If due to discrepancies in the data the satellite cannot be precisely identied,
the LED for the satellite assumed to be the correct one based on the data
received so far will continue to ash.
The SAT-Finder HD will then switch to wait mode, and if it is the satellite you
were searching for you can start with the ne tuning of the satellite dish.
If a satellite has been identied, but it is not the one you were looking for, then
you now know which orbit position/direction the satellite dish is pointing in,
making it possible to target the desired satellite. To do this, turn the satellite
dish in the corresponding direction until the SAT-Finder HD switches back to
automatic search mode and starts to search for a satellite signal again.
Repeat this procedure until you have found the desired satellite.
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