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 sufciently 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 sufcient 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 identied,
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 identied, 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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