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    Default DM500s in an apartment?

    I live in an apartment building were every apartment is connect to foxtel via satellite.
    I can't seem to get a signal at all and was thinking that maybe they use a different type of satellite for large apartments.

    I have tried LNB
    11300 and
    10700

    Does anyone use a DM500s in an apartment block or have set one up before?



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    try 10600

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    Do all the apartments have a fox box or do you just
    get fox on your tv (just a couple of channels)
    When you do things right, people won't be sure that you have done anything at all

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    Each apartment has to get their own fox box and contract.

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    Has your apt had fox befre some apts blocks were not completely set up ei not all apt connected to the splitters only connected when fox installed

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    does your verandah face North?

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    Try the LNB settings suggested and look in your carpark under the building or in a room close by. The previous block of apartments I was living in had the splitter/multiswitch/amplifier in the carpark on the ceiling near all the cable trays that was easily accessible by a 1 metre step ladder. It may just be a matter of connecting your apartment up yourself

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    I can see all the cables in the carpark but they all seem to be connected already and none of them are numbered so I am not sure which ones are mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blontic View Post
    I can see all the cables in the carpark but they all seem to be connected already and none of them are numbered so I am not sure which ones are mine.


    put an F-set on your wall plug and you'll find it in no time.....

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    Was in a mates apartment earlier this morning with a Dream.

    The odd thing we found was that 2 transponders were giving low signal,.. not enough to get anything viewable. The 2 interesting enough were only the ones that FBO hang off though.

    Unusual in a large apartment we thought ?

    Would/could there be other mechanisms in play filtering these out ?

    The transponders were 12607 V & 12567 V on C1. Perhaps more a missing, this was just at a glance through.

    Any ideas, or is this just a lousy dish setup ?

    [EDIT:] Special comments for mumbler,.. yes he has a balcony, faces north and that may be the alternative

    Thanks,

    Jim.....
    Last edited by jimbo123; 16-04-08 at 12:48 PM. Reason: balcony

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