New to the world of VU+ Duo

[judge]

all depends where you are based & what satellites your dish can pick up.
What satellites are you trying to tune?

[rafter_01]

all depends where you are based & what satellites your dish can pick up.
What satellites are you trying to tune?

New to vu+ duo so not entirely what satellites I should be tuning....


What settings Am I suppose to have when configuring the two tuners?

[basilyoung]

if you are motorized, the tuner that controls the dish needs your geo position : ie 53.000 north 2.00 west

[judge]

New to vu+ duo so not entirely what satellites I should be tuning....


What settings Am I suppose to have when configuring the two tuners?

As you said you are on a SLY Dish, i'd presume it's not motorised, so tuner configuration should be set to:
Configuration mode: Simple
Mode: Single
Satellite: which ever you are facing...
Send DiSEqC: No

If you have a motorised or multi LNB dish, the settings will be different, so let us know before we can help any further.

[rafter_01]

As you said you are on a SLY Dish, i'd presume it's not motorised, so tuner configuration should be set to:
Configuration mode: Simple
Mode: Single
Satellite: which ever you are facing...
Send DiSEqC: No

If you have a motorised or multi LNB dish, the settings will be different, so let us know before we can help any further.

I've got a sly dish, is there a mode : single? I thought it was mode: simple???

And how would I work out which satellite I'm facing?

[Larry-G]

if its a sky uk mini dish its likely pointing towards 28.2 east unless it has been moved. how old is the dish and have you used it before for example with a sky uk receiver ?.

as for setup just follow judge's instructions in post 19 above.

[rafter_01]

if its a sky uk mini dish its likely pointing towards 28.2 east unless it has been moved. how old is the dish and have you used it before for example with a sky uk receiver ?.

as for setup just follow judge's instructions in post 19 above.

The sly dish is about 3years old.. Works perfectly fine with sly hd box

[Larry-G]

In that case it's pointed towards 28.2 east so select that in your tuner settings.

[rafter_01]

Cool now working...but my international free channels are not working.... Blank screen, why is that?

[Larry-G]

Which international free channels ? remember that some channels while free still require a sky card to be present in order so that you can watch them these are called FTV or free to view channels.

[rafter_01]

Ok no probs... Even channels like channel 5 hd are not showing?

Some channels are not showing as full screen, why is that

[Larry-G]

you may need to update your bouquet ( channel lists ) on the receiver. as for channels not displaying as full screen, that depends on the format the channel is broadcasting and the program being shown at the time. for example all old episodes of the simpsons broadcast with thick black bars down each side on the HD channels. You can adjust some settings to help ( cant think of the exact ones rite now as i'm at work and not near a receiver ).

[Larry-G]

And for the record CH 5H D is not free to air it is encrypted and FTV.

[Stanman]

go into menu>settings>system>AV Settings and select just scale for 4.3 16.9 content

[rafter_01]

go into menu>settings>system>AV Settings and select just scale for 4.3 16.9 content

Wicked, got it sorted...thanks