Philex 28211R Setup Manual
Philex 28211R is a Free-to-Air Digital Satellite Kit that allows you to receive free-to-air satellite TV channels. The kit includes a satellite dish, LNB, digital satellite receiver, remote control and all the necessary cables and fixings. The satellite dish is 60cm in diameter and can be mounted on a wall or roof. The LNB is a low noise block downconverter that amplifies the satellite signal and converts it to a frequency that can be processed by the satellite receiver. The digital satellite receiver is a set-top box that decodes the satellite signal and outputs it to your TV.
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Free-to-Air Digital Satellite Kit
28211R
SET-UP GUIDE
This Free-to-Air Installation Kit, can be fitted by a competent DIYer, but please note warnings below.
WARNING
Every satellite dish installation is different in nature. To fit suitable brackets, fixings and poles/masts you need to take into consideration: a.) The state and type of surface being mounted to. b.) The weight of the assembly to be mounted c.) The exposure to and effect of prevailing winds. Fixings and brackets supplied with this product may not be suitable for your particular installation .
If in doubt please consult a CAI registered installer.
GENERAL SAFETY
The risk of accidents can be greatly reduced by planning before starting a project. Before starting installation check structure is sound and check for hidden electrical wiring or plumbing. • When working on an installation outside, beware of overhead power lines. • Before making any connections switch electricity off at the mains. • Always follow manufacturer’s operating and safety instructions when using tools and equipment. • Only carry out work outdoors at height if you are competent in the use of ladders and related access equipment. • Always read and follow the manufacturer’s instruction label affixed to the ladder. • To avoid injury always route cables or wiring carefully. Ensure cable is correctly routed before fixing into position, taking care not to over tighten cable clips . • This product may contain small parts keep out of reach of children. • After installation make regular maintenance checks for wear and tear.
List of Dish Assembly Parts - for the rest of kit contents see page 4
No.
Image Description
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2
3
M6 x 20mm bolts for LNB holder
M6 x 12mm bolts for swivel bracket/LNB holder
PVC LNB arm inserts
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
M6 x 30mm bolts for LNB arm
M6 x 16mm bolts for dish fixing
M6 flange nuts for dish bracket
Washers
M6 x 50mm expansion bolts
PVC cap for wall mount arm
Satellite dish dish bracket
LNB arm
Mast bracket
Mast clamp
Upper part 40mm LNB holder
Qty.
2
5
4
1
2
2
4
4
9
M6 x 55mm bolts for mast clamp 2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1) Identify your South Facing Wall: The dish needs to be on a South facing wall in order to pick up the
Astra 2A, 2B, 2D and Eurobird1 satellites. Identify your south facing wall and look to mount your satellite dish
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18
Lower part 40mm LNB holder
Wall mount arm Ø32mm
19 M6 nuts for LNB holder on the outside of the wall, at the nearest point to your main TV. Tip: Look at your neighbours’ houses someone is sure to have Sky, see which way their dish is facing. If none of your neighbours have Sky, you can use a compass to determine which wall faces south.
Please note that the mounting bracket can be mounted Wall Mount Roof Mount on either a wall or a flat roof.
1
1
2
2) Check line of sight: Make sure there are no obstructions (trees/tall buildings) in line between the dish and the satellites. The following website gives bearing/direction by postcode, country: http://www.dishpointer.com
LNB
3) Assemble the Dish and Brackets:
Before assembly check that your kit contains all the items listed above. Assemble the dish and brackets as shown in the diagram but do not yet attach to the wall mount arm (18).
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4) Mount the Wall Bracket: Mount the wall bracket (18) using the expansion bolts (9).
Make sure that the mounting holes are drilled into brick or stone and not into the mortar.
Also ensure that the wall mount is horizontal and perfectly level (check using a spirit level).
5) Attach Dish Assembly to Wall Bracket: The complete dish assembly can now be attached to the wall bracket.
6) Prepare Digital Coax Cable: Firstly fit the LNB rubber weather boot provided, to the dish end of the cable. Fitting the F connector: Strip the end of the cable as shown below. Once you have stripped the cable, twist the braid and pull it back on itself, make sure that no braid is touching the copper core, this will cause a short on the cable and you will not get any signal. Now, simply twist on the ‘F’ connector and connect to the LNB making sure that the weather boot is correctly secured over the LNB connector.
Remove foil inner wire end of insulation should be flush with this face
2mm approx.
fold braid back over sheath 6.5mm
screw connector body onto cable
7) Run Cable Down the Wall: Once you have installed the dish you need to run the cable to the room in which your receiver is going to be installed. Start at the top and work down, you should clip the cable every 50cm, always run the cable horizontally or vertically, never diagonally across a wall.
8) Connect Cable to Satellite Decoder: The cable can be run into the room by drilling a hole in through the window frame or the wall. Once you have run the cable through to where you intend to position the decoder, cut off any surplus cable and then fit the ‘F’ connector following the instructions in step 6. Screw the ‘F’ connector to the LNB-in terminal on your decoder.
9) Connect Satellite Decoder to your TV: Use a SCART lead and tune the TV into AV1.
10) Align Satellite Dish: To obtain accurate settings go to the website: http://www.dishpointer.com Enter your location and select satellite 28.2E Astr 2A, 2B, 2C and
2D. By locating your area on the map on the website, the programme will give the precise settings that you will require to align to the satellites. If you do not have access to the internet we have enclosed a chart showing settings for the key areas in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Identify the town nearest to you and work on those settings.
Three settings are required: a) Dish elevation - this is the angle that the dish has to be pointed at the sky. This is done by aligning to the correct angle on the elevation bracket. b) Polarisation angle - this is the angle at which the LNB needs to set at on its mount.
The LNB angle can be adjusted by moving the LNB to the required angle.
c) Azimuth angle - This is the compass direction required. You will need two people to do this, one person to align the dish and one to watch the TV screen for a signal. Switch the
Digibox on, you will see a message on the screen saying ‘No signal being received’ follow the decoder instructions to locate the channel search (Menu – Installation – Automatic Search) function. Use the and OK keys on the remote control to select Astra 2A, B 28.2E the
Signal Level and Quality Level screen is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Although they are not included in this kit, a compass and a satellite finder meter are very useful tools to help you locate the satellite and set your dish in the optimum position.
You will probably notice that there is some signal strength straight away, don’t get excited, this is only reading ‘noise’ from the atmosphere. It is the signal quality that you need to concentrate on; this is reading a specific transponder from the Astra 2A, 2B, 2D and Eurobird satellites.
With one person watching the screen, the other person needs to move the dish slowly around until the signal quality and strength display starts to read a decent signal level, about 50% should be fine.
The dish needs to be within 0.1 of a degree of the satellite position (about 1mm in movement terms) when making these adjustments, the signal strength meter on the screen takes up to 5 seconds to register the signal, so you can’t just sweep the dish around the sky, you need to make very precise, very subtle movements of the dish, stopping for a few seconds after each movement. PLEASE NOTE Do not scan or search until you have a good signal quality reading (50%+).
If the Signal Quality reading is low on screen (less than 50%), but the Signal Strength is high then you are aligned to the wrong satellite. Use the keys on the remote to select other available satellites that may be giving a high signal strength like Hotbird 13 E or Astra
1 19.2E. If Hotbird 13E shows high Signal Strength and Quality level readings on screen, you need to turn the dish 14 degrees towards the East to find the Astra 2 satellite, you may find another satellite as you turn the dish, which is Astra 1 19.2E, If Astra 1 19.2E shows high
Signal Strength and Quality level readings on screen, you need to turn the dish 9 degrees towards the East to find Astra 2.
Once you have some signal quality and strength, make tiny movements of the dish horizontally and vertically to find the best signal quality. When you have at least 50% signal quality, tighten the dish up, your dish installation is complete.
Should you experience any difficulty in setting up your Free-to-Air Digital Satellite Kit, download: technical.philex.com/downloads/Free to Air Satellite Installation Instructions.pdf
or call our Customer Careline: 0901 293 0038. Calls are charged at £1 per minute from a BT landline. Call charges from other networks may vary.
To locate a CAl approved Satellite Installer in you area you can connect to the CAl website http://cai.org.uk/asp/installer.asp
Other useful websites: http://www.liveonsat.com http://www.lyngsat.com http:// www.satcodx.com
http://www.dishpointer.com
Suggested list of useful tools:
Compass, satellite finder, masonry drill and bit, adjustable wrench or spanners,
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Kit Contents:
Digital satellite receiver – with automatic tuning
Remote Control Unit (RCU) •
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Digital Low Noise Block (LNB)
10 Metres of Digital Coaxial Cable
2x F type connectors
Weather boot •
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Scart Lead – to connect satellite receiver to TV
Cable clips
60 cm satellite dish with fixings and wall mount
Full Instructions
Satellite alignment settings for Astra 2A, 2B, 2D and Eurobird 1
28.2 Degrees East for the UK and Eire (English Language Channels)
For other satellite settings see www.dishpointer.com
Mainland UK
Town
Aberdeen
Abergavenny
Aberystwyth
Alnwick
Ampthill
Athlone
Aviemore
Ayr
Banff
Barnstaple
Basingstoke
Bath
Belfast
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Birmingham
Blackpool
Bodmin
Boston
Bournemouth
Brecon
Brighton & Hove
Bristol
Bude
Burnley
Bury Saint Edmunds
Caernarfon
Cambridge
Campbeltown
Cardiff
Cardigan
Carlisle
Carmarthen
Cavan
Chelmsford
Chester
Colwyn
Mid Glamorgan
Ceredigion
Cumbria
Carmarthenshire
Cavan
Essex
Cheshire
Clwyd
Cork
Coventry
Crainlarich
Dingwall
Cork
West Midlands
Stirlingshire
Highland
Dolgellau
Douglas
Gwynedd
Isle of Man
Dover Kent
Dublin(Baile Atha Cliath) Dublin
Dundee
Edinburgh
Elgin
Exeter
Felixstowe
Fishguard
Angus
Midlothian
Grampian
Devon
Suffolk
Dyfed
County
Aberdeenshire
Gwent
Dyfed
Northumberland
Bedfordshire
West Meath
Highland
Ayrshire
Aberdeenshire
Devon
Hampshire
Avon
Antrim
Northumberland
West Midlands
Lancashire
Cornwall
Lincolnshire
Dorset
Powys
East Sussex
Avon
Cornwall
Lancashire
Suffolk
Gwynedd
Cambridgeshire
Argyll & Bute
21.57
24.05
19.53
18.58
22.84
21.44
26.23
21.36
24.19
23.08
21.40
23.42
20.41
25.37
22.86
22.43
20.02
20.39
18.91
24.69
25.51
23.02
25.95
24.44
24.17
22.59
25.02
22.36
24.85
19.96
20.53
20.96
23.84
22.27
24.38
24.10
25.37
23.71
Elevation
19.76
23.96
23.05
21.39
24.77
20.62
19.12
20.32
19.16
24.16
25.22
24.61
142.06
140.69
143.56
140.98
138.52
146.21
143.01
142.12
136.57
144.26
142.26
142.81
141.78
141.64
146.91
139.47
144.02
143.60
144.01
141.40
147.27
140.32
140.27
144.86
143.83
143.06
139.98
146.10
143.19
142.02
145.16
142.68
140.33
143.95
146.66
141.52
145.97
140.89
Azimuth
145.17
142.37
141.46
145.06
145.24
137.71
143.34
141.85
144.87
140.96
144.29
142.91
-17.60
-13.37
-12.31
-11.40
-14.49
-13.81
-12.53
-15.30
-15.01
-15.41
-12.48
-15.39
-15.41
-12.64
-13.63
-14.03
-11.43
-11.91
-10.83
-15.76
-11.96
-15.65
-13.65
-14.70
-16.29
-12.84
-12.16
-14.41
-12.56
-13.47
-14.24
-11.38
-13.57
-13.28
-16.66
-12.12
-14.80
-14.79
Polarization
-10.55
-14.66
-14.84
-11.48
-13.03
-16.14
-11.37
-13.04
-10.43
-15.81
-13.92
-14.61
Town
Folkestone
Fort William
Gairloch
Galway/Gaillimh
Glasgow
Gloucester
Great Yarmouth
Grimsby
Guildford
Hastings
Hereford
Holyhead
Ipswich
Kendal
Killarney
Kilmarnock
King’s Lynn
Kingston upon Hull
Kyle of Lochalsh
Lancaster
Largs
Larne
Leeds
Leicester
Limerick
Lincoln
Liverpool
London
Londonderry
Ludlow
Luton
Lyme Regis
Maidstone
Mallaig
Manchester
Middlebrough
Moffat
Montrose
Newark upon Trent
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newhaven
Newry
Newtown
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Oban
Oxford
Peebles
Pembroke
Penrith
Perth
Peterborough
Peterhead
Pitlochry
22.63
25.37
19.65
23.63
24.93
24.92
25.83
18.59
18.42
22.17
19.97
20.35
22.83
24.00
20.93
23.70
Elevation
26.24
19.00
18.08
20.28
20.09
24.24
25.04
23.61
25.45
26.22
23.89
22.09
25.35
21.95
20.99
20.22
24.45
23.30
25.58
24.45
24.89
23.69
19.21
24.75
20.69
23.30
22.87
22.30
20.85
20.01
23.74
21.78
26.07
20.70
21.68
19.94
24.40
19.54
19.57
County
Kent
Highland
Highland
Galway
Lanarkshire
Gloucestershire
Norfolk
Lincolnshire
Surrey
East Sussex
Hereford and Worcester
Gwynedd
Suffolk
Cumbria
Kerry
Ayrshire
Norfolk
Humberside
Highland
Lancashire
Ayrshire
Antrim
Yorkshire
Leicestershire
Limerick
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Greater London
Londonderry
Shropshire
Bedfordshire
Dorset
Kent
Highland
Greater Manchester
North Yorkshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Angus
Nottinghamshire
Tyne and Wear
East Sussex
Down
Isle of Wight
Northamptonshire
Norfolk
Nottinghamshire
Argyll & Bute
Oxfordshire
Borders
Pembrokeshire
Cumbria
Perth & Kinross
Cambridgeshire
Aberdeenshire
Perth & Kinross
-13.52
-13.15
-14.64
-14.12
-13.09
-15.41
-12.95
-12.47
-12.23
-12.99
-12.86
-14.00
-12.45
-13.00
-17.07
-12.26
Polarization
-12.64
-12.26
-11.90
-16.80
-12.50
-14.20
-11.29
-11.78
-13.64
-13.17
-14.33
-14.51
-12.02
-12.77
-17.99
-12.79
-12.04
-11.82
-14.51
-13.09
-11.56
-12.81
-12.71
-13.71
-12.09
-15.84
-13.05
-11.73
-12.46
-11.02
-12.53
-11.69
-13.57
-14.75
-12.53
-11.71
-12.54
-10.16
-11.65
141.37
143.40
141.80
140.47
144.69
144.74
136.72
145.62
142.99
145.48
138.93
142.89
145.26
142.04
146.07
141.16
Azimuth
146.76
141.86
141.56
136.52
142.45
143.22
147.96
146.25
144.84
146.01
142.79
141.17
147.08
143.56
135.57
142.13
146.46
145.98
143.85
145.38
143.14
144.64
145.24
145.03
145.35
139.69
143.72
144.93
147.45
144.81
141.36
144.27
143.56
140.27
143.70
143.52
145.70
145.63
143.31
Tain
Thirsk
Thurso
Torquay
Tralee (Tra Li)
Truro
Uig
Ullapool
Waterford
Watford
Westport
Weymouth
Wick
Worcester
Workington
Yeovil
York
Town
Plymouth
Portree
Reading
Rosslare
Scarborough
Settle
Sevenoaks
Sheffield
Shrewsbury
Sligo
Southampton
Stafford
Stirling
Stoke on Trent
Stranraer
Stratford-upon-Avon
Swansea (Abertawe)
Swindon
County
Devon
Skye
Berkshire
Wexford
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Kent
South Yorkshire
Shropshire
Sligo
Hampshire
Staffordshire
Stirlingshire
Staffordshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Warwickshire
Swansea
Wiltshire
Highland
North Yorkshire
Highland
Devon
Kerry
Cornwall
Skye
Highland
Waterford
Hertfordshire
Mayo
Dorset
Highland
Hereford and Worcester
Cumbria
Somerset
North Yorkshire
21.90
25.13
19.65
25.22
18.32
23.97
21.37
24.86
22.88
18.54
22.55
18.05
24.92
20.73
24.40
17.20
18.08
Elevation
24.69
18.13
25.10
22.20
22.82
22.35
25.70
23.22
23.32
19.74
25.40
23.49
19.99
23.28
20.61
24.18
23.76
24.24
-16.62
-13.24
-16.62
-15.22
-10.19
-13.95
-12.98
-15.08
-12.10
-11.08
-12.06
-10.28
-15.96
-17.92
-17.00
-12.17
-11.54
Polarization
-16.37
-12.37
-13.76
-16.21
-11.49
-12.68
-13.13
-12.70
-13.87
-15.74
-14.37
-13.45
-12.18
-13.36
-13.56
-13.65
-15.35
-14.06
143.28
145.07
144.11
141.31
135.45
139.56
140.31
142.14
138.12
145.20
136.21
142.51
144.51
143.38
142.79
142.45
145.25
Azimuth
140.59
140.90
144.44
138.93
146.12
144.00
145.72
144.63
143.02
137.48
143.80
143.74
142.84
143.71
141.31
143.95
141.28
143.41
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