Sat finder
Bought this to set up my sat dish and didn’t even pick up any signal! I feel I’ve been ripped off! Not happy!
Description
With the SatFinder you can adjust your satellite antenna in just a few seconds and in 4 simple steps:
STEP 1 - CHOOSE YOUR ANTENNA
Choose one of the four different antenna designs:
- Offset antennas (the most common, is slightly oval, the LNB is not in the middle).
- Special design (e.g. Oblong shaped Offset antenna, Multifeed antenna)
- Parabolic antenna (LNB is in the middle of the reflector, usually larger than 100cm)
- Flat or planar antenna (small, camping antennas)
If you have an offset antenna, enter the height and width of the antenna. If your antenna has a special design, enter the offset angle and the size of the satellite antenna. You will find the offset angle in the operating instructions for your satellite antenna. For parabolic antennas, it is sufficient to enter the antenna diameter. With a flat antenna, you do not have to set anything. If you know the exact antenna designation, check whether your antenna is already in the database.
Tip: Press the wizard button to measure the size of the satellite antenna using the iPhone camera and LiDAR scanner.
STEP 2 - CHOOSE YOUR SATELLITE
To quickly and easily select a suitable satellite, simply press the "AUTO" button. The SatFinder will now automatically search for satellites that are within your reception range and that offer TV or radio stations in your language (the language setting of your iPhone will be selected). The stars (1-10) shown in the table result from the number of radio and TV programmes offered and the reception strength at your location.
If you want to receive a specific satellite, switch off "AUTO": Now you can simply scroll through the table and select the satellite. The search function is quicker - just enter the name of the satellite, the channel or the orbit position. You can also reduce the number of table entries by hiding satellites that cannot be received at your location or that do not broadcast in your language. With the button "Channel Info" you can check which channels the selected satellite is currently broadcasting - including all channel parameters for your satellite receiver.
STEP 3 - CHECK FOR OBSTACLES
For smooth satellite reception, there must be no obstacles between the satellite and your satellite antenna. You can check this with the "View" function. Simply aim at the satellite and observe the signs (GREEN - no obstacle, RED - caution, view may not be clear).
Tip: Press the button for the assistant to activate the voice output.
STEP 4 - ADJUST THE ANTENNA
In the menu item "Align", different graphics appear depending on the selected antenna type. If you are using an offset antenna, you must adjust the azimuth and elevation separately. With planar or parabolic antennas, the angles are set together. Before you press the "Start" button, a video clip shows you how to position your iPhone on the antenna.
Tip: Press the button for the assistant to activate the voice output.
STEP 5 - FINE TUNING
If necessary, you can optimise the reception of your satellite system. The SatFinder provides you with the "FineTuning" function for this purpose. To use this function, you need a second iOS device. One device serves as a camera; the second device serves as a monitor. Simply place an iPhone in front of your reception screen and observe changes in the picture quality while you slightly turn or tilt your satellite antenna. With the FineTuning function, you have visual contact with your TV set even when you are not in sight.
THAT'S IT. YOU SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO ENJOY INTERFERENCE-FREE SATELLITE RECEPTION...
Note: Satellite antenna tuning is only available on iOS devices with LiDAR sensor (e.g. iPhone 12 Pro).
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STEP 1 - CHOOSE YOUR ANTENNA
Choose one of the four different antenna designs:
- Offset antennas (the most common, is slightly oval, the LNB is not in the middle).
- Special design (e.g. Oblong shaped Offset antenna, Multifeed antenna)
- Parabolic antenna (LNB is in the middle of the reflector, usually larger than 100cm)
- Flat or planar antenna (small, camping antennas)
If you have an offset antenna, enter the height and width of the antenna. If your antenna has a special design, enter the offset angle and the size of the satellite antenna. You will find the offset angle in the operating instructions for your satellite antenna. For parabolic antennas, it is sufficient to enter the antenna diameter. With a flat antenna, you do not have to set anything. If you know the exact antenna designation, check whether your antenna is already in the database.
Tip: Press the wizard button to measure the size of the satellite antenna using the iPhone camera and LiDAR scanner.
STEP 2 - CHOOSE YOUR SATELLITE
To quickly and easily select a suitable satellite, simply press the "AUTO" button. The SatFinder will now automatically search for satellites that are within your reception range and that offer TV or radio stations in your language (the language setting of your iPhone will be selected). The stars (1-10) shown in the table result from the number of radio and TV programmes offered and the reception strength at your location.
If you want to receive a specific satellite, switch off "AUTO": Now you can simply scroll through the table and select the satellite. The search function is quicker - just enter the name of the satellite, the channel or the orbit position. You can also reduce the number of table entries by hiding satellites that cannot be received at your location or that do not broadcast in your language. With the button "Channel Info" you can check which channels the selected satellite is currently broadcasting - including all channel parameters for your satellite receiver.
STEP 3 - CHECK FOR OBSTACLES
For smooth satellite reception, there must be no obstacles between the satellite and your satellite antenna. You can check this with the "View" function. Simply aim at the satellite and observe the signs (GREEN - no obstacle, RED - caution, view may not be clear).
Tip: Press the button for the assistant to activate the voice output.
STEP 4 - ADJUST THE ANTENNA
In the menu item "Align", different graphics appear depending on the selected antenna type. If you are using an offset antenna, you must adjust the azimuth and elevation separately. With planar or parabolic antennas, the angles are set together. Before you press the "Start" button, a video clip shows you how to position your iPhone on the antenna.
Tip: Press the button for the assistant to activate the voice output.
STEP 5 - FINE TUNING
If necessary, you can optimise the reception of your satellite system. The SatFinder provides you with the "FineTuning" function for this purpose. To use this function, you need a second iOS device. One device serves as a camera; the second device serves as a monitor. Simply place an iPhone in front of your reception screen and observe changes in the picture quality while you slightly turn or tilt your satellite antenna. With the FineTuning function, you have visual contact with your TV set even when you are not in sight.
THAT'S IT. YOU SHOULD NOW BE ABLE TO ENJOY INTERFERENCE-FREE SATELLITE RECEPTION...
Note: Satellite antenna tuning is only available on iOS devices with LiDAR sensor (e.g. iPhone 12 Pro).
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User Rating
4.61 out of 5
61 ratings in Australia
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Nice infinity
Nice infinity
GREAT room to improve
Great app, setting the height and width was bit difficult could be made easier
Big dish
Unfortunately this app doesn't have antenna set up for c-band dish, 1.8m,2.4m etc etc. so I'm unable to use.
Satfinder - 5 stars!!
Great App. Works well in various locations in Victoria, can't wait to try it out in NT & Qld. Have experienced trouble previously in WA where satellite is very low in sky, with result that trees would often block signal. My signal meter would indicate strong signal but no picture or sound resulted. This App should fix this problem for me as obstacles are clearly viewed on-screen enabling alternate dish location to be tried. Very easy to use once correct dish height is entered, problem of dish interfering with compass when resting on dish to adjust elevation can be overcome by briefly removing iPhone, waiving in fig 8, then re-attempting adjustment. Well worth price.
Difficult to use. Not recommended
I found this application extremely difficult to use and really no help at all. There is another product, Satellite Finder, which is a lot easier to use, reliable and accurate as long as you have an internet connection.
David Puc
Cool ... It work thx but it didn't tell us how to set the lnb
Great
I love it. Because it works.
Making things easier
This app does pretty much what you should expect, regular updates to fix the issues have made all the difference. This app is useful unlike dish pointer. All this app needs now is the LNB skew then the doco that comes with the portable sat dish would be obsolete. Another nice feature would be the ability to set you own "zero" for elevation so that you could rest the iPhone/iPad on the dish and set it more accurately. For me the best thing would be for it to be an iPad app. Another nice fix would be for the sound to disable when I put the device to sleep without exiting the app when in positioning mode. All in all it delivers and combined with the signal finder setting up the dish takes less than 1 minute. I've used this app from Brisbane through NT down to SA into WA and have found it to be great to find the location to sit the dish to avoid trees and where to point the dish to get an almost perfect position prior to using the signal finder to fine tune the rest. Worth the cost.
SatFinder crashes - no refund - be warned!
Fantastic concept, but pity it crashes and doesn't work. And I cannot get a refund. Very unhappy. (Crashes with exception in -[UIImagePickerController setMediaTypes:]+604). How on earth (pun) did Apple approve this app when it crashes with an exception after hitting the Start button on the View tab?
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App Info
- Category
- Utilities
- Publisher
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Ralf Andrae
- Languages
- German, English, French, Greek (modern), Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Croatian, Malay, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Chinese
- Recent release
- 5.0.4 (8 months ago )
- Released on
- Oct 21, 2010 (14 years ago )
- Also available in
- Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Poland, Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Chile, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Greece, Türkiye, Czechia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, China, Ireland, United Arab Emirates, Hungary, Kuwait, Lebanon, South Africa, Colombia, Indonesia, Israel, New Zealand, Ecuador, Argentina, Croatia, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Latvia, Bulgaria, Finland, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Belarus, Algeria, Pakistan, Peru, South Korea, India, Hong Kong SAR China, Philippines, Brunei, Tunisia, Singapore, Nepal, Nigeria, Vietnam, Madagascar
- Last Updated
- 3 days ago
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