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The following two satellites may only be visible over the eastern side of
Australia and reception will be difficult in many areas:-
Asiasat 4
NSS6
(channels, satellites, broadcaster and/or government policy changes,
products, platform changes affecting service availability now and in the
future are beyond the control of VANSAT)
The initial search time may take as long as 20 minutes before the satellite
locks and a picture appears BUT subsequent searches will be much
quicker (generally around 1-2 minutes). The reason for this is that the unit
is adaptive. It will begin the next search using the last successful search
as the starting point. This way if you travel from point A to point B, the
system will start using the location information from point A as a quick
start. For the initial “out of the box” search it will use point A, which of
course was our factory in Mackay!
ADDING AN EXTERNAL VAST DECODER OR PAYTV DECODER
To access the full suite of channels available you will to connect an
external decoder. In most cases this will be either a VAST or PayTV
decoder (PayTV subscribers should read the disclaimer further down).
Below is an example of the rear of an external VAST Decoder. Connect the
spare white coax lead from the roof to the SAT IN port on the rear of the
VAST Decoder.
Connection to your TV can be made via the YELLOW/WHITE/RED cable OR
preferably a HDMI cable. The HDMI connection will give you superior
picture & sound quality so if your decoder & TV both have this fitting we
would recommend purchasing a HDMI cable. This will also have the benefit
that it will free up an AV port on the TV. Many modern TV’s only have the
one AV port which may be taken up with the connection to the VANSAT
MOTOSAT control unit. Switch your TV to HDMI (or AV) to watch the
external decoder.