FIELD METERS MCT 080 / 081 / 082 / 085 USER MANUAL
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2.2
Signal spotting
The MCT08x allows spotting signals in terrestrial or satellite very quickly.
In the following chapter, we will see how to spot a signal on three types of installation:
checking of a terrestrial antenna (the installation has already been made)
installation of a terrestrial antenna
installation of a satellite dish
2.2.1 Checking a terrestrial antenna
In this case, the “Autoset” function allows a “scan” of the channels that the antenna detects.
Plug the cable of your antenna to the MCT08x (take care to use an adequate adaptor)
Turn your appliance on.
Press the “Home” key , then choose the tab “RF”
The Home page appears on screen. Press “Autoset”
On this page, press “Mode”, “Terrestrial”, then select DVB-T and 8MHz (as here below)
The scan should range from the E2 to the E69 channels, frequency range Europe (you may reduce the
number of channels to scan if you know the range of the emitter where the antenna points at: the scan will
be faster)
Press “START”, the appliance starts a search.
At the end of the scan, it turns directly to the “Measurement Plan” mode. If channels were found, the
appliance makes measurements continuously (level, C/Nl, BER/MER) on the detected channels.
