Dstv self install?

[PanQuarius]

@jacqvt: Do yourself a favor and get a professional, you won't regret it. No irritation or frustration and you get 100% signal assuming you get the right people to do it. Can recommend Sats-r-Us or Satellite Solutions, if you in Cape Town that is. Get the decoder yourself and the other hardware from them, then get them to put up and align the dish and lay cables. Not the cheapest solution but no need to buy your own satfinder (expensive for proper one) and decoder strength meter useless IMO. The other thing that affects the difficulty is size of dish. I got a 90cm but still got it done properly. Apparently the 60cm dishes are more difficult although MC recommend 90 for new installs.

Do you perhaps know the prices for installation and whether they work on Saturdays?

 

[stevenv]

They do work on Saturdays but imagine you have to book quite a bit in advance. Would need to contact them for quote, their website is here. Also have some bundles including decoder, dish, LNB and installation but with the current decoder price at ~R1,300 probably better off getting that yourself. I paid roughly R1k for everything excluding decoder and cabling (cables were already present, just needed 90cm steel dish, twin LNB, bracket and alignment).

 

[ice_cubes]

I tried the DIY installation route - pointing dish in same direction as neighbour (one guy on the roof & me sticking my head out the window)...not recommended unless you have 3-4hrs to waste

 

[sabelo.mathenjwa]

i want to install the extra-view to my bedroom. i have done my research and got all needed for extra-view (decoder, dual/twin LNB, and RG6U cable). My concern is that would i need to use the satfinder for just changing the single LNB to dual LNB. What would be the risk of doing the connection myself.

 

[isie]

i want to install the extra-view to my bedroom. i have done my research and got all needed for extra-view (decoder, dual/twin LNB, and RG6U cable). My concern is that would i need to use the satfinder for just changing the single LNB to dual LNB. What would be the risk of doing the connection myself.

Low risk, i've done it plenty of times
just place the twin LNB exactly where the Single LNB was, the risk is if you do it wrong you will lose connection and then need a satfinder

 

[mrob]

Don't forget to add the heart beat cable connecting the two decoders together for extraview