New to this, need some help with setup

[bfletcher]

I have a Sony 2 LNB dish that came with the house. Recently someone gave me a Hauppauge WinTV-Nova DVB card. I have connected one of the lines from the dish to the card. I then aimed the dish at what I believe to be AMC-6 @ 72W. I am at location:
Latitude: 33.0006°
Longitude: -96.9027°

If that matters. Using the in-line signal strength meter, I fine tuned the dish, and am getting a very strong signal.

I then scanned for channels using the hauppauge software, and it found nothing.

So I used ProgDVB, and it didn't find any channels, but it says I have 100% signal and 0% quality.

I am sure I am doing something wrong, or am missing some equipment, or don't have things set up properly.

Any assistance you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jim S.]

Sony dish? As in old DirecTV dish? Wrong LNB. Also probably too small of a dish, although with the right LNB and careful alignment you could get AMC-6 sometimes with an 18" dish.

 

[bfletcher]

So, its virtually useless for FTA DVB uses. what kind of LNB would I need? and what diameter dish?

 

[bfletcher]

What types of places might carry a non proprietary LNB for FTA reception? other than ebay

 

[TimLones111]

Most of the advertisers listed on the top of the forum pages would have what you need in LNB's etc..

 

[bfletcher]

I think I have inadvertently trained my eyes to ignore advertisements. Thanks for pointing them out!

 

[bfletcher]

Is there a sat that has a feed from the European BBC channels? Would like to get those, don't think I can aim the dish at any of the European sats. Please correct me if I am wrong.