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TELE-audiovision.commendously with aligning an an-
tenna using transponders with
varying signal strength. And
that’s not even the best part:
This simultaneous presenta-
tion of different transponders’
parameters is not restricted to
one satellite at a time, but can
be used with two satellites –
which is to say the SATFINDER
5 HD Slim can present up to
eight transponders from two
satellites simultaneously! This
can truly take the horror out of
aligning a multi-focus antenna,
which is an awesome achieve-
ment. Please note, however,
that the meter takes some five
seconds until the reception
parameters of all eight tran-
sponders are refreshed, so you
should make a point of moving
the antenna slowly and only
one step at a time. We also
noticed that some pre-stored
transponder data were out-
of-date so we strongly recom-
mend you first check and – if
necessary – update all data
before performing a multi-
transponder measurement.
Another feature you may
want to look at is Auto DiSEqC.
Using it the SATFINDER 5 HD
Slim will detect all satellite po-
sitions whose signals are led to
the individual ports, no matter
which DiSEqC protocol is used.
If you have to deal with large-
scale distribution setups and
complex DiSEqC configura-
tions on a regular basis, Auto
DiSEqC will significantly re-
duce your workload.
After we had looked at all
features and functions of the
SATFINDER 5 HD Slim in the-
ory and from the comfort of
our test center, it was time to
wander outside to our antenna
farm. There we have a number
of offset antennas, some of
them motor-controlled. Using
the new SATFINDER meter we
wanted to find out how it per-
forms in a real-world job. The
first thing we noticed was that
the display remained perfectly
readable even after rays of sun
had found their way through
the cloud cover. If truth were
told, the contrast of the display
is best when out of the sun,
but we were definitely able to
clearly read all content even
in direct sunlight. As could be
expected, antenna alignment
was an absolutely hassle-free
affair, with the spectrum dis-
play reacting very swiftly to all
signal changes. This meant we
were able to speed up antenna
movement along the Clark Belt
without risking missing a sat-
ellite position. And while we’re
at it: We did pause at regular
intervals so that the SATFIND-
ER 5 HD Slim could take a mo-
ment to analyse the odd sig-
nal peak in the spectrum. As a
matter of fact, the meter cor-
rectly identified five of the six
23. System settings
24. Three dedicated menu
items of the SATFINDER 5 HD
Slim provide details on internal
memory use, battery state and
voltage supply
25. Information on the internal
memory
26. Information on the battery
27. Information on the power
supply
28. DVB-S SDTV reception
29. DVB-S2 HDTV reception
30. The USB port can be used
to present pictures on the
meter’s display, to update and
save the pre-programmed
databases, and to perform an
update of the operating system