I bought this to extend my satelitte signal, but I cannot get it to turn on. Any suggestions? installed but no signal!
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Don't know it worked for satelitte. It for It's for wy-fy i thought (internet) Call Alfa.
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You do know that this is a WiFi adapter for computers, right? There are no satellite signals involved, just an internet gateway in or near your house. If you are looking for something for Dish TV, this isn't what you want. P.S. it works fine for me, picks up more connections around the neigborhood than the WiFi built into my laptop.
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I am not familiar with that one. Try turning the unit off and then back on. The people at Orbit are very helpful and can help out. Thanks VG
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You need an outside antenna or a good window for the regular antenna that comes with the unit. It must have a southern view. I needed to do that at 2 locations in on my property. As long as you have the antennas set up with a good southern view of the sky, you should be able to get a good signal.
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I have not been able to use the meter either. I can get signals on the meter with an aligned dish but as yet have not been successful aligning a dish,
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Sorry, I tossed mine a while back because the antenna they painted on was of poor design. Guess the people who designed it did not check wave lengths or SWR. They may have corrected that since I bought mine. Complain to the seller, they may just give you another one.
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hi Bharatappreciate if you can please share how did you work it out! I am also facing the sismilar issue. I have used it & it worked but took a long long time (almost 15-20 mins) to get the GPS signals. Even after that it signals were showing half on its scale.
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Look for a power antenna wire. It will also work. If that is not available you can use a switched source from radio or your fuse panel.
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Bryan, I'm not an expert at any of this. Only once did I have any problem of this type. It came aboutafter I had re-set my wieless modem. I un plugged my radio for awhile and went back to defaultsettings . It found the signal and no problems since. I would check into the signal you are getting. ( if wireless) I'm still very pleased with this radio. It appears you are getting about the same advice Ted
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Do not have enough information. If unit will not lock on required satellites, it is broken or signal is blocked or you are out of view of satellites.
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Raise the antenna. Maybe purchase an external antenna and plug it into the antenna slot.
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Follow the procedure in the manual. That worked for me. If you did not get a manual you can download one from the internet. You do have to start with a good signal into the extender. Dick
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I don't see why not. My only complaint is that it takes a 30-60 seconds sometimes to find a satalite after the car has been sitting. I received nothing this morning, couldnt even turn it off after 15min of driving. Had to turn the car off at an intersection and it booted back up. Good luck...
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My XL335M usually has gotten a signal by the time I pull out of the driveway, worst case by the time I leave my subdivision [1 block] it is running. I suppose heavy clouds etc could affect the performance, magnetic fields or microwave signals...I'm not an engineer but imagine the same things that can affect other electronics like a satellite tv dish, gps on a cell phone etc can affect a sat-nav unit.
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You're taking a chance by doing this purchase on line from Amazon. I purchased this item and the connections did not line up. Best bet is to get it from Sirius, just give them a call and give them the model number of your unit. Or take your set to Best Buy and have them match it up there.
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Late response, but it might help someone else. My 360 started losing satellites after being on for just a couple minutes. An external antenna fixed that problem nicely, only cost $11 from Amazon.
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I had the same problem on a trip to Cape Cod, MA. First weakness and in-and-out of satellite reception then nothing. Unit refuses to find the satellites. I suspect a design flaw in the receiver or the antenna connection. I'm am very unhappy with their customer service. They made me register the unit first (I didn't save the yellow piece of paper with the registration code, which is different than the serial number). I am still waiting for an RMA after a week. I did try the update, reset stuff as suggested by customer service and that did not fix it.
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not working for me, tried all kinds of combinations with my amped SR20000g (2 antennas also), did not extend signal at all, major bummer