Newnes Guide to Satellite TV: Installation, Reception and Repair

by D . J . Stephenson (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.39

  A broad-based guide to the installation of satellite TV systems which incorporates the skills of the TV/video technicians and the aerial riggers. It aims to act as a foundation course for all those interested in the practical side of the subject as well as being a reference source. The treatment is pitched at a level above a simple installation guide, but well below an involved theoretical textbook. The book is compiled in such a way that technicians, aerial riggers or DIY enthusiasts can study the practical side of the subject to a range of different levels or interests, to suit his/her requirements. Only a little elementary trigonometry and algebra are required.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1994

  $5.79

  This is a practical guide, without excessive theory or mathematics, to the installation and servicing of satellite TV receiving equipment for those professionally employed in the aerial rigging and TV trades. This edition continues to meet that practical need between theoretical text book and simple installation guide. The work has been completely rewritten and updated to include topics such as digital television.

• New

  Hardcover
  1997

  $58.16

  Newnes Guide to Satellite TV is a practical guide, to the installation and servicing of satellite TV receiving equipment. Derek Stephenson provides all the essential background information without weighing it down with excessive theory or mathematics, and covers the practice of installation and servicing with clear step-by-step guidance. Essential data tables and numerous diagrams are included throughout. This book meets the practical need between theoretical textbook and simple installation guide. The work includes topics such as digital TV, including MPEG-2, reception requirements, LNB requirements, digital link budget extensions, and a new section on squinting antennas. The Guide has always been known for the practical nature of the information it contains, such as the control of problems involving 'sparklies', trees, rain and vandals (solved by the now famous 'two drunks high' dish mounting rule). The result is a text which provides the necessary information to specify, install and maintain both fixed and polar mount antenna systems along with small IF distribution systems for small blocks of flats and hotels. Derek Stephenson is a practising video/satellite TV repair engineer and the author of Satmaster Pro, a leading Windows-based software package for satellite TV.