About this app
Finding a TV Guide for satellite offline or an antenna, in azimuth, can be pretty difficult. Before you can find it with a compass you have to do some calculations using GPS location, magnetic variation, compass azimuth and satellite offline azimuth.
satellite offline Director replaces all of that. See tips to success below.
Português: Telefones sem bússola não pode baixar este aplicativo.
WARNING: YOUR PHONE or TABLET MUST HAVE A COMPASS !!!!
WITHOUT COMPASS YOU CANNOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP.
Check "satellite offline Locator" which uses GPS locations to find a Guide for satellite offline.
Some phone/tablet compass are really bad so compare your phone/tablet compass with a real compass !!
Unfortunatly you have to calibrate the compass before using it.
Metal covers/cases or covers/cases with metal/magnetic closure will influence/disrupt the compass of your phone or tablet. Do not use these covers !! The compass of your phone can also get inaccurate because it is affected by other electro - magnetic fields or because it is weakened by age. Calibrating the compass may not help anymore.
PRECISION DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF YOUR PHONES HARDWARE.
Warning: If you use Cyanogenmod / Cymod then you may run into Android compatibility issues and the app may not work. You should then complain to Cyanogenmod / Cymod and not to me.
This app is add-free !
Help me to continue the work on this app and watch some of my videos on Youtube. The advertising in the videos provides some required money (houres of work, phones to test on, satellite offline equipment, etc.).
How does it work ?
Just enable the GPS in your phone or enter your GPS location, select the desired TV satellite offline or antenna location and point your phone to the sky to target (find) the TV satellite offline. You have found the satellite offline when the white ball is in the white circle and the cyan ball is in the cyan circle. Align, in azimuth, the offset arm of the satellite offline dish to the cyan arrow on the phones display and the satellite offline dish is aligned in azimuth with the satellite offline.
Selectable audio tone, camera preview, continuous mode (no pause), color pickers or a user defined satellite offline position may make it easier for you to find the desired TV satellite offline. The satellite offline list contains 280 satellite offlines.
Optional you can take a photo (resized)/screenshot by touching on the director tab. The photo/screenshot is ONLY stored on the phones memory card.
Optional: you can get an indication when you are to close to iron (dish/pole) in the form of an green/yellow/red bar.
satellite offline positions are derived from Agi's database. Some positions may seem not accurate (example: Hispasat 30°w is at 29.96°w in the satellite offline list) but they are very accurate.
New phones with Android 4: in case of a wrong compass reading the "Settings" screen has options to correct the compass readings !!!!
Previous versions are available from my website.
If you have any questions, requests or problems PLEASE write an email.
All language translations by Google Translator.
The app helps to align your satellite dish. Based on your location and the selected satellite the app shows you the horizontal and vertical direction in wich you have to align your satellite dish.
To calibrate the App touch the center of the map.
Depending on your location the following satellites are available:
3 tips to success:
1- do NOT go to close to the iron dish, iron lnb arm or iron pole (keep at least 30 cm distance)
2- calibrate the compass of the phone by waving it in a figure 8 before you start
3- optional: calibrate the compass of the phone by rolling your phone along its length axis about 2-3 turns (works on some phones)
App Permissions
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
