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Old 06-24-2021, 07:01 AM   #1
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I need a TV satellite locator app

Looking for suggestions for a useful TV satellite locator app. The app I had been using for years has stopped working for some reason. Thought about reloading but I can't even find the app to do so. The app I had used worked through the camera, allowing me to see if I my antenna had a clear view to the satellites. I'll probably start trying different apps but I thought someone may have a good suggestion to narrow the search.
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Old 06-24-2021, 07:09 AM   #2
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I use Satellite Finder. Works great and you can pick the sats you want to see.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...tor.free&hl=en
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Old 06-24-2021, 07:33 AM   #3
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TV Signal Finder is an app from Winegard. It will give Satellite and OTA locations. It will give you Sat locations using compass and altitude settings or will work with the camera to show the Satellites in the sky. It works for Bell, Direct, Dish and Shaw. Pretty good app IMO.
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Old 06-24-2021, 08:58 AM   #6
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I'm another Satellite Finder user.
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Old 06-24-2021, 09:01 AM   #7
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TV Signal Finder is an app from Winegard. It will give Satellite and OTA locations. It will give you Sat locations using compass and altitude settings or will work with the camera to show the Satellites in the sky. It works for Bell, Direct, Dish and Shaw. Pretty good app IMO.
Nice app...thanks for the tip!
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Old 06-24-2021, 09:07 AM   #8
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Of course the trouble with many of the apps is you have to have data reception. So be sure to bring an old fashion compass when in areas w/o a cell signal
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Old 06-24-2021, 09:25 AM   #9
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If you have Dish, they have an app that shows only their 3 Satelite using your camera phone, it works well. It’s called Dish-My RV Satellite Finder
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Old 06-24-2021, 04:45 PM   #10
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Satellite AR is the app I had but was unable to find it again when I tried to reload it. Maybe it was a different version than the one you have but mine just quit working
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Old 06-24-2021, 04:48 PM   #11
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TV Signal Finder is an app from Winegard. It will give Satellite and OTA locations. It will give you Sat locations using compass and altitude settings or will work with the camera to show the Satellites in the sky. It works for Bell, Direct, Dish and Shaw. Pretty good app IMO.
Thanks for sharing the post for the TV Signal Finder app. I like it and it seems easy to work.
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Satellite AR is the app I had but was unable to find it again when I tried to reload it. Maybe it was a different version than the one you have but mine just quit working
I just realized the same thing! It is stuck in offline mode and there are several comments by others having the same problem. And you can no longer find it in the appstore. I probably haven't used it in a year as everywhere we have gone I already knew where to place the dish and there is no cell service anyway
So I'm glad for all the hints on new ones from this thread! Thanks!
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Old 06-24-2021, 09:46 PM   #13
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I have been using dish pointer pro for years.
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Old 06-24-2021, 10:10 PM   #14
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I also use SatFinder Lite on my Apple devices.
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TV Signal Finder is an app from Winegard. It will give Satellite and OTA locations. It will give you Sat locations using compass and altitude settings or will work with the camera to show the Satellites in the sky. It works for Bell, Direct, Dish and Shaw. Pretty good app IMO.
I use it too. Also tells you the location of TV towers for regular TV reception.
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If you have Dish, they have an app that shows only their 3 Satelite using your camera phone, it works well. It’s called Dish-My RV Satellite Finder
If I'm not mistaken they charge you $9.99 for the app. You would think if you're a customer it would be free, IMHO.
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If I'm not mistaken they charge you $9.99 for the app. You would think if you're a customer it would be free, IMHO.
You are correct, it's an Apple App. Another good reason to stick with Android.
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Sat Scope works great and it’s free. Available for both Android and iPhones.
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