n00b question alert.

Ive just got a sammy 9500 twin via...whatever, after much deliberation. I haven't plumped for a dish and motor yet.

Out of curiousity I've the box stuck it into the old s*y dish (never used it). I've tried autoscanning various birds, minus a card, just FTA. Nothing really seems to there? I was told I should be looking at Astra 19.2 and Hotbird might reveal something.

I know I should have a bigger dish, card etc. But I just would like to get lots of FTA european channels for a start. I've looked at Lyngsat for channels, bit clueless about manual searching.