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DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised
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<blockquote data-quote="Mickha" data-source="post: 123481" data-attributes="member: 187442"><p>Hi ghanaman,</p><p>it sounds more like the problem you have is down to your installer then you. What he should have done was align your dish to zero position, as mhku has stated, in the UK this is usually around Thor 1w, so alinging it to that satellite usually allows you to get the arc. Then, in my case, I had to move the dish, using the motor and a battery, to the satellite that my receiver was pre-programmed to start with, Astra 19E, once I'd done that I could connect the leads to my receiver and use that to move the dish gently adjusting to track the arc. Setting up a motorised dish takes time.</p><p>If you haven't started by pointing your dish at that position no amount of tweaking with your receiver will get you the arc, or full signal on 1w. You already seem to have your latitude & longitude but you can confirm it here.</p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">_http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Unfortunately if the dish is the problem your only choice is to start from the beginning using the basic rules, as can be found in the thread that gameboy pointed you to:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">_http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?t=5471</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The 2 most important rules are:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1. Your pole must be 100% Vertical</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">2. You must start by aligning your dish to due south from your location.</span></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">If you are still having problems can you please post back with more details of your motor, and general location.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Best wishes</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Mickha</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?t=5471" target="_blank">http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?t=5471</a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mickha, post: 123481, member: 187442"] Hi ghanaman, it sounds more like the problem you have is down to your installer then you. What he should have done was align your dish to zero position, as mhku has stated, in the UK this is usually around Thor 1w, so alinging it to that satellite usually allows you to get the arc. Then, in my case, I had to move the dish, using the motor and a battery, to the satellite that my receiver was pre-programmed to start with, Astra 19E, once I'd done that I could connect the leads to my receiver and use that to move the dish gently adjusting to track the arc. Setting up a motorised dish takes time. If you haven't started by pointing your dish at that position no amount of tweaking with your receiver will get you the arc, or full signal on 1w. You already seem to have your latitude & longitude but you can confirm it here. [font=Verdana]_http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp?[/font] [font=Verdana]Unfortunately if the dish is the problem your only choice is to start from the beginning using the basic rules, as can be found in the thread that gameboy pointed you to:[/font] [font=Verdana][color=black][font=Verdana]_http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?t=5471[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]The 2 most important rules are:[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]1. Your pole must be 100% Vertical[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]2. You must start by aligning your dish to due south from your location.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]If you are still having problems can you please post back with more details of your motor, and general location.[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]Best wishes[/font][/color] [color=black][font=Verdana]Mickha[/font][/color] [url="http://www.satellites.co.uk/php-bin/forum/showthread.php?t=5471"][/url][/font][font=Verdana][/font] [/QUOTE]
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