how do i put my lataitude and longitude in like

[youngie1]

how do i put my lataitude and longitude in like... i am using vu solo box live in leamington spa thank you all lee

[flyingpig]

Do a google search... It will tell you..... There is also a handy thing on UKCVs website - (i seem to recall)

With either of them you put your postcode in and it will give you it.

Lat - Long Finder: This page helps you find Latitude and Longitude (http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm)

Hope I have done the link right.

[andy91]

Ive always used this put your full address in including house number, Andy. Satellite Finder / Dish Alignment Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com (http://www.dishpointer.com/)

[youngie1]

Latitude: 52.2666?
Longitude: -1.5330? how do i enter it the box cheers lee

[ramjet]

copy and paste from a solo2 tutorial below



Setup Motorised Dish using USALS
First get your longitude & latitude info from _http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm

Enter your post code into satsig.net and you'll get the correct LON & LAT info for your location.

Example if I enter the following UK postal code: SE1 6JZ into _http://www.satsig.net/maps/lat-long-finder.htm

I get the following LON & LAT:
Longitude: -0.1042?
WEST
Latitude: 51.4979?
NORTH

If your longitude is a negative number i.e. it has a "-" sign before the number then you have to subtract that number from 360.

360 - 0.104 = 359.896

So you'd enter 359.896 in your Longitude Settings.

Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK

Select Service searching Press OK

Select Tuner configuration Press OK

Select Tuner A Press OK


Configure Tuner for Motorised Dish using USALS.

Use the < > buttons on remote to select Simple.
Use the down button to select mode and use the < > buttons to set to Positioner.

Configuration Mode: Simple
Mode: Positioner
Longitude: 359.896 (Make sure you enter your own Longitude settings here)
WEST
Latitude: 51.497 (Make sure you enter your own Latitude settings here)
NORTH

Press OK to save.

Press Menu
Select Setup Press OK
Select service searching Press OK
Select Positioner Setup Press OK
Select goto 0 Press RED Button

Dish should now goto 1w.



from that site the following is shown for leamington spa

Latitude = 52.2852, Longitude = -1.5201
Lat = 52 degrees, 17.1 minutes North
Long = 1 degrees, 31.2 minutes West

[andy91]

Try 052.266 and 001.533

[ramjet]

Try 052.266 and 001.533

dont you mean 358.477 for the longitude ?

and 052.266 N for the latitude ?

[youngie1]

what is the best sat to do first so they should all full in line cheers lee

[ramjet]

what is the best sat to do first so they should all full in line cheers lee

if your dish and motor are all correctly installed then it doesnt matter which you use, although you are best to start with 1 west which is due south of you

if you install an up to date E2 list like the catseye one you wont have to scan anything in

check the VU forum here for more details on your solo

[youngie1]

my dish just keeps turning and not stopping was working on 28 but not anymore doing my head in now lol cheers mate lee

[youngie1]

ok mate i am stuck i am using a skybox f3 now as the vu solo is to hard for me..... local longitude 000.00E local latitude 00.0N what numbers do i enter in here mate cheers lee

[maca]

just enter post code here Find latitude and longitude with Google Maps (http://universimmedia.pagesperso-orange.fr/geo/loc.htm)

[youngie1]

I KNOW THAT MATE THANK YOU I JUST DONT NO HOW TO ENTER THEM INTO MY F3 SKYBOX Latitude: 52.2666?
Longitude: -1.5330?

[maca]

no need to shout .

[cactikid]

i would be shouting if i had a sh1tebox also lol

[youngie1]

sorry mate left the cap lock on lol i am speaking quite now how would you enter this mateLatitude: 52.2666?
Longitude: -1.5330? cheers lee

[ramjet]

ok mate i am stuck i am using a skybox f3 now as the vu solo is to hard for me..... local longitude 000.00E local latitude 00.0N what numbers do i enter in here mate cheers lee

judging by what you have posted already , Latitude: 52.2666? Longitude: -1.5330? , then the above would be

longitude 001.53 W , latitude 52.3 N

[youngie1]

ok mate i have just relocated the satellite as i was on the wrong wall... i have gone down your road of using a pole and have installed it flat and straight.... i have used a compass to locate south... at 180 all lined up there... i have entered the latitude and longitude.. like this 001.53w and 52.30n in my skybox f3 have i done that bit correct hope so lol... now i need to manually move the motor to get to a satellite is that correct even thou i an perfectly on south 180 i have set the skybox f3 to ulsa on all satellites. cheers all lee

[ramjet]

ok mate i have just relocated the satellite as i was on the wrong wall... i have gone down your road of using a pole and have installed it flat and straight.... i have used a compass to locate south... at 180 all lined up there... i have entered the latitude and longitude.. like this 001.53w and 52.30n in my skybox f3 have i done that bit correct hope so lol... now i need to manually move the motor to get to a satellite is that correct even thou i an perfectly on south 180 i have set the skybox f3 to ulsa on all satellites. cheers all lee

sounds reasonable to me , apart from a compass does not point to true south but points at magnetic south which is quite a few degrees away from true south

your "true south" is very close to thor at 0.8w , so if you get bbc world news from that satellite the motor will be close to the zero marker, the channel should be booming in , same as the music channel which is also fta on there

yes you manually move the motor AFTER the skybox has moved it to 0.8w

in simple terms, the electric motor is never moved once it has stopped on thor , not by remote control, or by any buttons on the motor
so no electrical activity at all once its on thor at 0.8w, until you have located the channels, peaked the signal and quality and locked it all up

[youngie1]

sounds reasonable to me , apart from a compass does not point to true south but points at magnetic south which is quite a few degrees away from true south

your "true south" is very close to thor at 0.8w , so if you get bbc world news from that satellite the motor will be close to the zero marker, the channel should be booming in , same as the music channel which is also fta on there

yes you manually move the motor AFTER the skybox has moved it to 0.8w

in simple terms, the electric motor is never moved once it has stopped on thor , not by remote control, or by any buttons on the motor
so no electrical activity at all once its on thor at 0.8w, until you have located the channels, peaked the signal and quality and locked it all up. Ok thank you mate so i will enter 0.8 Thor on skybox let it move to location then fine tune to get bbc booming in.. Have I enter the longitude and latitude in correct 001.53w. And 52.30n or how would you enter it mate cheers lee

[ramjet]

. Ok thank you mate so i will enter 0.8 Thor on skybox let it move to location then fine tune to get bbc booming in.. Have I enter the longitude and latitude in correct 001.53w. And 52.30n or how would you enter it mate cheers lee

I have never used a skybox but my spiderbox has similar settings so you should be ok with those figures

[youngie1]

Ok mate will give it ago now wish me luck cheers lee

[youngie1]

ok mate i have installed everything i have got uk 28 using ulas but the rest are not lining up... i have tryed 0.8 thor but i had to move the dish loads to get bbc world and the channel comes up rtv oost... am i on the wrong sat here.. i belive i am getting somewhere. well lets hope so cheers lee and also bloomberg is coming up omroep gld i think i am on the wrong sat

[ramjet]

ok mate i have installed everything i have got uk 28 using ulas but the rest are not lining up... i have tryed 0.8 thor but i had to move the dish loads to get bbc world and the channel comes up rtv oost... am i on the wrong sat here.. i belive i am getting somewhere. well lets hope so cheers lee and also bloomberg is coming up omroep gld i think i am on the wrong sat

yes you are on the wrong sat (its 23.5e), the correct sat is near true south in your case, once you are on the correct sat of 0.8w you will get bbc world and the music channel

so 23.5e is miles away from 0.8w

watch the video again in the other thread, then do it that way

[youngie1]

ok mate thank you getting there then lol.. do you know why i got a feed on the channel thou mate cheers lee

[ramjet]

ok mate thank you getting there then lol.. do you know why i got a feed on the channel thou mate cheers lee

because they use the same transponders on different satellites, so the details for a channel on 0.8w are the same details for a different channel on 23.5e

in other words its like if you the same car as somebody in the next street , the main difference is the owners address and appearance, with the extra identifier of the registration plates being different, but when they come off the production line they are identical except for any vin numbers

you may find that for one actual transponder details, if you used the same transponder on 20 different satellites that you get 20 different channels with it

edit

ps:- you have already indicated in other posts that you were using a magnetic compass to find south, well that compass would have told you that those channels were nowhere near south, even though its not true south its a lot closer than 23 east , possibly between 2 and 8 degrees out but not 23.5 out

[youngie1]

i am really pissed off i have been on the dish the whole day and got nowhere.... i have done latidude all goes in good on sky uk and that is it when it goes to thor the motor goes to 0 and brings up rtv oost and also bloomberg is coming up omroep gld... i am using a single lnb could that be my problem... all day long... i have loads of open sky to be able to recive them...

[ramjet]

i am really pissed off i have been on the dish the whole day and got nowhere.... i have done latidude all goes in good on sky uk and that is it when it goes to thor the motor goes to 0 and brings up rtv oost and also bloomberg is coming up omroep gld... i am using a single lnb could that be my problem... all day long... i have loads of open sky to be able to recive them...

nope , the lnb is not relevant, single , double or quad makes no difference

if its moving to 23.5e from 28.2e then its only moving less than 5 degrees when the total movement should be 29 degrees

[youngie1]

thanks for the reply mate... i was using a iphone as a compass.. is that ok... ok ulas picks up uk 28 and moves 30 on the motor... when i go to thor it moves all the way back to 0... is that correct.... cheers mate lee

[ramjet]

thanks for the reply mate... i was using a iphone as a compass.. is that ok... ok ulas picks up uk 28 and moves 30 on the motor... when i go to thor it moves all the way back to 0... is that correct.... cheers mate lee

yes , sounds correct to me, but when its near zero it should be getting bbc world news or the music channel on 0.8w thor

I dont know if the iphone app checks for magnetic south or true south, suggest you check the actual info on the app

[youngie1]

23 has just came on now no more thou... must be something really silly the thing that has blowen me away is thor. moving to 0 and giving me 23e surly it has past 23 when it goes to 0... cheers lee

[ramjet]

you really need to watch the video digicon posted for you in your other thread asking for a sat installer to help you, then follow it so that you line up on thor and bbc world news the same as the guy in that 6 years old film which is still relevant today

also read through the boxbhoy thread near this one and look at those pictures and the advice given, it may help you to determine the problem, like maybe you havent got the motor and dish and lnb arm all in a straight line ?

[youngie1]

here is a question for you if thor is picking up 23e if i turned the motor 23 digre would that then be thor just came into my head so instead of 180 -23 that would be 157 cheers lee

[ramjet]

here is a question for you if thor is picking up 23e if i turned the motor 23 digre would that then be thor just came into my head so instead of 180 -23 that would be 157 cheers lee

I refuse to speculate on the what-ifs m8 , pay a mathemetician if you want einstein answers ;)

just follow the video and set it up properly, that is all I will answer from now on , thank you

[youngie1]

is a motorized dish worth the hassle now there is no football on it now.... i have been on the motor for 6 days now lol.. with no luck... i found thor 0.8w and was told the rest will fall into place no luck there then... i have 90cm dish with a f5 box i also have a vu solo... witch i have had for 8 weeks now and still can not set it up... i do have ts media thou witch is really good so i left it there..i am paying someone ?50 to allign the dish for me tomorrow.. is it worth doing or not kind regards youngie

[cactikid]

yes for the simple way of picking up sats if 28.2 goes

[shaunfree]

is a motorized dish worth the hassle now there is no football on it now.... i have been on the motor for 6 days now lol.. with no luck... i found thor 0.8w and was told the rest will fall into place no luck there then... i have 90cm dish with a f5 box i also have a vu solo... witch i have had for 8 weeks now and still can not set it up... i do have ts media thou witch is really good so i left it there..i am paying someone ?50 to allign the dish for me tomorrow.. is it worth doing or not kind regards youngie
yes worth doing plenty of footy on different sats,apart from 26E 7w take a look at liveonsat shows you all games with what sats they are on,plus plenty of movies to be had,cheers

[ramjet]

is a motorized dish worth the hassle now there is no football on it now.... i have been on the motor for 6 days now lol.. with no luck... i found thor 0.8w and was told the rest will fall into place no luck there then... i have 90cm dish with a f5 box i also have a vu solo... witch i have had for 8 weeks now and still can not set it up... i do have ts media thou witch is really good so i left it there..i am paying someone ?50 to allign the dish for me tomorrow.. is it worth doing or not kind regards youngie

you speak for yourself, and with forked tongue as they say in westerns :)

there is and will be football on mine and has been for over 10 years

2000 next monday the manu game is on bulsat on 39e if nothing else, opened by patch + softcam , even an old tm1500 cheapo SD patched box will decode it never mind a solo or duo or spiderbox or blade or tm5402 or eagle 800 (no idea about a slybox)

plenty of streaming media stuff on the vu, like 1channel , tsmedia , icefilms, ondemand catch up tv, and a few others too

[cactikid]

still got my 2 tm 1000d,not got around to dumping them yet lol

[youngie1]

ok all i have paid for someone to fit the dish today but he never left me the option for ulas... ok all i have been installing using disq 1.2.. i have manged to get on sky uk 28 astra 1c 1e 1f eutel 16a hotbird 1234 eutel 10a eutel 36a eutel 7a and astra 4.8e... have been struggling to get on thour and astra 23... i have tryed everything... what is the best way to get these in.. do i change lnb settings... what transpoder should i use... i hope he has done the job right for me... cheers all lee

[ramjet]

ok all i have paid for someone to fit the dish today but he never left me the option for ulas... ok all i have been installing using disq 1.2.. i have manged to get on sky uk 28 astra 1c 1e 1f eutel 16a hotbird 1234 eutel 10a eutel 36a eutel 7a and astra 4.8e... have been struggling to get on thour and astra 23... i have tryed everything...
what is the best way to get these in.. do i change lnb settings... what transpoder should i use... i hope he has done the job right for me... cheers all lee

lnb settings are never changed, they are set to universal for the channels we want

I have posted a strongest transponders list found elsewhere in the sticky threads for you

here http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/strongest-transponder-guide-7075/index2.html

[youngie1]

ok mate i have tryed the freq and no luck on 23e and badr... he must not of set it up right mate i paid ?55 for the allignment... he never checked my pole for straightness... gutted as most football is on 23 and badr.. cheers lee

[digicon]

ok mate i have tryed the freq and no luck on 23e and badr... he must not of set it up right mate i paid ?55 for the allignment... he never checked my pole for straightness... gutted as most football is on 23 and badr.. cheers lee

I am afraid that the case here is pay peanuts and get ladder monkeys, someone worth his salt would have checked with your actual receiver before leaving that both where working correctly including checking that it was tracking the ARC

[youngie1]

sorry mate i did pay for a good fitter was recommended highly ... midsat... who specialize in motor dish... great guy but he has forgot to check my pole for straightness..

[ramjet]

sorry mate i did pay for a good fitter was recommended highly ... midsat... who specialize in motor dish... great guy but he has forgot to check my pole for straightness..

you are paying him for a proper job - not for being a "great guy" , or "cheap"

he should have also checked that your motor zero pointer pointed at "true south" , that thor was at 0.8w (the easiest method to check this is use a box with your latitude and longitude in it using usals and send the motor to 0.8w and check bbc world news , like shown in that 6 year old h*sat video in your other thread) , that the lnb was not skewed whilst on 0.8w or the zero pointer, and that it was tracking the arc correctly and picking up the satellites as it steps round the arc, especially the harder to find ones like 26e , 4w , 5w etc, and especially 42 east turksat - 0.8w thor - 30w hispasat which is each end and middle of the arc using popular satellites we can get in the uk

if you miss vital steps, you dont track the arc, and I did post a set of pictures showing this in the boxbhoy thread as he is trying to do the same as you are

here in post #28 http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/f11/improving-signal-362036/index2.html

[youngie1]

i feel good. I HAVE DONE IT YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... thank you everyone for your replys without your help no chance of me doing it THANK YOU ALLLLLLLL

[cactikid]

please put sticker on boxdont factory reset:top:

[alec]

i feel good. I HAVE DONE IT YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... thank you everyone for your replys without your help no chance of me doing it THANK YOU ALLLLLLLL
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