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gji25
5th June, 2010, 05:02 PM
any one help with this problem... dish and motor and pole all set up correctly ? and pointing due south.(motor set to zero) using a dm500hd reciever.
have put my cordinates in the setup for usals... ok now when i tune to astra/hotbird 28.2e the dish moves east like it should do but stops on about 36 degrees east... i have to then inch the motor back 8 degrees to the west by using the manual movement button on the motor... any help with this would be appreciated .
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dm500hd-1.1m triax td-ivacom lnb-tm2300 motor

southpaw
5th June, 2010, 06:33 PM
when i set mine up i
1 pointed dish south (with motor set to zero)
2 entered lat/long
3 select thor 1w on dreambox (motor should move slightly)
4 adjusted / tweaked for peak signal
5 tighten up dish/motor , and all other sats fell into place

gji25
6th June, 2010, 01:30 PM
have set mine up exactly as above but it is still over shooting the satellite by about 8 degrees... reads about 36 on the motor rather than 28

father ted
6th June, 2010, 01:32 PM
id do a reset on the motor try that

Bulld0g
6th June, 2010, 01:33 PM
Is the pole 100% plumb ? Double check it, even if it's slightly out of plumb it will miss the arc and some sats.

gji25
6th June, 2010, 05:10 PM
yep... have reset motor and pole is 100% staight..
still overshoots ?

glic83
7th June, 2010, 12:37 PM
reset the motor and try again

phils_confused
14th June, 2010, 09:31 PM
Just wondering mate. You did point it to true south and not magnetic south?