motorised dish ~~~~ed

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If your dish is the Triax 1.1m then you do need the Dark Motor on there its probably the best USALS Motor at the moment apart from an Actuator but thats another story.

Get The Dark Motor

[tool37]

Thanks, gonna try and shop around tomorrow, could never get usals to work for me, have to find and install manually, gonna try and get one tomorrow, thanks

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Thanks, gonna try and shop around tomorrow, could never get usals to work for me, have to find and install manually, gonna try and get one tomorrow, thanks

If your paying the Installer to set it up for you then its his job to set it up with USALS and not yourself, If he does'nt then hes not worth having IMHO.

[firestorm]

I have the tec 2600 and been using it for 3 years now with no problem.

[tool37]

Dont you have to input your position in to the receiver, will ask him, just found shop that sells dark motor in Birmingham ?50, gonna phone them in the morning and see if they are in stock

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Dont you have to input your position in to the receiver, will ask him, just found shop that sells dark motor in Birmingham ?50, gonna phone them in the morning and see if they are in stock

Yes you do but the Guy your paying to install the Motor and realign the dish should do this for you

[tool37]

Tried to set it up when I got the box, found my long and latt, but could never get it to work, will tell him to set it up, shop that I found sells both motors, but I'm going for the superior darkmotor

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Tried to set it up when I got the box, found my long and latt, but could never get it to work, will tell him to set it up, shop that I found sells both motors, but I'm going for the superior darkmotor

Good Choice far better than the Technomate, And just to add the benefits of the Superior Darkmotor over the TM 2600

DarkMotor : Automatic Backlash Adjustment & Full 80? east to west Movement

TM2600 : Backlash Adjustment has to be done with the motor taken of its mount and dish removed and adjusted with hammer and Screwdriver. Only goes to roughly 65? east to west Movement even when mehanical limiters have been adjusted inside the motor stub.

[tool37]

Thanks m8, friend told me it was a good choice, but you have confirmed it, thanks for the info, will have it on there tomorrow, the shop that sells them is open at 10, will buy it and wait for him to come and fit it, will let you know tomorrow, thanks again for your time and input

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi. I have installed dozens of TM2600 and they are very good motors. Reliable and easy to setup. Like i said i am surprised that your motor lasted just over 12 months. Was it secondhand?? You should ask for an explanation as to why it broke down in the first place. Also any reason why your fitter used 1.2 and not USALS to find the satellites? I suspect that the motor did not have USALS software.Why dont you try and fit the motor yourself its not too difficult. Its just needs a lot of patience to get it right. Regards.

[nonfractal]

Setting up a motorised dish is really not that hard. There are some links in the forums you can follow. I set up my no-name usals motor by setting the dish up loose, setting the receiver to Astra (which then moved the dish via motor) then moving the dish by hand 'till I got Astra using the adjacent (fixed) sky dish as a guide. I also used a cheap and cheerful satellite signal meter I got off ebay just to check signal levels, but using the signal meter on the technomate (displayed on the TV) works just as well. Then ran a blind scan, and everything worked fine.

[tool37]

Finally back up and running, went to buy the dark motor but he had ran out of stock, ended up buying the tm2600, which is running ok, he could not get the usals working so inputed them manually, also fitted new lnb, charged me ?45 for fitting the motor and alignment, and supplying the lnb, so got some footie tonight, I have tried before to setup usals but could never get them working, anyway thanks again for all your help

[digicon]

Finally back up and running, went to buy the dark motor but he had ran out of stock, ended up buying the tm2600, which is running ok, he could not get the usals working so inputed them manually, also fitted new lnb, charged me ?45 for fitting the motor and alignment, and supplying the lnb, so got some footie tonight, I have tried before to setup usals but could never get them working, anyway thanks again for all your help

What an absolute Joke of an Install, At least your happy

[Manic01]

New lnb and diseqc works ok, not bad for ?45 mate.
As for not being able to set up usals, it's easier than diseqc as long as bracket is plumb alround.

[digicon]

New lnb and diseqc works ok, not bad for ?45 mate.
As for not being able to set up usals, it's easier than diseqc as long as bracket is plumb alround.

well not quite Diseqc is more forgiving if the pole is not plumb or your around a few inches out from True south, The harder is the USALS to get every sat spot on not just 1 or 2