bit of advice on motorised dish

[martin-f]

Are you sure your not trying to us the loop out on the box ?

[gingeee85]

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this is my motor, it says there is supposed to be a red light for weak connection or green for good, i get absolute nothing.

i dont have a loop out on the box martin-f its a vu+solo , plus tried a openbox x5 aswell and still the motor says no power

[martin-f]

You must have the wires wrong at the motor then, have you lined up to 1 west ? and got a signal ?

[gingeee85]

how do you mean wireswrong buddy? iv got the reciver going into the reciver line and lnb into the lnb

[gingeee85]

i cant move the thing manually as there is no power to it so when i press manual button it doesnt do anything

[martin-f]

It should be set to 0 degree from new, I would spend the night having a good look at youtube vids on how to do this, its pointless moving the dish if its already at 0 until you have 1w locked.

[gingeee85]

sorry parden me thats me being thick again, it is set to 0, so you say i should try thor 1w and see if i get signal?

[martin-f]

its not you been thick m8 its not just a case of chucking a dish on a wall, everything has to be inline pole 100% level the dish has to be 100% correct with the motor the motor needs to be at an exact degree and your dish has to be at an exact degree for your location,

then you need to get a lock on 0.8 west

then worry about the motor all them points made need to be done before you even think about moving the dish

[gingeee85]

right smashing, gonna get on that first thing in the morning, i shall leave you all in peace now. cheers for all the help so far

[martin-f]

If you have an android phone download sat finder it will help you on your way

[ramjet]

you need to make sure that all 4 f connections are done correctly to get power to the motor and to the lnb

so thats the centre core protruding slightly in front of the f conn, and the outer sheath pulled back over the insulation and the f conn is then screwed on

the power then goes to the motor with positive down the centre core and earth through the outer copper sheath via the f connector

the reason the centre core protrudes slightly is to push into the receptor on the motor connector on the vu, and the motor in on the motor, with the second cable coming out from the motor and into the lnb

[martin-f]

I agree with ramjet 100% but I would not use the motor wire until you have locked 0.8 west, wire straight from lnb to box when all is well and you have a lock on 0.8w then put the loop in.

[ramjet]

that will only work if his zero pointer matches his longitude being 0.8w

if he was 3 west then thor is 2 east of zero meaning he needs to have his usals move the motor to the correct position, then its lnb to box and find thor, then reconnect the motor, if he is doing it that way, so it all depends on his longitude

[martin-f]

That is correct but for most of us its 0.8w as you know he needs to go right back to the beginning and get the basics in place before he moves anything, and if it turns out it needs to be set different he will understand it more when he has locked 0.8.

[gingeee85]

ill post a picture of my wires iv redone tomorrow then u lot can see if they are done right if you dont mind