tm500 help needed

[micraman4]

hi new to this have just bought a tm500 that was all setup in shop and demonstrated to me changing from 1 west to hotbird etc. i was told when i install it at home all i needed todo was manully 0 disec motor set the tm500 to 1 west and line the dish up to recieve bbc news done all this all ok but when i change to hotbird the dish dosnt always move and when it does move it dosnt line up on hotbird or any other satellite come to that but always religns back up on 1 west when i tell it to. ive double checked lat/long settings on dish any body any ideas

[mdt]

hi new to this have just bought a tm500 that was all setup in shop and demonstrated to me changing from 1 west to hotbird etc. i was told when i install it at home all i needed todo was manully 0 disec motor set the tm500 to 1 west and line the dish up to recieve bbc news done all this all ok but when i change to hotbird the dish dosnt always move and when it does move it dosnt line up on hotbird or any other satellite come to that but always religns back up on 1 west when i tell it to. ive double checked lat/long settings on dish any body any ideas

are you using usals on your tm500? there are a number of points you can check to find the problem and each one must be checked....

1.. pole is 100% plumb
2.. lat is correct on motor
3.. motor is set to zero
4.. lat/long correct on stb
5.. send motor to 1 west
6.. find bbc world then peak signal to max
7.. check say 28.2e and 30w for good signal on ALL uk recievable txp,s



regards mdt

[satmannwest]

You can do all the above which is good advice ,But without a meter you are all guessing and hoping you have your dish setup right, most times it doesn't work that way and you spend endless days up and down the ladder, do yourself a favour and get an engineer to line it up doesn't cost that much.

[dick b]

try this guide but only if you cant get it going by tinkering as this will start it from scratch but as said by MDT pole must be 100% plumb and dish must be 100% central on the motor spigot or you dont stand a chance of tracking the arc properly,but you can set it up successfully yourself as most of us do.the on screen meter on the tm500 is fine.