Howdy all - Could do with idiots guide to Technomate 5400 CI+ USB super

[Manic01]

Motor less than ?50.

[dick b]

if you read the guide on setting up a motorised dish in the general satellite sticky section it will give you an idea of whats involved.I"m also sending another quick guide for you to look at.

[humans first]

Ok. Motor now installed. Not sure what to do next though. Tried navigating to other satellites and can see the dish moving but every time I try to find a channel on, say Astra 2 @ 28.2E, I get a bad signal message. Am I missing a step in the process? Do I need to set up each satellite individually?

[OldBloke]

drive the dish to 1w,start from there

[dick b]

you havent given us much to go on,did you set up as the guide said in the sticky section? what sat are you getting ok are you on usals or 1.2 did you input correct lat/long in the set etc. tell us as much as you can obut what you have done so far.

ps hello "old bloke" we will get him sorted wont we.

[humans first]

Jeysus..I thought I was pretty smart on all things techie but this is still all black magic to me at the moment.

I'll tell you what I've doen so far. I went to motorised set up and went to the DiSEqC Motor field and selected USALS then input the Longitude and Latitude settings for my postcode (52.0 North/0.7 West). I then selected DiSEqC 1.2, selected ASTRA 2 28.2 satellite and slected go to. Then I scanned the satellite (which took c10mins) but none of the channels have above 20% quality.

I haven't done anything about the patch. I did look at the thread but couldn't see where to download from. Do I download from the NET? If so where are they located?

I think the language is stressing me. I have no idea what USALS is? or what a Transponder is? What's a patch? Why do I need a patch? What does that enable? What are softkeys? Do I have to set my longitude/latitude only once or for every satellite I select?

Sorry - you must think I'm a complete jerk...too many questions etc etc..but any help would be gratefully received.

[dick b]

forget the patch for now we will sort that out once you are set up.if you follow the guide I posted for you earlier you will succeed.usals is a maths based way of automatically finding satellites once you have got your 1st sat set up, stay on usals til you know what you are doing.at the moment you are going about it the wrong way as old bloke said use 1West as your target satellite its easier.BUT you must find that 1st sat manually.
you set your long/lat just the once the lat must also be set on the motor.you must read "how to install a motorised dish" in the general satellite sticky section and the guide I sent you. a transponder is just the frequency that a group of channels are broadcast on.

dont worry we all struggled to start with

[humans first]

Ok I've gone to motorized settings change the satellite to 1.0W Thor 2/3. The quality level was only 20% so I scrollled through the list of transponders and found transponder No 35 (12.608(H)/27.5) has a quality of 87%. Ive also changed to USALS as well then selected go to. DO I need to scan this satellite?

[dick b]

yes you do but are you sure you are on it? did you set up as suggested in the guides?you can get misleading signals if you are not pointed at the right sat.set 11.325 H 24499 on the transponder line this should give you BBC world but please follw the guide I sent.

[humans first]

I think I'm on it - though not 100% sure ....couldn't open the zip file you sent me...there were no files in it. Can you send again ps

[humans first]

Actually scrub that request just found it and know my next step. I'll need to adjust the dish - i'll go do that now

[OldBloke]

Dick and the boys in this forum got me sorted from complete scratch,I didnt have a clue,nothing.

Do you have a sat meter mate ?

its easier than it appears but I know how you feel belive me,i even think my thread when I 1st started is still on here somewhere.
On reciever,drive motor to 1 west.
Goto dishpointer.com and find your house,look where 1west should be.
Point your dish at it,attach the sat meter.
now these things are very receptive,tweak the dish and play with the meter till you get the strongest signal.

dont worry about any patches etc yet,like Dick did said
we gotta get your dish aligned 1st,the lads on here will help and are very more savvy than me,but this is how i started,it will work !!

[humans first]

Cheers OB. Was pointing at 13.0 hotbird to start off with. Will change it when I can get 3 yrd old daughter distracted long enough to allow me time to crack on.

[dick b]

I think I'm on it - though not 100% sure ....couldn't open the zip file you sent me...there were no files in it. Can you send again ps

sorry about that I"ll try again

forget this file I"ll try again

[OldBloke]

compass or dishpointer.com is your 1st stop pal,cause u think ur on 1w but you could be on 7w
once the dish is lined up ur over half way there,im alright helping get the dish straight after that im useless,but i been there and it does ur head in