motorised dish help.

[portbhoy]

No just check with dishpointer that he entered them correctly, select bbc world news from your channel list if it doesnt hit it bang on go into your positioner setup menu in there you can fine tune the dish east and west try 10 taps east then 20 west to see if the signal climbs. If it does your dish is out and you can either manually enter the locations and save one at a time or get the guy back out.

[ramjet]

It is set up on usals. I saw him enter long/lay so i know thats been done.
as for entering location in the catseye list, huh?
Didn't realise i had to do that.
i just edited it in db edit and sent it over.
Do i have to enter my location in the list?

if he set the location in usals and you have overwritten that channel list with a new one by catseye then I would think you will have to enter the usals once more, as you have overwritten the settings he inputted and you havent checked to ensure they are what they should be

any time you make changes it is likely that you will have to alter settings to correct them according to your location

I know on my boxes I have to do this and especially when the new settings are set to 0.0 lat and 0.0 long which they may well be since you input that new catseyes list

[septicsmurf]

Bbc world service on thor?
do i enter long/lat on thor 0.8w?
i'll have a play later, see if i can suss it.
As always time, wife and kids tend to get in the way though.

[ramjet]

Bbc world service on thor?
do i enter long/lat on thor 0.8w?
i'll have a play later, see if i can suss it.
As always time, wife and kids tend to get in the way though.

long and lat is for your location , thor is on 0.8w and over the equator and never changes

[septicsmurf]

long and lat is for your location , thor is on 0.8w and over the equator and never changes

Yeah sorry. Thought i read somewhere that the dish has to be at 0? when entering long/lat.

[ramjet]

Yeah sorry. Thought i read somewhere that the dish has to be at 0? when entering long/lat.

ideally, for the uk , you set the dish on 0.8w , then enter your location and save, then you test it like portboy said in order to ensure your dish and motor are aligned onto 0.8w thor correctly , then usals works out where all the other satellites are in relation to thor

if the installer didnt do this then the dish and motor may be out and if its way out it will cause you problems

if he set it correctly onto the arc from 0.8w with his own stb on your motor and locked it up then its your settings that are incorrect on your box if you are using usals

[dick b]

Yeah sorry. Thought i read somewhere that the dish has to be at 0? when entering long/lat.

see ramjets post above it took me too long answering
but here is a list of current strong TPs

[septicsmurf]

Will have a go later. But all this is still new to me so i'll no doubt be back later, seeking more advice.

[digicon]

It is set up on usals. I saw him enter long/lay so i know thats been done.
as for entering location in the catseye list, huh?
Didn't realise i had to do that.
i just edited it in db edit and sent it over.
Do i have to enter my location in the list?

No you only need to enter your USALS info into the duo and thats it, if it has been aligned correctly then you should get most sats from 42? east to 30? west and more if you have a clear line of sight.

[septicsmurf]

Right, so I think I've figured it. He had completely the incorrect long/lat in there.
I changed it and tried to send dish to zero but wouldn't play ball. Just selected bbc world on 0.8w instead and off it went.

Here are my results going through the arc. See what you make.

30w al jazeera english:74%
15w bbc persian :61%
5w 11.961v2000 :21% (no picture)
0.8w bbc world :95%
4.8e krt :84%
7e bbc persia :61%
9e cctv4 :83%
13e rit tv :86%
16e vision plus :37% (pixelating)
19.2e arte :89%
23.5e ocko :86%
39e skat tv :67%
42e cnn turk :91%

Does it look good?

[firestorm]

Thats about as good as your going to get with a 80cm dish though you should get freeview on 28e. Dont worry about the west sats has there is not alot on them only 30w as got some decent stuff on it.

[septicsmurf]

Is there any way I can improve 16e? without getting a bigger dish of course.
Can't believe the installer put the wrong long/lat in. ans it wasn't even close!

[firestorm]

With out getting the ladders out and a meter and doing a little tweaking ie tillting your dish and checking the scew on your LNB, but the dish seems to be pretty much spot on with the signals your picking up . There is not a lot you can do for 16e from the ground and tweaking may bugger up your other sats

[digicon]

What is your level on Tringsport 1 with the Black Ultra on an 80 you should be aiming at around 65-70% snr on the duo level meter, If you do adjust anything dont touch the LNB Skew is applied when your dish moves around the ARC altering it from its current setting will drop signal on other sats.

[ramjet]

Right, so I think I've figured it. He had completely the incorrect long/lat in there.
I changed it and tried to send dish to zero but wouldn't play ball. Just selected bbc world on 0.8w instead and off it went.

Here are my results going through the arc. See what you make.

30w al jazeera english:74%
15w bbc persian :61%
5w 11.961v2000 :21% (no picture)
0.8w bbc world :95%
4.8e krt :84%
7e bbc persia :61%
9e cctv4 :83%
13e rit tv :86%
16e vision plus :37% (pixelating)
19.2e arte :89%
23.5e ocko :86%
39e skat tv :67%
42e cnn turk :91%

Does it look good?

a couple of pointers here

1) the installers job is to sort out the dish and motor, not your vu+, and you said he did the job with his own box. you are responsible for your vu+

2) you also admitted you installed catseyes list and therefore I believed you had overwritten what was there before which is why I advised you to sort out your usals position, again that is your job to do especially if you are installing new channel lists

3) the strongest transponders list isnt always up to date

for 5.0w try gcpe1 on 12543H 27500 and TMC on 11554V 29950 and france 2 , 2 and 4 on 11591V 20000

4) for 16e I would have thought you should be over 70%

5) for 7.0e try rts1 on 10721H 22000