Thread: I Went On a Shopping Spree.. Woohoo

Originally Posted by Chief Twit

I'll be setting it up on Sunday as its my day off.. I work nights so Sunday is the only day that I can do it. It looks like its going to be a nice day on sunday according to the weather network

Great choice! You should have a lot of fun with that setup.

Chief,

As long as you follow the instructions to a Tee, you shouldn't have too much trouble. If you aren't familiar with setting up dishes, you may want to try finding the different satellites without the motor, just so that you are familiar with where the birds are in the sky, then add the motor on after you've managed to obtain signal. "Blind Scan" is a great tool to find out what satellite you are pointed at. That's how I started out with digital signals. For years I was used to analog and I could quickly identify which satellite I was on by which channels were coming in. Digital is a whole different game.

If you need assistance, just let me know, I could possibly swing by next weekend. This weekend I am working up on Manitoulin Island and won't be home until late Monday afternoon.

Just have fun, and be very patient.

Good Luck!

Thanks Davage.. I may take you up on that offer if I cant get it set correctly... I have set up dishes before.. I used to have a subscription for bell and Shaw Direct (when they were Starchoice) and I set those dishes up myself but I can see where setting up a motor can be tricky.. Im just getting eager to get this going and the week is going so slow

I have the dish put together and I pre-wired the LNB feeds and zipped striped them to the dish arm making sure that I have enough to allow the dish to move without stretching the feeds.. I also mounted a 4x1 weather proof DiSEqC switch on the back of the dish.. all that needs to be done is mount the dish then mount the LNB to the arm