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I am trying to restore an old von weise actuator. I got a new motor from ebay. I don't know how to separate the rod from the motor. Please help. Thanks

The only movement is when the menu is in the dish position. It moves a short distance,then I receive an error message. "Actuator error dish maybe be at it's physical limits check actuator wiring. The numbers are stuck on 5000 and will not change. That is for Dish Position, East, and West. I...

Thanks for your help. When I go into the limits menu, the dish only moves from the dish position. If I go to East limits, no movement. Same for West. The numbers don't change while moving in the dish position. Maybe I need new ribbon cable? I think all of my rear wiring is connected correctly.

Thanks for your help guys. I was able to get the manual for the 450i here on this site. Eevrything looks about the same. I will give it a try then my schedule permits. Again thanks

Thanks for the quick response. Helpful. I can program the one satellite, but still can't set east/west limits.

I have a GI 550i with 10ft dish. It has been out of service for about 5 yrs. I want to activate the system again. Here is my problem. The receiver was disconected and I don't have a manual. I am able to moved the dish east to west but I can not set the east/west limits. The menu reads dish...

Thanks for a quick response. I don't always get a quality signal. I am on watching G4 99w. My menu reads Move dish to 4618. The dish position is 4599. Signal is 10, and quality is not showing .

I have 10ft dish, GI 4DTV 922 receiver C + Ku. I use a Openbox S9 as a slave. When I try to fine tune a satellite, it only shows 10% signal strenght. When I save a satellite, I have to search again to fine tune the next time return. There seems to be a lot of play (movement) in the dish...