Recent content by kinetic711

Thats a really good and simple fix to a cold weather problem. I am going to do it. Thanks Oldfoggie. :up

I don't know if this will be helpful, but try to get CTV off of a Canadian Satellite. CTV shows Lost on Tuesdays at 9:00pm EST (the first episode was GREAT!!):):)

Very good info and yes, I would like to know how to keep the arm working well during the winter. Where I live, it is not unusual to have -30C overnight temps. Further to my seized actuator arm. I got it to move and unscrewed it completely. I then cleaned the rust off of the threaded shaft...

Thank you to all who responded. I took my actuator apart last night according to the previous instructions. The inner tube was completely rusted inside the outer tube. With a lot of penetrating oil and some gentle persuasion against the garage floor, I was able to remove the outer tube. Once...

Has anyone taken apart an actuator arm? Long story short, I took the actuator arm (24" - Von Weise motor) off of my 10' Unimesh dish to see if it actually worked. This arm has been on the dish for I don't know how long and is a little seized. I have taken what I can apart and put power to the...

mitchkng- How do I move the dish with the Uniden UST 9900? I don't have a remote and I don't have an East/West button on the receiver. :confused:

Well, no good news to report. I tried to get the dish to move from inside the house. I tried from the power supply and from a battery as suggested earlier, but no go. I guess I will have to go outside and put power right to the motor and see what happens, but not today; it's -30C right now...

Thanks for the offer Turbosat, I will keep it in mind. I think I will test the dish today, the way that Phlatwound suggested (with a battery) and see if it moves. If it does move, then I will be interested in getting a remote. I'll post the result soon.

Thanks for the info Phlatwound. My current problem is I can't get the dish to move, there are no east/west buttons on the receiver. Apparently the remote is needed to preform this function, and I don't have a remote. I guess I had better try to find a remote first, make sure the dish moves...

Thanks to Phlatwound and TVROPRO for the helpful advice and pictures. Bottom line, at least from what I am hearing is, even if I get this system working, I still won't be able to get very much FTA programming. Would I be better off investing my time and money in a DVB receiver, as suggested by...

EDIT: I just found my UST-9900 IRD original manual. I would scan it but it is over 30 pages (too much) I may be able to scan some specific stuff if you think it may apply to the 7700 let me know anything specific you may want to know. Tvropro I am a newbie to all things satellite. I just...