Recent content by ldrumond

Tuxcoder; I set the elevation using the charts that came with the motor based on my lat of 42 deg. Is it safe to assume that they're just rough guides? Also, clearly the dish forms an arc as it pans across the horizon -- are the sats located so that a terrestial dish matches their elevation as...

Yeh thanks, I did. Need to know the other settings. LNB = ??? Local freq = ??? 22k = no option -- it's off with ULNB setting DiSEqc = off no switches TP = as per your post Positioner = am using manual nudging

Thanks for the quick response Iceberg. Wish I'd known about it not working on ULNBs. Any explantion for why the signal meter on this Fortec shows 50% no matter what, I literally panned the dish so that it was pointed at the roof and still got this signal. That's why I got the hand held unit.

Hey PSB, Iceberg Thanks for the help getting my SG2100 running -- was the cable after all, was RG59, ran a new run of RG6 -- now I've got HtoH. Problem is -- haven't been able to pick up any birds. Was reading through Mark's post regarding the 22k setting for the lnb. My Fortec LU greys out...

Yup Fortec is the same. Gonna have to run new cable -- figure I'll start there. Thanks guys.

Iceburg -- cable was in place, can't really vouch for it, may have to replace it just so that I can rule it out. PSB -- STB wants a pswd in order to reset to factory defaults, can't seem to find it in the manual (which btw sucks )

Actually it's a new out of the box Fortec Lifetime Ultra, have tried re-powering the STB a number of times. Am thinking about checking the voltage at the dish end of the cable, doesn't seem to make sense that it worked then stopped.

Yes, I've tried using the 1.2 setting which gives me east/west control via stb, (worked when I first wired the system up) then tried using the USALS setting, gotoX, nothing seems to work.

Peter it worked!! Can manually move dish -- however not getting any STB control.

Just setting up my gear for the first time. First read the faqs and posts for what seems like forever. Mounted 30" dish and motor, pointed it true south -- not at my true south sat (mistake). Hooked up my LU STB, got a green led on the motor, got the motor to move a couple of times, now it won't...

Thanks for the links -- just so I know -- is there an issue with signal quality using the rg59?

Can someone straighten me out on this? I need to run a 30 ft component video feed from my a/v reciever located in my equipment closet (literally) to my tv. I happen to have a spool of rg59 cable. Here is what I was planning to do -- 3 runs of rg59 terminated with F connectors then attach rca...