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    Everyone should be glad that I purchased a sat finder meter today at Radio Shack ($23.97). That should make things easier so I don't have to keep lugging crap back and forth! ha Just wanted to update everyone.
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    Thanks for your reply Delta and everyone else. I did get a chance to talk to Lak last night and he was very helpful with ideas. I got to flash the system to newest code and will now check tonite to see if it is moving or not. If it does not, I may do like you guys said and just take motor off...
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    Great ideas red and Lak. I agree that it should not take this long and the extra variables makes it more difficult Because of the ease of trying, I'm going to try out Lak's suggestion first as this won't take me but 5 minutes to try. If this works, then obviously I won't need to go...
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    That's what I've seen so far. I didn't change the port back and quickly test so I haven't been able to prove that but if it doesn't rain tonight I will test it. I had to stop working becuase it is like 100 degrees up on the roof and me and receiver are both burning up so I will wait until...
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    Yea I made sure before unplugging everything that with C plugged in I was still at approximately 50 quality (meaning I was hitting it). I then plugged it in as I stated above. From doing this, I tried to move motor but now it won't move. It says "moving to sat position" but it never even...
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    Ok I'm going to plug in just one port like I had before and have it go to L port instead with 0 set as 82W. I will see if it will move the satellite now, but last I tried the motor was not moving anything except manual moves so I'm worried now.
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    Ok this is how I have it configured now: Receiver Tuner 1 ----- Motor ------ LNB L port Receiver Tuner2 ---- LNB C Port I am not using the DiSEqC switch at all, do I have to or can I just test the above setup without it? Right now, no matter what I do with storing 82 as my due south it...
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    I had thought that possibly if I tricked the system into making it East instead of west in USALS that possibly it would turn the right way. If I set it like this, the satellite doesn't move at all. If I set it to the correct lat/long - it only moves West for some reason. If I tell it to hit...
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    Hmmmm...my suspiciions are true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought that the motor was moving in the wrong direction and when I was up there playing some more....I changed to Tuner 1 and it said 100% quality!!! And above it, it showed Nimiq1,3 and so I went up and looked at that and sure enough -...
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    Ok I got back up there today and tested the motor and it was not moving as I expected when plugged in with configuration that Lak gave me. I then just set it up kind of like how Delta was talking about. Receiver Tuner 1 ----- Motor ------ LNB C port Receiver Tuner2 ---- LNB L Port So...
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    I'll have to get back up there tomorrow and bring tv back up and watch it move back and forth when I do the motor settings. I had trouble getting it any higher than 48 for Quality although I saw 70+ several times but could not get it to remain on that. I know one setting must be off a bit so I...
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    Hmm, that didn't work as expected. So, let me aska few questions ahead of time to make sure I know which is which. When I am in the menu for USALS - it gives me option to "Go to Reference" or "Go to Satellite"...what is the difference between these? The next question I have is, it shows...
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    Lak - I did exactly what you said, but I'm afraid to do anything else at this point because after I hooked up everything like you said - the quality is showing 0 again - even for Tuner2 (which I assume is the one I have to be checking on). Is this expected? If not, I will have to go up...
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    After further inspection, when I do a "scan TP" for 12224 it quickly starts pulling up list of channels for Nimiq2 - starting with Cool, Punch, etc which are showing up correctly on this list: Bell ExpressVu on Nimiq 2 at 82.0°W - LyngSat. But, when it finishes scanning the TP - it says...
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    I think this video sums up my feelings right now.... YouTube - Dancing Fat Kid Hallelujah!!!! Ok i finally hit Nimiq2!!! When I hit it, the quality actually went up - first time i've actually seen that!!! So, then i had to save that spot and rescrew everything back in and it took me...
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    Talk about aggravating...I got up there and fixed the bolt issue so now I can get it moving pretty high up (around 40 degrees). I then took away some bolts so I could freely move it around and I'm hitting the 77mark again and it sure looks like i'm at a different angle than I was previously...
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    Hmm...well I can hit EchoStar3 with perfect quality but of course the channels are scrambled. I'm really just trying to hit one so I can them move around to the others using motor. I really don't care how I get to that end, but would like to be able to watch a show soon lol I believe I was...
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    I too agree that the bolt is not put in correctly as it shouldn't be hanging like that- just didn't think it would cause any issues so I hadn't really thought about fixing it. I will definitely fix that so at least I can clear that out. I had same info as Iceberg gave me and that's why I have...
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    I thought someone on here had same equipment i did, just forgot who it was. I should've updated all the pictures, I have since updated my settings because Lak told me awhile back what they should be. I currently have latitude set at approximately 29 (supposed to be 28.6 I think). So once I...
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    Yes, this is the exact package I ordered: Sonicview 360 Elite PVR Satellite System I do not see how it can be done to make it elevate past 31/32 degrees based off of the bracket. I'm going to be pretty upset if they aren't really compatible with each other since they are selling them...
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    I did speak with delta_charlie on the phone and he he had some good ideas, but after waiting for the rain to stop - the idea kind of stopped short. I believe that I probably am needing to have it more elevated, but I am hindered by the actual motor pole in doing this. I reviewed the install...
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    That would be great, I got up there again and ran into some issues. The dish bracket that hooks up to Motor Pole only seems to be able to go 2 ways and each way presents a problem. If I set it up on the lower hole, the dish is basically pointing towards the ground. If I set it at the top...
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    I have uploaded what the sat angle finder is showing for my house: Picasa Web Albums - Brandon - Satellite The purple line is what it says I shoul be at. The red X is where my satellite is at. The Yellow line is approximately where I believe I'm pointing at and the orange is what I...
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    If you go here, SatelliteGuys.US - TheList and then click on 82 Nimiq - it shows you the transponder values for that one and stronger ones say "Strong Transponder". Most of them have been the same values you have been telling me so far. Yea, I did not change those settings as I already had...
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    Ok i went up there and had my wife doing "scan TP" from the menu every time I moved it a tick (after moving dish elevation from 25 to approximately 28). Each time it said it failed. Now, i see that it says it is a strong transponder, but it does not show any channels on it - so I don't know if...