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Ok, I'll try that this weekend ... latitude is set on the motor, so should I only be adjusting the elevation of the dish, or should I adjust it at the motor itself?

Mikey I liked your detailed instructions for mounting and aiming the dish. Coincidentally, I had already done (more or less) exactly what you described over the weekend. Both ends of the arc are strooong, but a handful throughout the middle have lesser, or even sporadic, signal quality. What...

Awesome replies. This is the stuff that doesn't seem to make it into these cheesy generic manuals that I have been reading and re-reading! RADAR - I coincidentally did the same process you posted yesterday evening. My line of thought was, "if I can at least get it on the arc, then it...

Awesome, thank you! Also, what is the difference between a "normal" blind scan vs. "detailed" ? I'm using a MicroHD receiver.

This is too much fun! Motor is set up and working great! When I do a blind scan on a single (or multiple) sats, what does it mean during the scan when it says "FAIL" next to a transponder vs "OK" ?

There are a lot of conflicting statements around the web when it comes to setting up a motorized dish. Should you aim it to -no kidding- true south, or aim it to the closest satellite to true south for your location? For us here, it's the difference between 167 degrees for true south, vs 169...

Not user error. Motor still won't budge manually with 18v input.

Well put. I never thought about it that way, but it's true. Just shove it in the mail and hope you never hear from the customer. No news is good news. Sounds a lot like eBay, too. Anyways, he was willing to refund my money, so that's good. The only reason I twisted his arm for a refund...

Hey Iceberg, on the MicroHD, under switch settings, should I have 22K to on or off? I've been leaving it set to off, but then I wondered if, since I'm using a twin Universal LNBF, should it be set to on? Doesn't the LNBF do switching itself?

Well, I got this e-mail yesterday, so it looks like he's willing to make an exception. I think I will hook it up to the receiver with a short piece of coax today just to make sure, but 18v at 50' should still be 18v at 3 or 6 feet.....

Just heard back from HyperMegaSat, and as of right now, they're only willing (barely) to give me a refund in the form of in-store credit, minus return shipping and a 10% restocking fee (hopefully they don't plan on restocking this motor). I guess I should have read their pretty narrow...

Not at all! It was $19.xx ....close to $20. I guess it's a heavy motor, but so many companies (big and small) across the internet are offering such competitive shipping prices. It just seems abnormal now when you get zapped for $20.

Well, I ended up going with a DG380B from Sadoun. Shipping was pretty outrageous, but hopefully it gets here fast! Also hoping HyperMegaSat will be cool about taking back the SG2100, but haven't heard back from them yet this morning.

Sorry, no - it was correct from the start.

Haha yea...I only laugh because after messing with it for a half hour or so, that thought finally occurred to me. It's definitely good!

Sorry - I completely left that out. There is nothing but RG6 between the receiver and motor. The LNB is a JSC322-2 Universal Twin Output LNB from HyperMegaSat(cut & paste from order confirmation). Motor/Switch setting screen: 97W (ku) LNB LO = 9750 DiSEqC 1.0 = Disabled DiSEqC 1.1 = Disabled...

I just checked, and it's right in the neighborhood of 17.65-17.95v

Hey guys! Please forgive me if this is in the wrong spot, but I felt it didn't belong in the MicroHD forum, since the receiver seems to be working (and it's awesome by the way). I finally took the plunge and ordered all my equipment to get going with FTA for the first time, and have read...

Bummer, wish I would've known about the 90cm dish before I placed the order yesterday. Doh! Maybe I can call and upgrade. As for the HDMI issue .. I should've been more clear - the RP TV has a DVI port, which I have the Dish connected to via an adapter, but the only way to get audio is an...

Thanks for the input Primestar! My issue with the microHD is that it's HDMI only, and I'm stuck hooking it up to and ooooolllld rear-projection TV that only has one HDMI input (currently used up by my Dish receiver), so I was hoping for something that had component AND HDMI, since I have plenty...

Ok, so I'm well on my way to FTA. Today I ordered a 31" dish, linear LNB, and SG2100 motor. I got my hands on a used Sonicview SV-HD8000, but haven't been able to find out how relevant it is. Seems like it was one of those makes/models that was more marketed to hackers years ago, but has...

Thanks for the replies fellas. We're kind of in a pickle right now....really upset with Dish ... I mean **REALLY** upset over the channel cancellations all within a few months of each other. Not sure if we want to switch, assuming DirecTV will probably just play the same games with us next...

Hey guys! Since we've moved to Utah, and with Dish dropping every channel except infomercials ... like BTN ... we aren't getting to watch one single game that we are interested in. We even had better luck in Phoenix! I've been interested in FTA anyways, but now after losing BTN (which I know...

Hey guys, after doing some searching across the web, I'm still left with some ?s. Could someone please explain to me the multi-tuner capabilities of our 612 and 722k? For the discussion, let's assume I do not and will not have anything to do with OTA ever. How many channels can the 612...

And just in case the link ever becomes broken, here are the steps: How To: Setting SAT Auto-Tune Channel Note: These steps can also be used to change the channel used for SAT Auto-Tune. Program the remote control to operate the TV. Press and hold TV until all four mode buttons are lit. Press...