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I have been up and down the ladder 20 times today and I finally got the right satallite. 5 CCTV channels. I did not remove the motor but bypassed it and the switch. This is probebly so basic to you but its a big step for me and I appreciate the help. Now you know what I am going to ask next? How do I get more channels? Don't give up on me yet. I really need and appreciate the help. Thanks, Larry

congrats on locking a signal you can see (one that isnt scrambled). That is a good feeling to see something on the screen.
Normally I'd say take the receiver and a small TV out to the area so you dont have to climb on a ladder but since you locked your true south it wont be needed

Now that you got your true south setting up the rest of the satellites should be pretty easy. But I gotta remember how to set it up (I've done it for so long sometimes ya forget)

ok now that you've got 95W (your true south) scanned in we need to set up the motor for it. There are 2 ways you can do it
Diseqc 1.2 (dont ask me what Diseqc means....I just know Diseqc 1.2 you set each satellite up)
USALS (also known as Diseqc 1.3)..this one you set up your latitude and longitude and the motor moves to the satellite selected. The advantage of that is its simple. The disadvantage can be it may not stop on the "sweet spot" of the satellite (which can result in lower signals)

I assume you havent moved the motor yet through the receiver?

Now here is how I personally would do this. This is just me and someone might chime in with better afvice

Go into the motorized setup
(menu, install, motorized setup)
It should show the satellite you are on (G3). Scroll down to "Diseqc Motor" and move it to Diseqc 1.2
Hit "Exit" and it says "do you wish to save"? Say "YES". You are not back at the main screen
Go back into the motorized setup
Where it says "satellite" and G3 hit the arrow to go to the satellite in there that says 97W. It may be under one of 4 names (they rename and move satellites alot so names change)
Scroll down to Diseqc motor and change to USALS.
Scroll to bottom and put in your latitude and longitude. You would enter it as
095.0W 047.5N
Hit "Exit" and it says "do you wish to save"? Say "YES". You are not back at the main screen

From the main screen scroll down to manual scan
The screen should be the same one you had origionally when setting up the dish (95W)
arrow right to 97W and it should say "positioner moving". Select the following transponder (hit do2wn arrow once then right/left arrow to scroll through) and see what the quality shows
12052 frequency
V polarity
22000 symbol rate

If it shows at least a 70 quality then you're locked on 97W which has a bunch of chanels...mostly ethnic but some good news stations.

I'll stop now to see if the motor does move properly to the right satellite. While the above looks very long once we make sure you're locking satellite properly the rest is easy

Thanks Iceberg. I will proceed with your instructions tomorrow.

Can't get it to lock on 97W. It bounces around even up to level 95 and then down to 77 but will not lock.