1000.4 eastern arc issues

[kens]

i moved my dish and now it will only pick up one satellite at a time it picks up only on the 77 side if i block the other two it wont pick up any satellites ive tried the directions posted for this dish and tried 61.5 and 72.7 and it still only picks up one satellite no matter what i try replaced lnbf and dish wiring is ok mast is level any ideas? or what am i missing?

 

[HIFI]

i moved my dish and now it will only pick up one satellite at a time it picks up only on the 77 side if i block the other two it wont pick up any satellites ive tried the directions posted for this dish and tried 61.5 and 72.7 and it still only picks up one satellite no matter what i try replaced lnbf and dish wiring is ok mast is level any ideas? or what am i missing?

which two?

 

[Teehar]

You may already have..but did you run the check switch each time?Once it locks in one sat then run the test.

 

[HIFI]

I think I can get him going but need to know which lnb's he is covering so I know which one is picking up 77 and then give directions on which way to go.

 

[kens]

if i block 61.5 and 77 and try to get 72.7 it picks up nothing if i uncover all of them it picks up 72.7 on the 77 side

 

[kens]

when i run check switch it only shows 72.7 on port 1

 

[kens]

i have 57 percent signal on 72.7 do i just need to tweak the azimuth cam?

 

[HIFI]

raise elevation 3 and nudge a little back east.

 

[kens]

if i do that i lose everything (raise elevation)

 

[HIFI]

what satellite and transponder is showing in the point dish screen?

 

[kens]

72.7 and transponder 21

 

[HIFI]

let me check a couple things

 

[HIFI]

my bad! try to nudge it to the south with the raised elevation.

 

[kens]

same thing
maybe i should recheck the level of the mast

 

[HIFI]

and what is the skew and elevation set at?

 

[MikeD-C05]

IF you are not level and plumb on your dish install you will get the wrong sats in the wrong place, or not at all in your case. You should have the following in your checkswitch in this order: 77/72.7/61.5

I had a similar problem trying to install my Aunt's 1000.2 sat dish and the pole was not level. I got 119 in the place of 110 and no 129. Once I got it level and plumb and locked in place the three sats came in like a charm.

 

[kens]

skew 77 elevation 43 according to the chart in the manual

 

[kens]

im gonna recheck it tomorrow

 

[lownote2]

If you are only picking up one satellite at a time it sounds to me like your skew is not set correctly. Probably set at 90 with no skew. Find out what the skew is in your area.

 

[MikeD-C05]

There should be installation instructions that come with the dish complete with azimuth, elevation and skews by zipcode. Simply pick your zipcode and plug in the proper numbers and you should be able to install your own dish. OF course a sat meter helps tremendously, if you got one.