help finding sats and aiming dish

[hnmotivator]

I have a 36 in dish with SG2100 motor and Invacom Quad Polar LNB.

I have a sat finder connected to the circular and I am trying to find 61.5 which is true south.

I am finding no sats.

Any suggestions?

I am new to this forum

 

[flyznest]

There is a really good doc in the FAQ on how to setup your motor and positioner. I struggled for a few days trying to figure things out before I actually read the doc and.. well... the doc had me going in about an hour flat.

 

[hnmotivator]

where is the faq page

flyznest, thanks but can you tell me where to find that doc? I am new to this forum and don't know my way around yet.

Thanks!

 

[flyznest]

Here ya go... read it thoroughly before you go out and mess with the dish...

http://www.satelliteguys.us/fta-mpeg2-faqs/190527-how-set-up-motorized-ku-band.html

 

[hnmotivator]

still cant's detect sats

i read it but i still can't find sats.

it was working fine up until a few weeks ago but now i did a factory reset for some obvious reasons and now i can't detect sats.

 

[flyznest]

When you did the factory reset, did you re-enter the TP info for that bird? My box defaults to some ancient TP list on a restore and I have to reprogram everything with Channel Master.

61.5 only has that one TP... try switching to 58. I am at 111 and I can get channels on 58 so it might be worth a try.

I once blew out a handheld sat finder by not powering off the receiver before installing it. It appeared to be working just fine and it showed a little background noise but it never whistled or peaked on any birds ever again... and it never allowed the receiver to see a bird when it was hooked up... after I uninstalled the meter, things worked just fine.

 

[delta_charlie]

i read it but i still can't find sats.

it was working fine up until a few weeks ago but now i did a factory reset for some obvious reasons and now i can't detect sats.

Hi, if it was working before but not after a reset you need to double check the LNB frequency and the switch settings.

Also be aware that almost everything on 61.5 is DVB-S2 and you will not see anything with a SD DVB-S receiver.

Hope this helps, DC