Which brand of motor are you using?
Your location shows Pine Bluffs, Wy. which appears to be about 40 miles east of Cheyenne. That's where Dish Network is headquartered. But they don't offer FTA channels except for NASA or Angel One religious programming.
Anyway, putting Pine Bluffs, Wy. into
Satellite Finder / Dish Pointing Calculator with Google Maps | DishPointer.com shows you are located at 104º west longitude. For a motorized dish setup you can use the satellite at 103ºW or the satellite at 105ºW to aim for as your true south satellite.
Azimuth means the direction you point at. North, South , East, or West. Think of this as a compass heading. On a magnetic compass, geographic south is at 171.2 degrees for your location.
Elevation means how high in the sky you point the dish.
The way it works for a motorized dish is you adjust and set the motor mount to your latitude. (41.2º) The pole your motor goes on must be as plumb (vertical - up-and-down) as possible. With the motor at reference point, (zero) you mount the dish to the motor so the dish is facing true south. With the motor mount a little loose on the pole, you adjust the whole assembly east or west. With the elevation bolts on the dish a little loose, you adjust the dish up and down. Then doing one of these adjustments at a time, you aim the dish for the best reception on your true south satellite.
You have to do some setup in your receiver for the motor. I am not familiar with that receiver, so maybe some one else can help out there.
Some people use the satellite finder meters and other people use their satellite receiver to determine the best reception. The low cost satellite finder meters pick up any satellite, so they are good to tell you how high to point the dish. But they can confuse you about how far east or west you should point the dish.
If you use the receiver, to aim the dish (recommended) set it to a
strong transponder for the satellite you are aiming at. When setting up for the first time, it helps to have the receiver and a TV out near the dish so you can see what is going on.
If you have one of those Invacom LNBFs with four ports, your switch setting must be on an L port for those satellites. To simplify things, I would just bypass the switch for now.
Once you find the satellite, I would firm up the motor mount setting first. This is because a loose motor mount often affects the dish elevation position. Then I adjust for and firm up the dish elevation setting.
Bought a new FTA package Nfusion HD, INVACOM LNB, DiSEqC 1.2 Motorized H-H Motor. Trying to get away from the high cost of television. Have it mounted on the roof and hopefully put together as instructed. Can't get anything or I probably just don't undertand what I'm supposed to do. Usede that existing direct satellite cable to receiver. Also don't understand the azimuth. Also the motor is rotating both directions and green light is lit. Is there any help for me? :rant:
