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04-27-2006
I receive this reply from Fortecstar by e-mail this date. I thought it might help others so I am sharing:
Hi Jimmie,
If you follow the instructions everything should be fine. I guess that your confusion comes from the fact that the motor doesn't move east or west but goes a little bit down as well. This is the way it should be. The reason for that is the looking to the satellite positions from the earth their locations build an arc. The satellite which is closest to your south will be the highest. When you are looking for another satellite, east of this position the dish has to be moved not only to the east but lower as well.
So here is what needs to be done.
* You have to assemble the dish and the motor.
* The motor should be set at elevation 37°
* The dish should be set at elevation 37° as well
* The satellite closest to your south is G3C at 95°W. Keep in mind that there are not a lot of channels there you can get so when you are trying to get the best signal you should be looking for the signal on TP 11,780 H 20,760.
* The way you have to look for the signal is to move the dish with the motor together around the pole east and west until you find the strongest signal. After that you might need to adjust the elevation of the dish. To get this satellite from your location you have to point the dish to 179°.
Make sure that you have the right setting for the LNB in your receiver. As for all FTA channels it has to be a linear type, not the circular type which is used for Dish Network.
I hope that this will help you.
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