Hi
I am sorry to bore you with this, as I am sure you must have heard this a thousand times, but I have passed through all human emotions trying to set up this system.
Firstly, I have a Fortec Lifetime
Classic NA, an FSKU-V universal single LNBF, a
Moteck SG-2100 motor and a Fortec 90cm dish.
I placed a pole on the south side of the house with a level. Then I mounted the motor and dish according to
http://sadoun.com/Sat/Installation/H...stallation.htm
so as everything was pointing in a straight line to South (according to the compass).
Being in Gainesville, FL my latitude is 29.4° N and thus I tilted the motor to the same angle. (yes my motor is mounted exactly as in the manual, not upsidedown). Then with my declination angle being 4.96°, I subtracted 4.96 from 30 as is said on the website for my motor to get 25° as the angle for the dish elevation.
Then I connected the LNBF with an RG6 cable I got from Lowes to the motor and another cable provided in the
installation kit from
Sadoun for the motor directly to the receiver. The LNBF was set vertical as is stated for
motorized systems and not at an angle.
Then I turned on the receiver, went to the menu screen and then the antenna setup as said in the manual. The screen the said the dish was turning to IA 5 Ku at 97°W, but then there was no signal. I put UNI as my LNB type and I tried all TP frequencies but still no signal. Then I went up and micro-adjusted the dish in all possible directions and still no signal. By the way I was using USALS and I did input my coordinates.
Secondly, when I switch satellite in the "scan" section the screen does not say that the dish is moving. When I go to the "positioner" section I can only get the dish to move back to the 0° position by choosing "Goto REF" or to move east-west with the DiSeq option. Basically the receiver never said "moving dish to .... satellite". It only says this message when you firts turn it on and goes to IA 5 KU which is the first one in the memory. Then I tried to go to Nimiq 1 which is at my longitude of 84°W by choosing that satellite in the "scan" section and then by pressing the "Goto REF" which moves the dish to true south and still no reception. Yes, the motor does have power and does move.
Thanks for reading my lifestory and your time and effort is appreciated. Any ideas before I use the dish as big salad bowl for BBQ parties and the motor as an automatic door opener?