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Old 02-17-2007, 10:55 PM
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Sat Control SM3D22 reset or calibration?

Hoping to get an answer before Monday.

I am brand new to FTA and installed my system today, a 90CM dish, Fortec FSIR-5400 receiver, SM3D22 motor, Invacom Quad Polar LNBF. Here's my issue for which I could find no answer in the manuals and paperwork provided. I set the Receiver positioner option to DiSEqC control and selected the 'Goto REF' option to center the motor. It WILL NOT CENTER no matter how many times I try. It will always stop about 10° off center to the west. I cannot find any reference to an option to calibrate this. So, I manually adjusted the dish to point to Anik E2 which is about .3° off due south from my location (Tucson, AZ) then manually fine tuned elevation and azimuth and successfully tuned in GOLTV from this satellite.

I can't find a reference to reset the motor in the manual so, my question is, is there a way to reset or calibrate the motor or should I just adjust the azimuth position of the motor mount on the pole to compensate for the 10° variation? I'm concerned that if I make the adjustment to compensate for this problem, that I will not be able to successfully tune in other satellites, especially those that are far to the east and west.

I suppose I could manually set them all but I'd rather let the receiver do that for me.
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