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Originally Posted by pmb1010
I can't speak for the receiver you have, but most have both a Signal level, and Quality level indicator.
The signal doesn't matter. The quality indicator is the one that will show you locked on an active transponder.
And, that is the trick --- you must be "tuned" to an active transponder before you hunt for signals.
The procedure is:
- Set motor to center or reference or zero or whatever your box has for USALS central setting.
- Point the whole mess to your azimuth setting (187 deg on a compass)
- have the motor drive to AMC3
- move the whole thing on the pole, slowly side to side looking for quality indication while tuned to active transponder.
It really helps to have a small tv out by the dish and use short cables to hook things up. The aiming point to hit is very very small. Moving the dish just an 1/8 of an inch will lose the quality signal indicator.
Use this as a strong transponder on AMC3 to aim:
11736 V 6104 or 11716 H 4859 |
Thanks for your response mate.It is going to be very hard for me to place a TV and the receiver out where my dish is it's on the roof.This is really a 2 man job and I'm an older fellow can only climb up and down the ladder so much.I know I'm able to drive that motor though,I could go east and west with it,and then I was able to input my latitude and longitude coordinates from my location here lat=42.97N and Lon.=83.68W and the drove the motor back to 0 my original starting spot,I climbed back up to see it on the roof.Now my goal is to find a transponder from my closest Sat..would be AMC9 but all channels there are encrypted according to Lyngsat,my next closest Sat is AMC3 which has FTA channels,will keep trying and use your suggestion to aim the dish.My best bet would be to find someone local in the Flint Michigan area that knows about motorized dishes,that could come out and help me point/aim this dish to get started..I would appreciate any other suggestions from those familiar with this VisionSat IV 200 PVR receiver,and their experiences..thanks in advance.