dish elevation

[keebs]

can u tell me where to position my dish elevation? in florida. lakeland. 33811 i am having no luck with this fta setup. what is my true south sat? my true south reading is 180 degrees right? lifetime classic manual is confusing. once i find my true south sat it should find the rest right? please help rainman!

[lostinthewoods]

OK, your location is approximately:
Latitude: 27.96°
Longitude: 81.95° W

This would make your Southern most satellite NIMQ 2 @ 82°, however that is an encrypted Bev. Bird and you problably won't get much of a signal. So if it were me, I would use either AMC 5 @79° or AMC9 @85° (both about 3° off).

Follow the instructions found here on the forum to do the rest of the setup and good luck.

Lost

[keebs]

what should my dish elevation be set at?
what should my motor elevation be set at? thanks to all

[pmb1010]

the motor is set to your latitude and stays there...
in your case it would be 28.

Dish setting depends on what model dish you have (sort of, I'll explain that one later after I know what you have) and what brand of motor you're installing.
Explain your equipment and we can give some guidance.

[keebs]

i have the classic SG2100 M1 system

[rainman]

Originally Posted by keebs

i have the classic SG2100 M1 system

set your dish elevation to 25.5 degrees and motor to 28 degrees on the latitude side of the motor bracket.these are starting angles dish has been known to be off by 5 degrees so if you dont get anything try raising dish elevation by5 degrees and try again.leave motor at 28 degrees do not change it once it is set and make sure you are adjusting the motor on the latitude side of the bracket.

[rainman]

Originally Posted by keebs

can u tell me where to position my dish elevation? in florida. lakeland. 33811 i am having no luck with this fta setup. what is my true south sat? my true south reading is 180 degrees right? lifetime classic manual is confusing. once i find my true south sat it should find the rest right? please help rainman!

also your magnetic south should be 185 degrees.

[keebs]

ive been over and over the pages here and re read manual. and im so grateful for your help. im still confused about how set up receiver and such. either the screen shots on here are a different model or i run into something on my receiver thats not in faq section. can someone with same receiver give me another more step by step on setting up. please there are family members laughing at me.

[rainman]

Originally Posted by keebs

ive been over and over the pages here and re read manual. and im so grateful for your help. im still confused about how set up receiver and such. either the screen shots on here are a different model or i run into something on my receiver thats not in faq section. can someone with same receiver give me another more step by step on setting up. please there are family members laughing at me.

go to Sadoun Satellite Sales ( 888-519-9595 ) FTA MPEG2 DVB Satellite Television System SatHawk,Dish Network,DirecWay,Fortec Star,XM Radio,Sirius, GPS, MP3 TV
click on fta receivers find the classic click on that then half way down the page you will see installation instructions click on that then click on the pdf file and it will give you step by step instuction for that receiver. hope this helps.

[pmb1010]

after you do all that reading, I assume you have dish mounted on motor, and on good solid mounting pole, all level etc.

- put motor at "reference" or zero setting
- line up everything to 185 degrees on a compass
- Put in your longitue and latitude on the motor settings screen in your receiver. Make sure it's N and W on the settings.
- Pick AMC5 as the satellite and put transponder on 11742V
- have a TV & the receiver out by the dish & motor, makes lining up easier.
- motor will move (not much) to AMC5
- very slowly, adjust motor on pole side to side, and dish elevation up and down to find Utah Education channel. The adjustment is very touchy. 1/8" adjustment will lose the picture & quality signal level. Do a scan and see if you get some stations.

Tighten everything down. Now have the motor move to IA5 and see if you can get some channels. Fine tune as needed.

[keebs]

ok i followed those steps and everything went ok. i am getting a signal which is supposed to amc5 and im getting signal strength of 13 to 33. jumping back and forth. not steady. ive done all the tiny movements and lose it. never goes above 33. been at it for 2 hours. any help or suggestions?

[pmb1010]

did you do a scan to see if you get the Utah education channels?
Cant miss them, graphic panels with text that doesnt change.
(unless they are showing some video instructions)

Lets make sure you are actually on the right sat.
Getting a station to show confirms that.

But hey- youre getting there I think! !!!

Make sure the lnb is pulled all the way away from the face of the dish, in it's black holder.

[keebs]

what i did.......
set everything like i was instructed motor and dish.
i used my compass and found what i thought to be 180 degrees and pointed the whole thing towards there.
with the receiver i moved the dish to amc5 79 degrees.
slowly swept east/west. found nothing.
in that small space i moved the dish close to 30 degrees and started to get a stronger signal but nothing over 33 and jumpy.
i moved it back and forth and up and down slightly waiting each time for detection of movement. nothing.
it never said locked. so i didnt get a chance to see anything?
question: where is the setting mark on the motor elevation screw thing is it the pointy end that is supposed to indicate where it is set. could i have that wrong?

[keebs]

okay i found amc5 and fine tuned it. did the scan and found all channels on sat. a heart popped up next to the sat. then i went to next sat amc6. no signal. i kind of bumped it a little and tuned it and found channels but now amc5 is out because i moved it a little. got that one in. but my true south satellite is messed up. i fixed amc5 and tried a different sat next and same thing happened amc5 was in but the next one was not.what am i doing wrong? also if anybody would ever talk to me on the phone about this that would be great. my dime.

[rainman]

Originally Posted by keebs

okay i found amc5 and fine tuned it. did the scan and found all channels on sat. a heart popped up next to the sat. then i went to next sat amc6. no signal. i kind of bumped it a little and tuned it and found channels but now amc5 is out because i moved it a little. got that one in. but my true south satellite is messed up. i fixed amc5 and tried a different sat next and same thing happened amc5 was in but the next one was not.what am i doing wrong? also if anybody would ever talk to me on the phone about this that would be great. my dime.

are you using usuals or disqec 1.2 to move your dish.also try reference your motor to zero then move to amc5 and make your adjustments for signal quality.and do you have your latitude and longitude program into your receiver.

[keebs]

usuals. lon and lat programmed in. go to zero. move to amc5 my true south sat. right? do it with motor or manually push it? then scan sat for channels and then select another sat from list. let the motor move it there and it should be perfectly tuned as long as my true south sat is perfectly tuned right?

[rainman]

Originally Posted by keebs

usuals. lon and lat programmed in. go to zero. move to amc5 my true south sat. right? do i