need serious help with a T90

[liriri]

ok so I just bought a T90 system and I just got done mounting it on my roof, it came with 3 lnb switches and so far I got on hooked on it. I just need help with what exactly do I do next? I got the signal finder and compass but whats the next step? Im lookin at getting the telestar 5 signal first if that helps any. Thanks for any help at all.

[pmb1010]

Originally Posted by liriri

ok so I just bought a T90 system and I just got done mounting it on my roof, it came with 3 lnb switches and so far I got on hooked on it. I just need help with what exactly do I do next? I got the signal finder and compass but whats the next step? Im lookin at getting the telestar 5 signal first if that helps any. Thanks for any help at all.

I think you said you were in Penn.
I can give you generic instructions to setup a fixed dish, but not having ever seen one of these T90 units it may or may not all apply...

Go to Sadouns calculator website. Put in your zip code and pick IA5 for the sattelite. Get the Azimuth and elevation numbers. I used Philadelphia and got this: 212 az and 38.6 elevation.

Now you must magnetically adjust for declination: in PA it looks to be about 13 degrees. So, you take that 13 and ADD it to the 212 to get 225 degrees on the COMPASS. That is where you line up the dish to point for IA5.

You'll need to read theinstructions on how to set the dishes elevation. Set it for 38.5, just tight enought to be firm, but be able to move dish up & down a bit.

Hook your receiver & tv together outside at the dish with short cables. Use the settings screen and set it up for IA5. Set the Transponder value to 11836 and move the dish around very small amounts until you get a quality reading.

At this point your centered on Ia5. From there, I guess you place LNB's on the rack that will adjust for sats to the left and right of IA5. Not sure how that is accomplished.

Tell us how you make out.

[liriri]

thanks alot for the info, im gonna go try it today hopefully, ill let u kno how it turns out

[dtsexpert]

You forgot the most important info is the dish skew..-). If it's not set correctly, one will not lock on multiple sats at same time, kind of defeat the purpose of this dish type.
Michael

Originally Posted by pmb1010

I think you said you were in Penn.
I can give you generic instructions to setup a fixed dish, but not having ever seen one of these T90 units it may or may not all apply...

Go to Sadouns calculator website. Put in your zip code and pick IA5 for the sattelite. Get the Azimuth and elevation numbers. I used Philadelphia and got this: 212 az and 38.6 elevation.

Now you must magnetically adjust for declination: in PA it looks to be about 13 degrees. So, you take that 13 and ADD it to the 212 to get 225 degrees on the COMPASS. That is where you line up the dish to point for IA5.

You'll need to read theinstructions on how to set the dishes elevation. Set it for 38.5, just tight enought to be firm, but be able to move dish up & down a bit.

Hook your receiver & tv together outside at the dish with short cables. Use the settings screen and set it up for IA5. Set the Transponder value to 11836 and move the dish around very small amounts until you get a quality reading.

At this point your centered on Ia5. From there, I guess you place LNB's on the rack that will adjust for sats to the left and right of IA5. Not sure how that is accomplished.

Tell us how you make out.