Motorised Dish Setup

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  • 1st find the wall your mounting the dish on and what way its facing
    2nd check there is not obsticles/obstructions in the way ie trees wall use dishpointer (google it) usals long and lat for your box ned to be entered
    3rd once above is complete and happy mount the brackets and pole and make sure they are plum!! perfectly straight this is the most important part if this is not straight you will have big problems trying to line the dish and follow the arch, with the long and lat and the MANUAL from your motor set the dish and motor acording to your long lat
    4th mount the dish and motor onto the pole point towards true south as best you can
    5th using the box and remote drive the dish to 0.8 thor
    6th back up the ladders with the signal meter or i used signal meter on my comp (google)
    7th move the dish left and rite until you peak a signal these movements are very important very small
    7th once peaked left and rite start moving the dish up and down very small movements until peaked signal best you can get
    8th as you start to tighten the dish upwatch the signal if it drops a bit tweak the dish up and down tighten more always keeping a eye on it once fully tightened and signal is good go back to your box
    9th drive the dish to say 28.2 if everything is correct in theory you should follow the arch :)


    10th bare in mind its not that simple and you will no dout be up and down the ladders if you dont get it at firts keep trying as the key is little movements and patiance



    this is what i did 2 weeks ago from never ever fitting a dish in my life and i have got it spot on, with the help from here, id say its not easy but it aint hard either patiance is a virtue


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