PART 1
attach a pole to something ¬ anything ! i have seen them on everything from ships and oil rigs to caravans -
THE IMPORTANT BIT is making sure its plumb as Nano stated earlier you wont EVER get it right ! These things are finite to a degree (or two{2}) ! By PLUMB i mean absolutely vertical measured @ 90 degree increments with a level !
PART 2
Set your motors elevation angle to that relevant to your location - LONDON is 51.5 degrees _(from memory - check your location on google maps or dish pointer)
Assemble your dish and attach it to the motor as per the Instructions _
Ensure you have it all centred correctly -
The nuts holding the dish to the motor - make sure these nuts are tight cos they wont need touching again !
PART3
Attach motor with dish to the Previously (part1) installed pole - which you can be sure is Plumb in builder speak !
This can be difficult if its above your head - Always be safe as possible ¬
Now hand tight the bolts/nuts holding the motor to the pole -
You should ideally now be able to move the dish and motor as one Left and Right on the pole.
This is when you align to BBC WORLD NEWS on THOR 0.8-1 West
This will involve moving the dish up down ( ON ITS OWN just the dish )
AND the
DISH AND MOTOR left & right -
Once you have this satellite aligned with a meter OR using your box tuned to bbc world news
you start to tighten the nuts/bolts carefully BUT NOT fully tight yet !
WHY -
Because now is the time to check the arc -
PART4 (excitment can set in BE warned)
With all your cables connected { of course ¬ }
Input your u.s.u.a.l.s details in tuner configuration -
SAVE THEM and select various to satellites along the chosen arc -
[ BE CAREFUL _ DO NOT GO TO FAR EAST OR WEST _]
choose one position at a time because you do NOT want to drive the dish into your wall or roof
You can visually check the clearance you have after each move to begin with !
An up to date channel list will assist with this enormously !
If your very lucky you got it right first time - WOW - what was all the fuss -
You can select satellites at a push of a button !
(Carefully tighten up the nuts/bolts on the dish elevation And the nuts/bolts holding the motor to the pole -)
If you didn't and i doubt you will first attempt !
Drive back to zero and re - align as set out in PART 3
take note that a FULL TURN of a nut or bolt is enough movement to throw the whole thing OUT _
YES 1 nut or bolt turned more than 180 degrees can be the difference between spot on and ok through to nothing at all !
So be gentle and tighten everything in an ordered fashion very carefully -
You will notice on the signal quality indicator how much one turn of a bolt affects it !
Be patient and Have fun - once its set up you can tweak until its perfect anyhow !
as a rule some satellites are stronger than others - Hotbird was always easy to get as is 19 east astra 1 ¬ then Astra 2
Remember dish size plays a big role as to what you can receive too -
Be sure your not trying to get what's impossible ! check the relevant info thats out there on kingofsat and lyngsat -
The bigger the dish the harder they get to set up -
Another way i have set up motorised
with latitude on motor mount set as per motor instructions
Is to drive the dish to say 28east by usuals with it all attached to the pole but only hand tight !
Then align it to that satellite -
So move dish and motor left and right
move just dish up and down -
find that satellite you drove to with U.S.U.A.L.S - i chose 28east ! then check arc -
What ever way you do it will take patients and a few times unless your doing it daily !
Good Luck And PLAY safe !
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