"Pat" <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> "Pat" <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>> Had the satellite man over today. He said I may have a faulty box (Fortec
>> Star Beta)
>> I can get hotbird and astra 1, no problem. Cannot get turksat or arabsat
>> he said I couldnt in the UK. BUT and here is the thing. I store the
>> satellites and can flick from one to another OK, but when I search for
>> another satellite and go back to hotbird or astra which are stored, it
>> wont find them and says no signal, like the dish isnt moving.
>>
>> Are there any easier boxes to use, Oh and by the way, the dish is up near
>> the guttering of the house, when the dish moves it has free range one way
>> not not the other as it pushes against the guttering. I pointed this out
>> twice and he said its not a problem. Its having a good swing dont get me
>> wrong but if I go west to far it hits the guttering and wont go further.
>>
>> HELP ! Please
>>
> I think I have sorted this now. I have manually moved the dish thismorning
> using the receiver box and remote and found Hotbird. Yesterday no matter
> what satellite I wanted the dish seemed to do it itself. Anyway I have
> just found Astra and the channels are now popping up.
>
> I appreciate I should maybe have gone for another dish but this was £79
> with everything.
>
> Can you tell me how to set the dish so it doesnt hit the guttering and
> also please, when I press SAT on the remote and say for instance switch
> between Astra and Hptbird I get the message INFO POSITIONER SETTINGS and
> it wont switch betwen the two.
>
> Thanks again for all your invaluable help
>
In the Antena Set up of the receiver (Fortec Star ultimate) I have a list of
satellites

Hotbird
Astra
Hispasat 1ab
Arabsat
etc
Do I have to set dish limits on every single one of these or just the once
as they all have their own settings?
I can now get hotbird and astra but yesterday i got Hispasat and now I
cannot get it The dish doesnt seem to be movins its as if it is locked.