In article <550jdvF22snt9U1@mid.individual.net>,
Pat <psweeney@riversway.ac.uk> wrote:


> I couldnt have done i without you al and especially you Bill, you have been
> great.

Why, thank you Pat! I'm sure it will all come together
very soon... )

> I really do hope you all dont mind all the questions. I am very new to this
> and its like learning a foreign language.

'tis a bit, innit.. )

OK.. just arrived here having wrapped another answer to
you about ensuring your box is in USALS mode and not
DiSEqC 1.2.. You'll know, or will see, what I mean when
you get to that reply.. )

> The only problem I am having is how to store the satellite.
> I can find Hotbird and Astra etc and see all he tv stations, but sometimes
> when I select SAT on the remote and go from astra to hotbird for instance,
> hotbird isnt there and i get the no signal message or INFO Positioner
> Setting ! meggage and it doesnt find the satellite.

> Here are the options when finding a satellite
> LNB Type Universal
> DiSWqC Tone A
> LNB Power On
> Positioner Setting 1.2

Yup.. all OK, /except/ the "1.2". If that is all you
have (or can find) try using any arrow keys that you
have to change the "1.2" to "USALS".

By the way, if you let us all know which box you now have
- someone may know better where your USALS menu is hiding...

> It does have USALS Bill here is the options to that too

> Satellite Position 13.0E
> My longitude 3.2W
> My latitude 53.5N
> Reference Position
> Move 17.6E
> Store

OK.. make sure that you have 'stored' the positions and
that your box is in USALS mode... )

> I have looked at the manual and on another forum soneone else has said how
> bad it is and the sheer lack of info on it.
> I am really struggling to be able to switch from Astra or Hispasat to
> Hotbird without going into the settings and actually manually finding it all
> over again. If I am on Astra and select SAT then HOTBIRD I get the message
> INFO Positioner Setting ! I can leave it 5 mins and still nothing THEN when
> I go to SAT and ASTRA it finds it immediately as if its already on it which
> it probably is

Um.. my LiDL (COMAG) box can sometimes take ages to settle
down once in position after a satellite change. The dish
moves fairly slowly if precisely with the Metronics motor,
but the box then takes a few more seconds or more to retune
itself to the new satellite, even though all the channels
are already stored. It seems to 'hunt' for the best
position/reception...

One think I don't do is attempt to 'force' the issue by
pressing "exit" or somesuch. Might be uneccessary, but
I'm a little wary of the box and motor momentarily losing
or forgetting where they are.

Sometimes I can locate a satellite - and find there's nothing
there. Everything is apparently 'dead'. What I do then,
(discovered by the time-honoured method of trial and error),
is to move forward or back to another satellite - and then
reselect one of the dead sat's channels again. The box, the
motor and the dish usually find them second time around!

...or occasionally that channel really is dead!

hh )

Bill ZFC

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