How To Setup A Motorised Dish The Easy Way With USALS.

[Realist]

How to set up a motorised dish the easy way with USALS

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Welcome to Tech-Tronix Forums guides. We will explain an easy way to align a motorised satellite dish using the USALS setting on your satellite receiver. This method has been extensively tested by ourselves and is a very accurate method of installation.



Step 1. You will need to know your latitude and longitude before you start. A great place to fine this
information is Multimap (www.multimap.com) simply enter your post code, and the coordinates
and displayed below the map. For example if we enter NG12 3PB our coordinates will be:
Lat: 52:54:22N
Lon: 1:02:11W

You need to round up or down the coordinates to the nearest whole number. For example:
Lat 52.5N
Lon 1.0W

Step 2. Install the DisEqc motor and dish as instructed in the manual that came with your motor.
Make sure your mounting pole is perfectly vertical. Once you have done this and connected the motor to your satellite receiver, you need to enter the USALS menu. This will be explained in the receivers manual. Simply enter the the coordinates into the menu. Then select the THOR satellite at 1°West. The motor should move from it's default 0° to 1°West. Select a reliable channel such as BBC World.

Step 3. We presume that you are using a standard in-line meter in between your LNB and the DisEqc motor. Using the meter carefully align the dish to the Thor satellite. You should start to receive BBC World. Fine tune the dish to peak the signal as high as possible. Return to the receiver and select another satellite such as Hellasat at 39°East. Check the Alignment everything should be spot on. If not return to Thor and check the alignment again.

If you followed the instructions properly, you should be able to view a large number of satellites across the arc. Happy Viewing!

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Laters

[jgdin]

Thanks for the info

[ronsin]

Hope this is in the right place ??
Hi all,
Well I think I am going to be one of them newbie’s that will have to tip the lot in the bin.
After about 2 weeks of messing about with this I think that now I am ready to jump of the roof,
I have a 90cm dish ,motor and receiver all setup as to the book ( even went out and got one of them satellite compass things ) but all I can get is a signal of 69% but 01% quality, I would be happy to just see a test card.
So please someone before I jump,,,,, HELP.
I would appreciate it if someone could just talk me thru it stage by stage.
Do I start with the dish facing south and the motor at 0
What angle do I set the dish
My Lat is 53:34:37N
My Lon is 2:52:45W,,, what do I put in to the receiver
And anything else I need to know.
Many thanks
ronsin

[lincsat]

Start with the Motor at 0 and the dish approx South - well 1W (there's a satellite there to aid pointing). The dish and bracket angles should be detailed in the instruction book.

Once you get a signal on 1W, you can start spinning the dash, not too far at first, and peaking it on any satellites that you find.

Take your time and you will get there in the end

[ronsin]

Thanks for that lincsat i will keep trying,, this looks like a nice place to be

[ronsin]

Well thanks for this forum I have got this dish and motor sorted, if it was not for reading the posts here I would have given up a week ago, Thanks