Installing A Motor With Photos

[bigtee]

With regard to the first part of the question: If the Fortec Lifetime is like the Fortec 5400, there should be a button marked 'sat' somewhere on the remote; pressing this should bring a list of the satellites that have been scanned in and pressing/selecting any of those sats should send the motor to the sat.

[Caravan72]

[quote=anthony coote;135069]Like the photos can you help me on this:
I seem to be in a pickle. I have a Fortecstar Lifetime II with a Stab HH90 motor. I thought that I had set it up right but if I want to move the dish from 1 satellite to another I have to go into the menu every time. What am I doing wrong please help an idiot. The receiver has USUALS on it but I cant get my head around it. Tell me in lay terms if you can. Much obliged.
Do I set all the satellites needed on USUALS or what, please somebody advice me. If you don’t set them onto USUALS then do you have to set them onto the AUTO A/B/C/D part of the menu. Also underneath the motor settings there is something with 0 & 12 volts on it. What is this used for. Please, please help the idiot as I am stumped by it.

Regards

Anthony Coote

Hi Anthony, I own a Lifetime 11 but failed to set it up with my motor when I tried to set it up out side but I thought I'd cracked it when playing indoors with a short cable, that was before christmas, waiting for better weather on week nights to have another go in a different location.
I found it difficult to master the menu while using the instructions.
I'm going to have another go inside with the short cable and go over it several times B4 going out side.

Keep us posted as I think your the first guy thats posted with one of these receivers, maybe try on the Fortec thread.

Good luck mate********

[anthony coote]

thanks for advice. I found it was me as usual not thinking properly. Have sorted problem now & when I press the favourites the dish goes to the approiate satellite. Once again thanks for the replys I find the whole columns very interesting.

Anthony Coote

[Taffy7974]

wow that is greAT DETAIL on how to set up the motor I am off to buy one also I have sl65/12 top for caravan but I gather technomate is best for patching?? I am newbie so u can watch football free then if patched? how to patch it with which file I am not sure any help will be great.

[wynnejones323]

Can smbody help there are setings on motor as i can see but there are also setings on the dish can the first setings be done as vertical on the motor and to the wall and ajust the dish to 28 degres.my setings is longitude 004.3 W and latitude 52.0 N.
Thanks in advance

[wynnejones323]

thanks all

[merlodlliw]

Originally Posted by wynnejones323

thanks all

Eh, do you want help, or are you OK, does thanks all mean you have cracked it.



Bob

[wynnejones323]

Thanks for you reply No still working on it. i bought the system from a supplier and he has not been helpful at all I work all hrs and haven’t had much time in fact I have given up, I have a 1.1 High gain with 0.1 LNB has Allsate on dish the receiver is triple dragon 3000 nobody explains properly what do do I had the main motor set vertical to the wall post, I think I am suppose to set the main motor to 38.76 degrees and that I should tilt angle dish to 5.34 degrees, I was thinking of trying that next ?

[merlodlliw]

Originally Posted by wynnejones323

Thanks for you reply No still working on it. i bought the system from a supplier and he has not been helpful at all I work all hrs and haven’t had much time in fact I have given up, I have a 1.1 High gain with 0.1 LNB has Allsate on dish the receiver is triple dragon 3000 nobody explains properly what do do I had the main motor set vertical to the wall post, I think I am suppose to set the main motor to 38.76 degrees and that I should tilt angle dish to 5.34 degrees, I was thinking of trying that next ?

Key to it, I know its time consuming, the most important thing is this.
make sure the wall post is absolute dead plumb, if it is the major headache
is over, like you I tore my hair out, however now it is simple.
I have a an old footpath metal post cut in half in the garden,dug a four foot grave, burried the post 3 feet in rock attaching a spirit level with a magnet on the top,got it dead plumb (square posts are easier) then gave it a final foot of concrete, did this last week. OK if its on the wall high up
its difficult. Get the lat long from google maps( I got mine by hitting the
house) ensure the motor is facing absolute South on the pole, set the
lat on the motor scale, the dish tilt is well a little guess work,put the
lat long in usals (this is also called go toX) then with your meter dish
drive it manual a fraction to the west,use a meter attached a cheap one
see what you get,you are almost there,dish alig a little, remember if you only use the tv for checking, it takes a couple of seconds for the tv to pick up the signal, so if the wife or another is watching the TV, you may have
changed direction or tilt too soon, (This is divorce material,believe me)

Thats what I do. if you get fed up, has a mate of mine on DS Rai Uno
always recomends, stop and have a Gin & Tonic, one only, if you dont want to get bladdered on a ladder.
And you are paying yourself, not a person who was trained in Texas.

By the way what price did you pay for the kit.

Final answer yes, give it a go at the angles you state.


Bob

[wynnejones323]

Thanks for that Bob, I am self employed and I have about 11 MOT a day in one garage and I also have a garage at home this is where I work to about 5 clock in the morning so I thought I ll have my satellite working again, the last one I had was humax 5400z whish haven’t used because the dish fell off 5 years ago , I bought a dish and motor and LNB which was getting moved about in the garage so I decided to welt a post to the garage which is 100% vertical when I decided to download soft wear to the humax it then crashed and now wont turn on think it has only been used about 200 times , well the dish motor and LNB cost £175.00 and the triple dragon cost me £350.00 which it had a hard drive 500Gig fitted in it not very impressed ,I had to down load a manual and it did not come with cables or soft wear this is the problem I have got I think the manual is 174 pages and a lot of settings it is linex soft wear so I have bought a new box today it will arrive tomorrow dark box rev 2008 witch is easy to set up and works well with usual setup for the motor I get thor 1 west no props but others ? sorry to bore you with this and yes I am marred with 9 kids this why I have to work all hrs so I thought it would be nice to have this receiver working when I do my accounts.
Thanks again bob I have the motor settings vertical to the axis post at the moment so looks that’s watts wrong.
Thanks again Bob