Do I need a SWM

[Teek]

You are using the right numbers, you are likely close, just not quite there. Is the mast plumb?

 

[Teek]

Yes I level both ways

 

[raoul5788]

For the elevation setting, are you using the red line on the bracket? Don't use the nut.

 

[Teek]

For the elevation setting, are you using the red line on the bracket? Don't use the nut.

 

[raoul5788]

You need to work on the replies, your response isn't in them!
Click the reply button, then respond below the text in the box.

 

[Teek]

I don’t have a red line but there is an indicator on there that I use that moves with the whole thing, I don’t use the nut, most of the places that I got these stay the same!!!

 

[Teek]

You need to work on the replies, your response isn't in them!
Click the reply button, then respond below the text in the box.

Thx!!

 

[Teek]

Is the dish pointed as of yet ?
The meter will squeal whenever it hits a Sat, doesn't have to be the right Sat.

How do I find Sat. 101

 

[Teek]

Like I mentioned ... your hitting the wrong Sat, you need to point to the 101 Sat.

How do I find Sat. 101??

 

[raoul5788]

Thx!!

There you go!

 

[Teek]

There you go!

I’m a Newbie 2 this!! I appreciate the help!!

 

[raoul5788]

How do I find Sat. 101??

First off, you have to be patient! If you have a smartphone there are apps like SatelliteAR that will locate the satellites about where they are in the sky so you will be able to point the dish in the right general direction. Then it's a matter of moving the dish slowing in one direction until you get a signal, or back the other way if you don't. Like I said, you have to wait after you adjust the dish to let it register any changes.

 

[raoul5788]

I’m a Newbie 2 this!! I appreciate the help!!

Glad to help, that's what we are here for.

 

[Jimbo]

Sorry, stepped away for a few.

Teek,
Heres your settings.


Latitude: 35.6522°
Longitude: -79.1436°
Satellite Data
Name: 101W DIRECTV 4S | DIRECTV 9S | SES 1
Distance: 37591km
Dish Setup Data
Elevation: 42.6°
Azimuth (true): 214.5°
Azimuth (magn.): 223.4°
LNB Skew [?]: 27.4°

 

[raoul5788]

Sorry, stepped away for a few.

Teek,
Heres your settings.


Latitude: 35.6522°
Longitude: -79.1436°
Satellite Data
Name: 101W DIRECTV 4S | DIRECTV 9S | SES 1
Distance: 37591km
Dish Setup Data
Elevation: 42.6°
Azimuth (true): 214.5°
Azimuth (magn.): 223.4°
LNB Skew [?]: 27.4°

Or 62.6° skew depending on which direction you measure it from.

 

[Jimbo]

Or 62.6° skew depending on which direction you measure it from.

Your right, its the one you posted ... I checked it against mine.
I forgot how they read thiers.

 

[texasbrit]

Your post says you are getting a 775 error, that's nothing to do with dish alignment. That says your receiver is expecting to be connected to an SWM dish, but isn't. You need to reset your receiver to the legacy, 4-cable setup. Go through sat setup, select "multiswitch" as the multiswitch type, then select the dish type you are using.

 

[raoul5788]

Your post says you are getting a 775 error, that's nothing to do with dish alignment. That says your receiver is expecting to be connected to an SWM dish, but isn't. You need to reset your receiver to the legacy, 4-cable setup. Go through sat setup, select "multiswitch" as the multiswitch type, then select the dish type you are using.

There you go, I knew I was missing something.

 

[HoTat2]

Yeah ...

Many times DIRECTV receivers can be stubborn getting them out of SWM mode and into legacy.

 

[Jimbo]

Yeah ...

Many times DIRECTV receivers can be stubborn getting them out of SWM mode and into legacy.

Sad and True ....
You'd think that would be easy ....
If it doesn't see the voltage from the SWM any longer, you'd think it would detect that and supply it.
Without jumping thru hoops.