Installation Help for Maui Hawaii

[WalkinLove]

Hello,
I am trying to install myself since there is no one on Maui to do installations. My question is , after going through all of the steps listed in manual I have no signal. Would it help me out to purchase a satelite finder from like say radio shack to help me out. Thank you all for all of the helpful information on this forum. I want to have only christian television in my household.
Aloha

 

[rv1pop]

My opinion! NO!

When you get set to the settings on your list from Glorystar, mark the positions for azmith and elevation on the mount and post. Then sweep back and forth about +/- 10 degrees VERY slowly, watching the TV for signal (again wiith the recomended setup, watching for , I think it is, 3ABN, on lnb1. If you do not find any signal, I then lower the elevation on the dish about 3 or 4 degrees and VERY slowly sweep again. Then I go back up about 1/2 degree and sweep again - very slowly. You are sweeping a 20 degree arc. Repeat those steps. You may get as much as 10 degrees "too" high or 4 degrees "too" low - by the markings on the elevation on the dish! I have never had to work at this for more than about 10 to 15 minutes before I have the signal AND get it locked in. (The markings, for me, have been as much as 3 degrees low to 7 degrees high. Also IF your post is not perfectly plumb, you may be off more.) (Over 50 times setting up now!-- No, not just reseting from the wind!)

The MAIN thing is to go SLOW. It may take up to 3 seconds for the signal to show up on the meter on the TV! I have not had anywhere near as fast a setup with the squeally meters. You do not know what satellite you are on. Then you have to blind s=can to find out, then try to move the dish to the right one. The procedure Glorystar gives you puts you on the right satellite the first time!

 

[afd187]

Well, I am not in Maui but I have a similar problem. The instructions look simple enough and I think I have followed them pretty closely, I think. Anyway, just for grins for the initail setup I connected the long cable directly from the lbnf(#1) to the receiver. I pointed the dish in the general direction as told for my area, 131 degrees, 39 degrees elevation and 26.4 degrees, or just a little past the 25 degree mark for the skew. When I get the signal meters, it came up 70 strength and 0 quality. I have moved it back and forth quite a bit and up and down and strength has been up to 80. the most I have gotten on the quality is 10. Now granted this is my first attempt at this and I am working on my roof talking to my 7yo son on the radio for the readings. But like I said, the instructions seem simple enough but obviously I am missing something. Is there something obvious I to check for or should I give it up and call someone to come out and take a look at it. 3 trees later and I am getting the same result.

 

[Wescopc]

Take the receiver and a small TV up on the roof with you - you can't do the aiming by remote control with two people. Signal strength only tells you that the LNBF is in communication with the receiver. If you have signal strength at 40% or above you are OK. Look only for signal quality for aiming the dish. Move the dish very slowly!
Bob

 

[rv1pop]

I would say to read my post above -- with one exception. The last install I helped with I had to go down over 8 degrees to find the signal. The only time I went down more than about 3 degrees. Be sure to follow Brian's directions carefully, especially to get the channels on the receiver and have the right one tuned in. GO SLOW. If you go too fast, you probably will go past it and have to repeat. -and repeat, and repeat - then use words you don't know!

I did a cold setup 2 weeks ago. Eyeballed the level, had only the sun to give me south, was totally unsure of the elevation needed because they did not have a printout. I had the STB settings for 3ABN, and guessed on the skew. I had lock, following the above in 15 minutes, although I swept about 100 degrees, Retuned the skew, and then got TBN on LNB2. I had to reskew several times for optimal, as I did not have the settings for the dual holder (and probably was not level). Overall time was about 45 to 50 minutes.

The BIGGEST things are:
1.) receiver and TV by dish.
2.) Move VERY slow. I have been using a pair of 19 inch channel locks on the mount to turn it. That gives me full leverage and a quarter to half inch of turn at the handle is about the right amount of movement at the dish!
3.) Set up a plan and follow it. If your dish is pointed straight up and you haven't gotten the signal ... start coming down again. (Hey in Hawaii, you might have to be almost straight up!)
4.) Be sure you have a level and the documents, unless you want to spend way too much time on set up.

 

[Pepper]

If you'll pay my travel expense, I'll be glad to come out there and help you get it going!

the tips the guys above have given are good. I expect you'll do fine.