Could use some help as well...
Please forgive the repetitive type of question, but I have read plenty of messages, instructions, web site info and it seems like I'm close but no cigar.
I live in zip 94564 and have found my information to be Lat: 37o 59.814' N (I rounded up to 38o) and Longitude 122o 17.250' W (122.3).
I purchased from gosatellite.com a motorized package consisting of Viewsonic 2000 extreme, fortec dish 90cm, an hh90 rotor, diseqc switch sw41 (came with vs) and Invacom QPH-031 LNB.
At first I followed the directions found here and elsewhere. I leveled the post/bracket that came with the dish and attached it to the house wall.
I then mounted and connected everything (which I probably should not have done and tried fixed position first/ no motor). Checked level again and it was not level. I guess the weight, tilted the post to one side when I oriented the entire setup towards south. I attached a wire with turnbuckles to provide support and leveled the post again (on one vertical direction 98% of the bubble is within the lines: is this an issue? other is fine. top is level). So now the post is level. I set rotor latitude to 38 and elevation on the dish to 39 degrees (from hh90 manual).
I have read that trying to get to true south is tricky with a motorized mount so I may remove it as my next step if this doesn't work but would anyone recommend a satellite to focus on first and what settings I should use on the VS2000? Should I try to use the diseqc or usals? Also could you verify my connections, I connected one L and one C port to the 4 in 1 switch (lnb 1 and lnb 2) and then one wire to rotor and from rotor to receiver. What type of lnb is this invacom? Universal ? Should I have the diseqc settings on to something? Should I shoot for Galaxy 10R as south? Any help would be appreciated.
Please forgive the repetitive type of question, but I have read plenty of messages, instructions, web site info and it seems like I'm close but no cigar.
I live in zip 94564 and have found my information to be Lat: 37o 59.814' N (I rounded up to 38o) and Longitude 122o 17.250' W (122.3).
I purchased from gosatellite.com a motorized package consisting of Viewsonic 2000 extreme, fortec dish 90cm, an hh90 rotor, diseqc switch sw41 (came with vs) and Invacom QPH-031 LNB.
At first I followed the directions found here and elsewhere. I leveled the post/bracket that came with the dish and attached it to the house wall.
I then mounted and connected everything (which I probably should not have done and tried fixed position first/ no motor). Checked level again and it was not level. I guess the weight, tilted the post to one side when I oriented the entire setup towards south. I attached a wire with turnbuckles to provide support and leveled the post again (on one vertical direction 98% of the bubble is within the lines: is this an issue? other is fine. top is level). So now the post is level. I set rotor latitude to 38 and elevation on the dish to 39 degrees (from hh90 manual).
I have read that trying to get to true south is tricky with a motorized mount so I may remove it as my next step if this doesn't work but would anyone recommend a satellite to focus on first and what settings I should use on the VS2000? Should I try to use the diseqc or usals? Also could you verify my connections, I connected one L and one C port to the 4 in 1 switch (lnb 1 and lnb 2) and then one wire to rotor and from rotor to receiver. What type of lnb is this invacom? Universal ? Should I have the diseqc settings on to something? Should I shoot for Galaxy 10R as south? Any help would be appreciated.
and finally 3) it's going to take time (4 days for me) to finally understand everything that's needed. From adjustments to the dish to settings in your receiver. But it's satisfying to see those strentgh and quality bars finally appear at 70% or better and then see some additional tv channels from all over the world.
