Transponder/dish aiming.

[beer4me]

I am tweaking my dish , and , when searching for a known good transponder , I was unable to get a signal , even knowing I was in the right spot. After much frustration , and , without moving the dish , I found , by trial and error , that , I had to go to another tp and back to the one I was looking for . just moving the dish would not show a signal. This is true for all sats. This is a strange one for me . Using a 2100 motor 39" dish , and an S9 receiver. Other than that , all works well. When all is set up , there is no issue changing channels or sats. I hope I explained it well. Any ideas ???

 

[Jim S.]

I always had that problem with my S9 when using DiSEqC 1.2 to fine-tune a position. It was infuriating (especially before I realized what was happening!) and I never heard anybody explain why it happened. I never had it when using USALS to locate the satellite and moving the dish manually though. The meter wasn't as responsive as my old Coolsat, but it was still usable.

 

[FaT Air]

Yeah- one of the aggravations, or if you prefer, 'features' of the openbox. I've usually use the G-Box E & W buttons to tune up. Then hit Store on the S9 with the remote.
Reverting to 'All Satellites' after a recording is another. Hitting 'Recall' on the remote twice is a work-around.

 

[beer4me]

Thanks.

I appreciate the info.