motor elevation

[nush]

not sure on this is it best to set it to your sites latitude or use the table in the instuctions 56 lat = 34 on both sides of the motor it says latitude. i set it at 56 on the motor and got no were any help ?????? motorrized setup (***** superior dark) motor.

[Bbigfoot]

Hi nush,

just setup a motor on a zone 2 dish.
Im at 55 north. Set motor to 55% North. (% on side of motor)
Pointed motor at (1w). Moved dish up and down till best Signal Quality recieved.

100% Sig Quality on 28e and 45e. 100% Sig Quality on 30w.
Al mid Sats come in spot on Except 16e ane Nilesat 7w.

BF...

[Giga]

Make sure to set the motor H-H marking to 0° and eventually reset the motor. And as Bbigfoot says 1°W. Use Transponder 11325 H SR 24500 FEC 7/8 BBC World News. Should work

[AM556]

Hi Nush, after reading my manual to make sure. The motor to pole bracket should be set to 34 (elevation angle) and locked up and the dish to motor tube bracket should be provisionally set to 27.2 (declination angle), this will be fine adjusted once you are locked onto either a weak sat or transponder.
One thing that many people fail to do is mount the dish bracket to the motor tube correctly. The dish MUST be dead square to the tube! It is so easy to overlook and get wrong. If you look at the tube, there should be a mark or casting line running down the front of the tube. This line must be set square to the dish bracket both top and bottom, if you look closely when you are tightening the U bolts, you will notice it pulling off centre as you tighten one side more than the other. Take it easy and tighten the U bolt equally each side.
You don't need to setup on 1w (or a sat due south of your location as you would with DiSEqC) IF you use USALS (or GotoX). You can set up on any visible (sat such as 28.2e) and merely fine tune on a southerly sat that has a weaker signal.