help starting Fortec Star Mercury II

[tame]

Hi I need to learn the steps to set up fortec star mercury II for echostar 5
or the european satellite please . Thank-you

[bill of oz]

well first you need a dish pointing at 129W do you have that yet?

[tame]

yes I know about the pointing of dish but i must program the reciever and I have no idea where to start . thank- you for helping

[sadiq999uk]

after having th dish pointing at desired satellite, go to the menu and select antenna/Dish installation. Then choose 'echostar 129w (making sure all connections are right and you have precisely positioned the dish) the satellite meter at the bottom should be higher then 31 for strength and1-4 for quality. If the strength is higher than 31 but there is no quality that means you have found a satellite with similar transponders but not the right satellite... once you have got the quality bar moving, slowly move the dish left and right until you have found the peak quality. having done that you can loosen the lnb holder and slightly skew/turn the lnb until you reach peak quality... If you still cant achieve any quality or strength check that the wiring and the f -connectors have been installed properly.(I recommend that you chop a little bit of the coax cable of both ends and re-connect the f-connectors.......HOPE YOU HAVE FOUND MY KNOWLEDGE HELPFUL AND WISH TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS..IF still struggling you can look at the Als*t forum and seek help there as i have done in the past.

[arboristman]

i think first,you may wish to buy a newer receiver with some support.

[sadiq999uk]

Originally Posted by arboristman

i think first,you may wish to buy a newer receiver with some support.

True i have the mercury 2 and over the internet the possibility of finding major support is difficult, but to be honest im not really bothered as i have the Technomate3100(patched), fully subscribed 'sky' and together all is provided but to be honest if you only have 1 satellite receiver(mercury2) i dont think youll be getting anywhere(far) so i think the best thing is buying a Technomate3100 which can be picked up from as little as £55.00 brand new. It is also patchable but i think that defeats the purpose of this site so maybe i shouldnt go into detail.
P.S.Did my advice on Echostar satellite work?
I am also wondering if it is possible to patch the mercury2 box

Technomaate3100 90cm motorized from 68.5e--> 30w...60cm dish,Fortec star Mercury2 Fixed at hotbird13e..Sky full subscription.

[tame]

I just bought Nfusion nova trying to set it up also but the fortec star is just to get romanian channels for my mother and father in law.