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**woodcreeker** · July 23rd, 2007

That's quite a setup for a newbie!! We'll get you up and running.

Well, the best thing to do is to level the mast, both front to back, and side to side. (The vertical pole the motor mount is going to be mounted to)

Then, set the latitude on the side of that mount with your latutude. Notice there is a little arrow in front of the nut to adjust it to the scale on the side. Get a compass and aim the mount as due south as you are able by aligning the mount mast to the motor mounting pole. Get back from it 20 feet to do this. I placed 2 sticks on the ground to show me which way is south from the pole. (Yes, I live out in the sticks) There is a hole on the pole on the motor which will help you locate the dish on that pole. Then mount the dish pointing due south as well.

Ultra setup should be under Nimiq 1, LNB type, standard. You should have cable in C for circular port, or that switch setting reflected in Diseqc port settings. Or do you have a SW-21? I would run straight cables for now. LNB freq is 11250. Motor USALS. Put in lat/long settings.

Next manually turn the motor a little west with the remote if you are east of the Mississippi River, or a little east if you are way west of the Mississippi River until you find Nimiq 1. You can use the elevations a little on the dish to adjust in Nimiq 1 for maximum strength, you should see 100 quality there. You should see Nimiq 1 in the upper right blue area when you find it. This is the southernmost satellite.

The trick here is to scan satellite when you find it with the F1 button, and click yes to update information. Do this for every satellite.

You then go out 30 degrees to the west to Echo 7 manually setup echo 7 with same settings and change TP to 12239. You will need to readjust the dish there a little. I loosed all the bolts on the dish bracket adjustments to the motor arm and positioned it until I had Echo 7 at quality 100. Then retightened them, obviously. When I swung it back to Nimiq 1, I still had 100 quality. Then I knew I was on the Clarke Belt (satellite arc all satellites are on).

Best satellites are Echo 7(119W), Echo 8(110W), Nimiq 1(91W), Nimiq 2(82W)

Remember you need a switch to use between the motor and LNB for switching the LNB from circular to linear (marked C and L on LNB ports) This has to set in your settings.

Any more problems, I'll try to help. You may have been discouraged, but the rewards of your efforts are right around the corner.

Good Luck !!

July 23rd, 2007	#10 (permalink)
woodcreeker Expert Site Helper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 753 Credits: 1,158.83 Thanks: 82 Thanked 414 Times in 264 Posts	That's quite a setup for a newbie!! We'll get you up and running. Well, the best thing to do is to level the mast, both front to back, and side to side. (The vertical pole the motor mount is going to be mounted to) Then, set the latitude on the side of that mount with your latutude. Notice there is a little arrow in front of the nut to adjust it to the scale on the side. Get a compass and aim the mount as due south as you are able by aligning the mount mast to the motor mounting pole. Get back from it 20 feet to do this. I placed 2 sticks on the ground to show me which way is south from the pole. (Yes, I live out in the sticks) There is a hole on the pole on the motor which will help you locate the dish on that pole. Then mount the dish pointing due south as well. Ultra setup should be under Nimiq 1, LNB type, standard. You should have cable in C for circular port, or that switch setting reflected in Diseqc port settings. Or do you have a SW-21? I would run straight cables for now. LNB freq is 11250. Motor USALS. Put in lat/long settings. Next manually turn the motor a little west with the remote if you are east of the Mississippi River, or a little east if you are way west of the Mississippi River until you find Nimiq 1. You can use the elevations a little on the dish to adjust in Nimiq 1 for maximum strength, you should see 100 quality there. You should see Nimiq 1 in the upper right blue area when you find it. This is the southernmost satellite. The trick here is to scan satellite when you find it with the F1 button, and click yes to update information. Do this for every satellite. You then go out 30 degrees to the west to Echo 7 manually setup echo 7 with same settings and change TP to 12239. You will need to readjust the dish there a little. I loosed all the bolts on the dish bracket adjustments to the motor arm and positioned it until I had Echo 7 at quality 100. Then retightened them, obviously. When I swung it back to Nimiq 1, I still had 100 quality. Then I knew I was on the Clarke Belt (satellite arc all satellites are on). Best satellites are Echo 7(119W), Echo 8(110W), Nimiq 1(91W), Nimiq 2(82W) Remember you need a switch to use between the motor and LNB for switching the LNB from circular to linear (marked C and L on LNB ports) This has to set in your settings. Any more problems, I'll try to help. You may have been discouraged, but the rewards of your efforts are right around the corner. Good Luck !!