Using the 920 to track a pre tracked dish?

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Finally got my 7.5 mounted, now I have to get it tracked. When this
dish was taken down sev years ago it was tracking the arc fairly well.
What is the best way to track this with a dsr 920? I know how to do
this with my prev receiver but I don't have it anymore. I've done a MR
and have set the east and west limits. So where's the best place to
start from now? My lat is 33.43, long is -94.0417. Is 5000 on the 920
referring to center highest pos? I guess my true south sat would be
G3C then? How do I get the dish at 5000? When it was taken down it
wasn't center but it was on a sat but can't remember that now. Besides
I've already moved the dish east and west now. So where do I start
from at this point? Should I just move the dish to center pos then do
another MR? Would that put it at 5000? As you can see I'm all
confused.
Since my dish is already pre tracked which sat and analog ch should I
try to find first? If someone could help me a little here I would
apreciete it. Thanks

 

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The 1st satellite you should program in on a 920 is G9, but that
should be programmed at the Galaxy 10 position. When the maps
download G9 will be renamed to G0 and another G9 will be
created. It may be useful in the future for Galaxy 10 to be at the
5000 position.

The Outdoor Channel is on Galaxy 10 xponder 24. It is analog
ITC.

After you find it peak the dish position and polarities then tune
to transponder 7 or 13 to download the maps. After getting a
digital lock on one of these transponders it may take 10 or 15
minutes for the maps to download.

Be certain that you have the actuator defined correctly. If the
actuator is mounted on the west side of the dish define it as
Linear West. Then define a satellite on the East end, the West
end and toward the center of the arc. After defining these the
920 should be able to do a fairly good job of calculating the
positions of the other satellites (within a few clicks).



"Standorfall" <remotecontrolled@nirvanafan.com> wrote in message
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| Finally got my 7.5 mounted, now I have to get it tracked. When this
| dish was taken down sev years ago it was tracking the arc fairly well.
| What is the best way to track this with a dsr 920? I know how to do
| this with my prev receiver but I don't have it anymore. I've done a MR
| and have set the east and west limits. So where's the best place to
| start from now? My lat is 33.43, long is -94.0417. Is 5000 on the 920
| referring to center highest pos? I guess my true south sat would be
| G3C then? How do I get the dish at 5000? When it was taken down it
| wasn't center but it was on a sat but can't remember that now. Besides
| I've already moved the dish east and west now. So where do I start
| from at this point? Should I just move the dish to center pos then do
| another MR? Would that put it at 5000? As you can see I'm all
| confused.
| Since my dish is already pre tracked which sat and analog ch should I
| try to find first? If someone could help me a little here I would
| apreciete it. Thanks

 

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"DRLev" <fake,@ddress.net> wrote in message news:<l8alc.48531$NR5.19125@fe1.texas.rr.com>...
> The 1st satellite you should program in on a 920 is G9, but that
> should be programmed at the Galaxy 10 position. When the maps
> download G9 will be renamed to G0 and another G9 will be
> created. It may be useful in the future for Galaxy 10 to be at the
> 5000 position.
>
> The Outdoor Channel is on Galaxy 10 xponder 24. It is analog
> ITC.
>
> After you find it peak the dish position and polarities then tune
> to transponder 7 or 13 to download the maps. After getting a
> digital lock on one of these transponders it may take 10 or 15
> minutes for the maps to download.
>
> Be certain that you have the actuator defined correctly. If the
> actuator is mounted on the west side of the dish define it as
> Linear West. Then define a satellite on the East end, the West
> end and toward the center of the arc. After defining these the
> 920 should be able to do a fairly good job of calculating the
> positions of the other satellites (within a few clicks).
>
>
>
> Thanks for the tips but now I'm a little confused about the actuator arm. Not sure if I put it back on the correct side of the dish. First off I'm in texas. So if my dish is pointing south and I'm standing behind the dish with it centered which side should the actuator arm be on , the right west or the left east?

According to 4dtv.com "Press 2 (CHANGE DISH SETTINGS) then 1 (SELECT
ACTUATOR). If you are standing behind your dish
and the actuator is on the East side of the pole, choose LINEAR/WEST,
if your actuator is on the West side of
the pole, choose LINEAR/EAST. Typically if you are East of Denver
Colorado you will select Linear/West. and
LNB type."

Am I confused now? Hell yes! I wish I could spot a dish setup
somehere close to see which side the arm goes on but all you see
around here is pizza dishes.
Thanks again if you can set me straight on this one.