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    DM800 Motor Set-Up using USALS

    If your using DiSEqC 1.2 you will have to set-up the dish positions manually. If your usuing USALS it should be automatic.

    Here's the USALS procedure from memory (someone please jump in and correct me if I've made any mistakes)

    First make sure the dish is correctly aligned on a satellite, eg THOR 1W

    Press Menu -> Set Up -> Service Searching -> Tuner Configuration

    Choose Tuner
    ALPS BSBE2 (DVB-S2) - Press OK

    Configuration Mode: Advanced

    Satellite : THOR 1W

    Voltage Mode: Polarization

    Tone Mode: band

    LNB : LNB 1

    DiSEqC Mode: 1.2

    Use USALS for this Sat: Yes

    Longitude: Set this to the correct Longitude for your area.
    To find the correct longitude settings for your area go to the following website
    http://www.multimap.com/

    In the "Find a Map" box at the top left of the page, enter your post code.
    Select your country in the drop down box below it and click on the "Find" button.

    This will display a map on the screen and below the map at the bottom right you
    will see your Latitude information, example below for Post Code NW1 UK :-

    Lat: 51:31:59N (51.53319)
    Lon: 0:08:40W (-0.1445)

    So in this example in the Dreambox menu you'd set

    Longitude: 51.533
    West

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    hi does this work please before i try it, it sounds too easy

    thanks

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    there's also other options as well, do they need to be disabled, ie set to no, its so confusing with the array of options and most importantly does this actually work with the current gemini images?

    I noticed you haveb't put in Latitude, this needs to go in as well surely?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wwe View Post
    hi does this work please before i try it, it sounds too easy

    thanks

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    Hello wwe, does your motor setup work with gemini?

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    harshy,
    I am using gemini.3.7 and it works perfectly, i have set it up on two motorised dishes now, but please note after putting your lat & lon in then swtich usals to off in setups. Yeah i know this sounds daft but it works for me this way. The db wil then find each sat automatically then just save position. It took me three days and with loads of help to get it going, now its easy.

    You will have to go through the learning curve, but you will get there.

    i have moved onto PVR and recording now with my internal hd

    wwe
    Last edited by wwe; 18-08-2008 at 08:01 AM.

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    thanks wwe thats interesting to turn USALS off, I will upgrade it to Gemini 3.7 after my hols.

    Thanks again,


    harshy

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    dont know why wwe says turn off usals cause it works perfect for me with them on. I turned them of on 16e and ad setting 1 for this sat, but only cause it needed slight adjustment.

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    it looks like its gonna be tricky. but many thanks for the info guys, I just hope the DM800 works this time with this setup

    OK, thanks again,


    harshy

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    made some progress today, managed to get 16E today with a reasonably decent signal, although one or two were breaking up, so thats 19.2E, 16E, 13E and 28.2E, i'll try 10E tomorrow, just one question will I have to do this all again if I change image?

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    not if you use backup/restore plugin to save your settings. btw how did you get on with the settings i sent you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrupples View Post
    dont know why wwe says turn off usals cause it works perfect for me with them on. I turned them of on 16e and ad setting 1 for this sat, but only cause it needed slight adjustment.
    because on onother forum they said to try it with it off and it worked. I have set two motorised dishes up this way and they both work perfectly

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrupples View Post
    not if you use backup/restore plugin to save your settings. btw how did you get on with the settings i sent you?
    Hello scrupples,

    Not tried it yet as the installer is coming around again on Saturday, I confused him totally, having said that I thing I have got the jist of this, I've managed to locate 10E, tuning it in right now in fact

    I just need to know how to fine tune as Setanta is coming in weak at 28.2e

    OK, thanks again,


    harshy

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    to fine tune turn off usals and choose a stored position number. then under positioner settings choose the position number and move dish east west.

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    ok I'll try this

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    yep everything working just Set*anta the problem with breakup now, why Se*an*a?

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    Se*an*a has the away fixtures rights of all Englands WCQ, basically its ITV trying to get extra cash by PPV.

    wwe

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    After a full day of painfully finding the sats manually, without a channel list.
    I can safely say I would Prefer to sell my dreambox than go through that again !!!

    So to save me having to go to a well known auction site in the future.
    What the best way to back up my stored sat positions so I can re-install them again when I update my image in the future.

    PS im running blackhole 0.3

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    Actually there is a much simpler way don't select advanced use simple (keep it simple lol) on the second line it will probably have a 2 way diseqc displayed simply scroll right until you see positioner and just simply type in your longtitude/latitude

    Things to remember the figures you get from multimap or your gps may not work 100% as you sometimes have to allow for less than perfect installations so try tweaking the longtitude half a degree or so till you get a good signal across all the sats

    There is a known issue with STAB motors and Enigma 2 based dreamboxes in fact many of us use are secondary stb to get the dish in the right position

    Hope this helps

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    how do you get a minus - on screen ? my long is -2.4486

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    Don't just put 2.448 then west if your in the uk.

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