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    thanks

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    Hi all!

    Tomorrow i'm getting a dreambox for the very first time (800)...

    I'm purchasing all the parts to get everything working together, and by the sounds of it... a USALS motor will save me a load of time. I don't fancy manually finding all the SATS....

    So i'm just asking for your opinion really, as i'm pretty new to all this...

    Will this motor do the job?

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    Any help will be mostly appreciated!

    Thanks,

    Sam

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    yes it will ,but be prepared to pull what remaining hair you have left from your scalp ... I have still jnot got my dm800 to work properly with my motor and sometimes have to go back to my dm7020 when i need to find a satellite .


    I CAN FIND THEM MANUALY , BUT IF I TRY TO DO ITH THE EASY WEAY WITH USALS , IT ALL GOES TO POT

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    Thank you, lucky for me i have quite a lot of hair!

    I don't like the idea of manually finding them...

    How many people have had trouble in getting the USALS to auto find Sats after finding the initial one?

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    Not to bad to find if you load a channel list first.
    If not forget it !!!!
    Nobody told me this and it took me 3 days to find the sats without a channel list.
    wih a channel list it takes an 1 hour or 2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aabs View Post
    Not to bad to find if you load a channel list first.
    If not forget it !!!!
    Nobody told me this and it took me 3 days to find the sats without a channel list.
    wih a channel list it takes an 1 hour or 2.
    Sp best to install Image first -- then skip setup to install a Channel list - Then Scan ?

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    Hi hda5,

    I thank you with my whole heart.
    At last I managed to get to the positioner of the DreamBox 800HD.

    Thanks again, Thanks, Thanks

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    Dreambox 800HD have manual configuration of motor?

    Just putting the position of sattelite (1.0w)?

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    the way i set my motor up was position it at 1w and fine tune until good signal, spun it to 30w and got a signal tightened up and i hit the arc just nicely

    now to my point regarding usals, i have never needed to use them as setting a dm500 with manual sats, fine tuning was easy and accurate, anytime i have tried usals i got nothing on the dm500.. now i read the dm800 is a pain manually installing sats and usals is the way to go, but this brings me to what i believe is the problem can anyone confirm?

    that i never set my motor on the motor itself to the long and lat to my house, it is just manually setup to tune into the arc and not via my long and lat on the motor itself and not via the software on the box, which leads me to think if i put the long and lat into my box, it will be pointless because of my motors position?

    although i can actually hit sats from example 42e to 31w manually

    p.s hope that made sense to someone lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by kegnkiwi View Post
    Don't just put 2.448 then west if your in the uk.

    ki

    The dream config is actually as this 000.000

    So you would enter like this 002.448 is that correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hda5 View Post
    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
    For SL6 UK Postcode the details show as -

    Lat: 51:31:33N (51.52583)
    Lon: 0:45:14W (-0.75383)

    Do I need to enter on Dreambox

    Longitude 000.753
    West

    Lattitude 051.525
    North

    Thanks

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    I have just managed to get my one set up. I am running Oozoon on Flash and Gemini 4.40 with Barry Allen. Hopefully the info I supply can help as it worked 100 % for me once I had realised where I was going wrong.

    I used a sat nav to get my settings but Multimap will do. Both settings
    were really close.

    1st thing I did was add a channel list as without that the dish would have no idea of where to move.

    In configuration mode I selected "simple" I installed my position however this is where I struggled and might be able to help olthers with my mistake.

    Lat was easy as it is a positive number. So For example I entered 055.233. Then North

    However my Long was a minus No and I was informed to just ignore the minus and add in the numbers. This is incorrect and the way I have managed to get this to work is say for example your Long is -002.307 west You deduct this figure from 360 (as you want the minus to become a positive) and the answer you get you enter into the decoder.

    So in the example above you would enter........

    Configuration Mode simple
    Mode positioner
    Longitude 357.693
    West
    Latitude 055.233
    North

    Now press ok and exit back to your main screen. Just select the satellites and it should find them. For me this worked 100% although I seem to have to manually install about 3 sats 16e being one of them. But with these settings it found everything else and the complete process only took about 15 mins.

    These are not my settings so if they point to some poor guys house appologies for that. I didn't want everyone on the internet seeing my house address. Lets face it now we have google street maps you could see the loose wires on my dish instalation

    Regards

    Garz

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    im in liverpool think remember setting my latitude to south if i set it 2 north it wouldn't pick the sats up

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    Hello!

    I have followed all the instructions I have come across, inluding the ones on the first post of this thread, but I just cannot get the motor to move. You guys and gals have any idea what could be wrong?

    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by pallopaa View Post
    Hello!

    I have followed all the instructions I have come across, inluding the ones on the first post of this thread, but I just cannot get the motor to move. You guys and gals have any idea what could be wrong?

    Thanks!
    Try storing the first sat (POS 1) with USALS = "ON" and see if it moves . If it does then once it stops put it back to "OFF" and try moving the motor manually . It's a real pain . It took me about 4 hours to get it set back up this week after changing images .

    Sammy

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    Thanks! Unfortunately the motor still does not move...

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    Have you tried doing a factory reset and starting from scratch ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by karlpowell View Post
    how do you get a minus - on screen ? my long is -2.4486
    nice dog

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    Is it posible to use LNB monoblock i a motor setup ?

    I've used your instructions to install a DiSEqC motor to dish on a DM800hd. It has helped me a lot, thanks. : Respect-055:
    However, it is possible to use an LNB monobloc, and in this way reducing the movement of the bowl?

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    Is it posible to use LNB monoblock in a motor setup ?

    I've used your instructions to install a DiSEqC motor to dish on a DM800hd. It has helped me a lot, thanks.
    However, it is possible to use an LNB monobloc, and in this way reducing the movement of the bowl?

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