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    lost all my sats on motorised dish

    hi i have lost all my sats on my motorized dish set up trying to pick up another sat and must of knocked it off most of my sats and can only get 28.2e fta channels i cant scan in any channels on 0.8w thor I am absolutely gutted. my box is a vu+zero with openvix 5.1. i orginally used a spiderbox. I am trying to use the spiderbox to drive the dish to the correct sat but cant seem to get a signal on most sats. i had my vu set up with usals but the longtude and lattitude are in a different format to that of the spiderbox and unsure how to enter them. any help much appreciated. thanks in advance.

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    Follow Step 2. in the guide in the link below.
    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...ing-up-Vu-Zero

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    i have my longtitude and lattitude that worked before i lost my sat but i can only get signal on 28e any ideas thanks

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    Please post more details, regarding your satellite set up, including dish size, and general location.
    If you are in the UK, then try finding 23.5E, and 19.2E, first, as these are two powerful satellites.
    I haven't used the Openvix image but most enigma 2 images have a satellite finder option, which allows you to move the dish, East/West, including a fine movement option, at least this might confirm that the problem is with your satellite set up, and not a problem with your dish.
    Most USALS problems relate to the incorrect entry of the Longitude, as people tend to forget that negative Longitude values equate to West, and positive Longitude values equate to East.

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    my sat was set up some years ago, my dish size is 85cm, liverpool thanks

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    Press Menu
    Select Setup Press OK
    Select service searching Press OK
    Select Positioner Setup Press OK
    Select goto 0 Press RED Button

    This will reset the dish if your dish is set up for USALS. Once dish has moved to reset position then select another satellite and it should now move to the correct Satellite.

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    hi done what you said when i do that i get a signal for a couple of seconds then nothing tried moving to other sats but nothing.

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    check post #8 in this thread https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...torised-issues and make sure you use your own longitude and latitude

    also check what I told you last year in this thread too , where I gave you the menu settings etc for your box in post #13

    https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthrea...ing-up-vu-zero

    make sure your motor cable goes into tuner A or LNB on the back of the box

    ok, go into your menu and setup, service searching , tuner config , tuner A and use the following

    Configuration Mode = simple
    Mode = Positioner
    Longitude = 002.991
    West
    Latitude = 053.421
    North

    and press save or ok

    now press the tv button and choose the freesat bouquet (folder) or similar and find and select bbc1

    now see if bbc1 comes on or not

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    i am getting fta on thor how do i get other satelites thanks using usals

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    do you have a channel list loaded ?

    like the catseyes list ?

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    i have channel list loaded i downloaded from box. i have tuned in thor twice and when i move to 19e i keep losing it why is this thanks

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    perhaps your dish and / or motor has moved due to bad weather ? like wind for example ?

    I usually have to finely adjust my dish or motor after high winds by getting my ladders out

    to go to another satellite or channel , try the following :-


    press the down arrow
    red , green , yellow & blue will select various options
    press green for satellites and you get the list you loaded to the box
    select the one you want and the channel you want

    I usually press blue and select from the favourites (or blue and blue again)

    I then use the right and left arrows to page up and down and select what I want

    ps:- I have no idea why you are tuning channels in, the whole point of loading an up to date list is you rarely need to tune anything in (as it was with the spiderbox too) - tuning in is something I would rarely do, if ever, and even then only the odd transponder when they change

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    how do i save thor because when i go to 19e i keep losing it

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    you do not save SATS when using USALS

    all you save are the longitude and latitude as shown in my copy and paste above in post #8

    please confirm that the details shown in post #8 are your details onscreen for the tuner setup

    using USALS means you never have to save a satellite position, so nobody using USALS does it

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    yes i am using same as shown. where do i ftp the e2 settings and do i want the the 2 of the 2 rar files of the e2 catseye file, last post on last page

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    use his latest (most recent ) E2 motorised download and unpack it with 7zip or peazip or similar

    I use dreamset to ftp into the box, but dreamboxedit can also be used

    its named as Catseye E2 Settings File 18.12.2018.rar

    there may be other ways that I do not use

    once you have successfuly loaded his list into your box, go back to your usals settings

    ensure that your location is used, by altering the longitude and latitude to your location, as in my post above

    the reason for this is that his location is different, as will any you downloaded from the net through the box

    the chances of sombody in your area uploading a list is very rare, hence why you must always check your location settings

    their list will be ok, but not their location , which is almost always a different location

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    but i dont know where to send it

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    I use dreamset version v2.4.8 and set it up to use ENIGMA 2 V4 (http reload)

    choose SETUP

    I add in my ACTUAL BOX IP ADDRESS in the box labelled boxIP , like 192.168.1.25 or whatever

    USERNAME = root and the PASSWORD box is set to whatever you set your box up with (if you did that is, if not try leaving it blank or maybe use password or whatever)

    give it a name like VuZero or whatever and save it

    then use the TEST CONFIGURATION to ensure it connects


    by choosing ENIGMA 2 V4 (http reload) in the setup box it automatically knows where to send the files

    choose OPEN and browse to the unpacked folder containg all the catseye files

    it is looking for the file lamedb, so select it and it will load the files

    click the TRANSFER button, then click WRITE and it will write to your box, overwriting what is in there, in about 10 seconds or less

    then go to your menu and put in your own longitude and latitude if they have changed to something else , and save and exit

    reboot the box and test



    once this has been setup, and saved , it remembers your settings so you only set it up once

    a similar procedure is used for setting up dreamboxedit too, but dreamset is a standalone program (you dont install it)

    ie:- its a portable program, not installed into windows

    I think there is a standalone version of dreamboxedit too

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    i can get thor 0.8w, astra19 and astra 23 but i keep loosing signal when i go to back thor 0.8 w can someone plesase advise been on it all day thanks

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    try altering your longitude setting by up to 1 degree either way and saving it , then retesting , you are looking for the best signal on say BBC WORLD or similar

    try these longitude settings one by one from your current Longitude = 002.991 to

    Longitude = 002.591 (moving further east)

    Longitude = 002.191 (1 degree out - east)

    Longitude = 001.591

    Longitude = 001.191 (2 degrees out - east)

    Longitude = 001.111 (possible 1 west error by installer)

    also try

    Longitude = 003.591 (so going further west)

    Longitude = 003.991 (1 degree out , further west than nominal)

    Longitude = 004.591

    Longitude = 004.991 (2 degrees out - west)


    the idea is to find your highest signal whilst on thor at 0.8 west

    once you find the best and optimum setting , save it and note it down

    this may mean your dish and motor are slightly out but isnt a problem if its less than a couple of degrees

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