I have noticed lately that when i send the dish to another sat it takes longer than usual to lock on to it, my long and lat are fine and the dish alignment is ok, i have had the motor about five years, it's a dark motor, could the motor be on it's way out? forgot to ask if it is the dish any recommendations.
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- scouse645
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Does the dish travelling time take longer to get to desired sat ? if so maybe it is the motor if the dish seems to travel ok then maybe check your LNB, is your dish alignment till ok so your signal is strong.
just a thought :)
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after 5 years the chances are the motor is on its way out, you done well getting that long mine lasted about 3 years before it started slowing down till it eventually stopped.
I moved to a 8 port diseq switch best thing i ever done -
Thanks all for replies, my signal is still strong as i had a fiddle with it last week, for what a motor costs i will just buy one, maybe try technomate this time.
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i had the same problem last year but turned out to be the lnb
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After installing a new motor and lmb i'm still having the same problems, which is it's not locking onto the channel quick enough, compared to what it used to be, for instance sats close together are ok but if i go from 19.2 to 0.8 it takes a while to lock on the channel, just to add the long and lat are fine, the same as i have always used, anyone think of anything i'm missing?
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Is the new motor you installed like for like???
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No, the old one was a darkmotor and the new one is a technomate, done it on both.
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How much time is not quick enough???
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Thanks, it used to be almost instant, now it can take up to about a minute or so, if you change the channel it's on it when you go to another sat it does come on quicker, never had to do that before.
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Depending on which image you use,,
go to tuner configuration -> (in my case OPENPLI on a DUO2) ->scroll to bottom of list-> extra motor options-> YES
->horizontal turning speed: 2.3º ps
vertical turning speed : 1.7º ps
turning step size. 0.360º
worth a look bud...
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Using vix image, i tried to set those settings on extra motor option but it won't let me save it.
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I have the same problem, wow really strange seeing this thread
I thought it could be cam related so i installed NCAM 1.1 today on my Mutant HD51 (tried gcam but could not get it to work or oscamemu 11384) on OpenATV 6.0
Previously i had been using oscamemu 11365
it usually takes around 45 secs to lock onto the channel if i change sat ie 0.8 to 30w
Once it locks the sat everything is fine
I have found a work around, I just select for example BBC One then quickly jump to BBC Two and it locks instantly
It only started happening about 8 weeks ago, what got me thinking it could be cam related is the GCAM thread where posters are stating channel switching is instant
Anyhows i purchased a new LNB this week (trying everything to work it out atm), its a very good LNB for the money: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1724…geName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Not just me then, was thinking about setting my dish from scratch again, it's in my back garden, so easy to get at, but after reading gap30 thread maybe i'll leave it alone, i do like a fiddle though.
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Not just me then, was thinking about setting my dish from scratch again, it's in my back garden, so easy to get at, but after reading gap30 thread maybe i'll leave it alone, i do like a fiddle though.
Even more bizarre i am located in Walton :o
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hi there anybody help have 2200 hh motor some reason move s ok lights up green but I add lnb wire to under motor goes I have tried some wire lnb ands still same has this motor 7years is time for new one doing my nut in lol
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Being as i started this thread i thought i would tell how it was sorted, i changed my sat receiver from a mutant 2400 to a vu duo2, locks onto channels straight away when changing sats, the setup is exactly the same as before, problem gone:)
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