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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1103539" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>[USER=416016]@THE VIKING[/USER]</p><p></p><p>With a motorised system, it's actually a lot of "a bit of both"!</p><p></p><p>After getting the motor and dish mounted on a mast/pole, then it's "up a bit down a bit, left a bit right a bit", and that takes the most time, effort,, sweat & tears to get the motor to drive the dish to the satellites you want to receive! A lot of what to buy and how to install it is covered in this section of the forum and also in this one (there is quite a lot of "overlap" between the two) <a href="https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/dish-setup-single-sat-multi-sat-motorised.385/" target="_blank">DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised</a> .</p><p></p><p>When that stage is "complete", then it's more like "all angles etc are programmed in and you hit a button" on the remote control for the Sat receiver to drive the dish to the particular satellite and then choose the channel you want to watch.</p><p></p><p>Nevertheless, as you will have guessed by now, it can be, and usually is, quite a lot more complicated than that - but quite satisfying when you have finally nailed it.</p><p></p><p>Therefore I suggest that you take a good look around both this section of the forum, and the one to which I pointed above, because we've had many similar questions raised over the years, and so most of the "answers" are there to be found if you do look - during which you will hopefully learn a lot about the technology and all that goes with it.</p><p></p><p>NB: look particularly at threads that talk about:</p><p>- Deciding the satellites from which you want to and CAN receive channels (and also which sorts of channels - sport, news, foreign affairs, languages, etc.) - this is often limited by where you live, the type of building and any surrounding buildings and trees which would obscure the line-of-sight from the dish to the satellites</p><p>- Choosing the right combination of motor, dish, installation cabling & accessories (such as a simple signal meter - often referred to as a "sat finder" or "sat bleeper") and satellite receiver (often referred to as a sat "Rx") as we have some "default" recommendations for newbies!</p><p>- "DiSEqC" and "USALS" motor control because that's the way that most small-medium motor/dish combos are controlled nowadays</p><p>- Physically fitting a motor on a pole/mast, and then mounting and aligning the dish</p><p></p><p>Then come back to this thread and ask about what specific info you want to know or find difficult to understand as, that way, you will learn - and we won't have to repeat "the same old stuff" time and again (and sometimes make it confusing or just plain "wrong" in the process<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite14" alt=":-doh" title="DOH! :-doh" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":-doh" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1103539, member: 176704"] [USER=416016]@THE VIKING[/USER] With a motorised system, it's actually a lot of "a bit of both"! After getting the motor and dish mounted on a mast/pole, then it's "up a bit down a bit, left a bit right a bit", and that takes the most time, effort,, sweat & tears to get the motor to drive the dish to the satellites you want to receive! A lot of what to buy and how to install it is covered in this section of the forum and also in this one (there is quite a lot of "overlap" between the two) [URL='https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/dish-setup-single-sat-multi-sat-motorised.385/']DISH SETUP: Single sat, Multi-Sat & Motorised[/URL] . When that stage is "complete", then it's more like "all angles etc are programmed in and you hit a button" on the remote control for the Sat receiver to drive the dish to the particular satellite and then choose the channel you want to watch. Nevertheless, as you will have guessed by now, it can be, and usually is, quite a lot more complicated than that - but quite satisfying when you have finally nailed it. Therefore I suggest that you take a good look around both this section of the forum, and the one to which I pointed above, because we've had many similar questions raised over the years, and so most of the "answers" are there to be found if you do look - during which you will hopefully learn a lot about the technology and all that goes with it. NB: look particularly at threads that talk about: - Deciding the satellites from which you want to and CAN receive channels (and also which sorts of channels - sport, news, foreign affairs, languages, etc.) - this is often limited by where you live, the type of building and any surrounding buildings and trees which would obscure the line-of-sight from the dish to the satellites - Choosing the right combination of motor, dish, installation cabling & accessories (such as a simple signal meter - often referred to as a "sat finder" or "sat bleeper") and satellite receiver (often referred to as a sat "Rx") as we have some "default" recommendations for newbies! - "DiSEqC" and "USALS" motor control because that's the way that most small-medium motor/dish combos are controlled nowadays - Physically fitting a motor on a pole/mast, and then mounting and aligning the dish Then come back to this thread and ask about what specific info you want to know or find difficult to understand as, that way, you will learn - and we won't have to repeat "the same old stuff" time and again (and sometimes make it confusing or just plain "wrong" in the process:-doh) [/QUOTE]
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