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<blockquote data-quote="nobbly" data-source="post: 5588" data-attributes="member: 175033">[updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-Mar-02 AT 11:22 AM (GMT)]It's not a silly question.I'm sure its fitted the correct way up. There is a picture with the instructions to help installation.It's hard to explain but imagine first setting the motor to about 49 deg. The motor arm is infact a moving pole that you attach the dish to.(so it's like attaching your dish to a fixed pole set at 49 deg) This means when I set the angle of the dish to about 24 deg the total of the 2 angles is about 73 deg. surely this is too much. But that's what the instructions say.At the moment it's sort of working but its not set correctly.To even get a picture I had to set the motor at 30 deg and the dish at 0 deg. This makes sense as the total of the 2 angles is about 30 deg.The angle of the dish in the picture of the instructions looks like it's an angle less than 0. I'm confused...Look at this page :http://www.geosat.fr/images/seva.h2.gifSee the angle of the motor and of the dish .Is it me or is the angle of the dish less that 0 deg.nobbly :+</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nobbly, post: 5588, member: 175033"] [updated:LAST EDITED ON 17-Mar-02 AT 11:22 AM (GMT)]It's not a silly question.I'm sure its fitted the correct way up. There is a picture with the instructions to help installation. It's hard to explain but imagine first setting the motor to about 49 deg. The motor arm is infact a moving pole that you attach the dish to.(so it's like attaching your dish to a fixed pole set at 49 deg) This means when I set the angle of the dish to about 24 deg the total of the 2 angles is about 73 deg. surely this is too much. But that's what the instructions say. At the moment it's sort of working but its not set correctly.To even get a picture I had to set the motor at 30 deg and the dish at 0 deg. This makes sense as the total of the 2 angles is about 30 deg. The angle of the dish in the picture of the instructions looks like it's an angle less than 0. I'm confused... Look at this page : http://www.geosat.fr/images/seva.h2.gif See the angle of the motor and of the dish . Is it me or is the angle of the dish less that 0 deg. nobbly :+ [/QUOTE]

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