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<blockquote data-quote="Rvator" data-source="post: 944201" data-attributes="member: 402382">Colin having said it would be a good idea to test your system before heading off it occurred to me to mention something although you might already know it anyway.The control box stores the location of the last dish lock on so if you did try it out on the drive before you &quot;put her to bed for the winter&quot; and it was successful then you would down the dish thinking everything was fine.On our our narrow boat if we don't move in between each use of the satellite system it goes straight to the previous location.&nbsp; &nbsp; Also we don't have the green wire connected to an ignition switch like you would on a vehicle.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Assuming a vehicle setup operates the same way and your control box is permanently wired to the battery and you don't move then presumably it does the same and goes to the previous location.&nbsp;&nbsp; The green wire to the ignition switch being there as a precaution should the vehicle move with the antenna still up.So come the spring I'd suggest you turn her round on the drive which will make the control box do a new search as the the dish is no longer pointing at the same place as the previous successful lock on.&nbsp;&nbsp; If turning her round wasn't an option then resetting the memory with the ignition switch routine should do the same thing.If you do that then were there to have been quite a time gap between sessions then any changes to the criteria would be obvious and you'd have time to resolve the issue and domestic harmony would be ensured once you have started your trip.Happy viewing.BrgdsRvator</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rvator, post: 944201, member: 402382"] Colin having said it would be a good idea to test your system before heading off it occurred to me to mention something although you might already know it anyway. The control box stores the location of the last dish lock on so if you did try it out on the drive before you "put her to bed for the winter" and it was successful then you would down the dish thinking everything was fine. On our our narrow boat if we don't move in between each use of the satellite system it goes straight to the previous location. Also we don't have the green wire connected to an ignition switch like you would on a vehicle. Assuming a vehicle setup operates the same way and your control box is permanently wired to the battery and you don't move then presumably it does the same and goes to the previous location. The green wire to the ignition switch being there as a precaution should the vehicle move with the antenna still up. So come the spring I'd suggest you turn her round on the drive which will make the control box do a new search as the the dish is no longer pointing at the same place as the previous successful lock on. If turning her round wasn't an option then resetting the memory with the ignition switch routine should do the same thing. If you do that then were there to have been quite a time gap between sessions then any changes to the criteria would be obvious and you'd have time to resolve the issue and domestic harmony would be ensured once you have started your trip. Happy viewing. Brgds Rvator [/QUOTE]

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