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<blockquote data-quote="Shaun" data-source="post: 12527" data-attributes="member: 175390">Thanks Channel Hopper, I don't know what motor I have, I only know it's a DiSEqC 1.2 (whatever that means). Also, I'm not sure I understand why being able to recover the channels implies there's no movement or play in the motor mount. Couldn't it be that the fine tuning of the motor positioning simply counter acts movements in the dish caused for example by the wind? One thing that concerns me is that the dish is mounted on a pole and points out over the roof (see photo below).<img src="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/shaun.fenton/forum_images/dish.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I know the dish is only 80 cm, but I was wondering how effected it might be by the wind. Today was quite breezy and I noticed that Antena 3 was pretty broken up for a while, but then it seemed to sort itself out again (no re-alignment required). I don't know if its normal for Hispasat channels to suffer intermittently like this. Also, when my system was installed, the cable from my old analogue system was re-used. This is about 5 years old and I was wondering whether this might be causing a problem. Finally, I normally switch off the receiver at the mains when I'm not using it, is it better to leave it in standby mode? Maybe this generates spikes or something which might offset the motor. Many thanks in advance for any insight into these little problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shaun, post: 12527, member: 175390"] Thanks Channel Hopper, I don't know what motor I have, I only know it's a DiSEqC 1.2 (whatever that means). Also, I'm not sure I understand why being able to recover the channels implies there's no movement or play in the motor mount. Couldn't it be that the fine tuning of the motor positioning simply counter acts movements in the dish caused for example by the wind? One thing that concerns me is that the dish is mounted on a pole and points out over the roof (see photo below). [IMG]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/shaun.fenton/forum_images/dish.jpg[/IMG] I know the dish is only 80 cm, but I was wondering how effected it might be by the wind. Today was quite breezy and I noticed that Antena 3 was pretty broken up for a while, but then it seemed to sort itself out again (no re-alignment required). I don't know if its normal for Hispasat channels to suffer intermittently like this. Also, when my system was installed, the cable from my old analogue system was re-used. This is about 5 years old and I was wondering whether this might be causing a problem. Finally, I normally switch off the receiver at the mains when I'm not using it, is it better to leave it in standby mode? Maybe this generates spikes or something which might offset the motor. Many thanks in advance for any insight into these little problems. [/QUOTE]

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