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Ex-CON
07-28-2004, 08:45 PM
I have this little problem. I have a 3900 with a dish500 and dish300 setup. Dish300 is aimed at 61.5 and the recievers detects that. But on the Dish500 , my reciever only detects 119, I ran the check switch multiple times and no luck. I doubt the the lnb is screwed up, Is it possible that its not aimed right? I'm under the impression that since the twin lnb's are side by side, if one picks up its intended sat that the other one should also. Any help is well appriciated.

qzyl2m
07-28-2004, 09:00 PM
Did you adjust the skew on the dish.
I had same problem and adjusted skew and check swich and it found 110.

Ex-CON
07-28-2004, 09:04 PM
Exactly what screw are you talking about.

qzyl2m
07-28-2004, 09:11 PM
The dish 500 has a skew adjustment.
It has a elevation, azimuth and skew.
The skew has to be set at the number or you will only get one bird.

LuckLarry
07-28-2004, 09:17 PM
Download a little proggy called "zip32". Its Charlies own dish aiming utility. Enter your zipcode and dish type in the required feilds and will will give you azimuth/elevation/skew settings.

Ex-CON
07-28-2004, 09:34 PM
can you please drop a link to that file.

4x4
07-28-2004, 10:10 PM
Exactly what screw are you talking about.

Your dish has a ring on the back that lets you turn it like a sterring wheel..
That is called " Skew " ..
You will have to spin the dish to find the satellites ....

Ex-CON
07-28-2004, 10:38 PM
k00l, thanx for tha help !!!