dream500s and motorised dish

[oscar]

just got my new 500s and as soon as i plug it in it states please wait moving to 19e and then moves but not to 19e . ihave tried to stop it but to no avail is there any way i can stop it from moving so i can do a scan i have to set it back to 19e with my old fortec star .
thanks
colin

 

[sajon44]

what position is it going to?.
are your latt and long positions correct in the dream box?
you can set it to goto position o in the dreambox then check position on dish.
have you tried a scan when the dish has positioned itself?
i had similar issue when i sent mine to 28e the dish was moving west had to reflash image.
have you done any scans for sattelites at all?

 

[oscar]

i am totaly new to this mate i have had my fortec for a few years but this 500s is a bit more complicated , i think i will have to do a lot more reading , i have not done any scans as the dish kepps moving as far as it can to the west i have looked at the settings in the menu but it wont lock on to any sats , i will have another play with it but any advice would be greatfully aprieciated .
oscar

 

[sajon44]

what image have you put on there?
have you put your long and lattitude in.you can get them from multimap.

 

[tonydoe]

if you put SF image by default it goes to Astra

 

[henrik67]

just got my new 500s and as soon as i plug it in it states please wait moving to 19e and then moves but not to 19e . ihave tried to stop it but to no avail is there any way i can stop it from moving so i can do a scan i have to set it back to 19e with my old fortec star .
thanks
colin

Exactly how did you align your motorised dish up up mate,pole/bracket has to be spot on b4 you align too,ie with spirit level.

 

[stillabrummie]

Has it still got the original image on it, or have you put on another image if not you will need to get a null modem cable from maplins or ebay or a good satellite store. then you will need dreamup software for flashing the box with an upto date choice from many. images

If i was you i would flash it with a maxvar image this gives you more memory for cams etc!, most common cams are Mgcamd & Camd which will open different channels with an upto date set of keys.

is your unit going to be connected to a router...?