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kingpip
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_ 		13. December 2011 @ 14:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all

I have recently moved house and have set up my motorised 1m dish and dreambox but the dish is approx 50 foot from the box ... i have set it all up exactly the way i had it in my old house but there it was only bout 20 foot dish to box !! My problem is that the motor for the dish isnt getting any power !!

Could it be the length of the coax ?? is there a way of increasing the voltage from the dream box ??

i know the power works from the box as ive tested it with a small cable !!

thanx in advance !!
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cactikid
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_ 		13. December 2011 @ 18:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
are you using cheap coaxial or the proper sat cable?
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kingpip
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_ 		13. December 2011 @ 18:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's probably cheap stuff .... It's the cable I got when bought the dish !! Would better cable carry power further ??
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fintannl
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_ 		13. December 2011 @ 19:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes
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kingpip
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_ 		13. December 2011 @ 19:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What about a signal booster ?? I am using the same length cable tho ... I just had it rolled up !!
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fintannl
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_ 		13. December 2011 @ 19:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
explain. is it the same cable that you used in previous location?
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kingpip
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 08:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes same length cable I used previously ... I just never cut it down to length and now I am using it fully extended !! Not sure why it's now not working ???
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fintannl
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 14:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
same length cable or exactly the same cable?
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kingpip
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 15:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Exactly the same cable !! I have actually trimmed some off !! It's really confusing me now because if I hook the box up to the sly dish on the house it works picks up channels ... If I take an old sly box out to the dish it powers up the motor but if I connect the dreambox to the dish .... Nothing !!
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fintannl
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 16:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
kingpip, strange. that same dm500 with that same cable with the same motor and the same dish in a new location no longer works. do i describe the situation correctly?
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kingpip
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 16:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah perfectly apart from I have connect my coax to the existing sly coax coming in thru the wall !! My mum had sly hd installed in a multi room but no longer uses the box !! It's not connect to anything apart from coming thru the wall !! I am being dumb here and it's cos there is a link in the cable ????
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fintannl
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 16:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
can i ask out of utter daftness why you feel the need to add extra coax to a situation that already works with sky hd. i'm lost
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kingpip
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_ 		14. December 2011 @ 17:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Cos the sky is in use elsewhere in the house ... We had a 3 box multiroom and now its just a 2 box multiroom ... I'm just using the cable to save pulling another cable thru the wall !!
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fintannl
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_ 		15. December 2011 @ 10:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the link would seem to be causing your problem. suggest you run separate cable from box to dish and then check motor operation
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kingpip
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_ 		18. December 2011 @ 11:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi all

big error on my part i have discovered that it is the dreambox that is putting out no power .....receives channels no problem when i swap the sky box for the dreambox but no power to the motor !!!

Is there a option on the box about turning the output power on and off or is the box knackered ???

thanx in advance
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kingpip
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_ 		18. December 2011 @ 16:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hi all

big error on my part i have discovered that it is the dreambox that is putting out no power .....receives channels no problem when i swap the sky box for the dreambox but no power to the motor !!!

Is there a option on the box about turning the output power on and off or is the box knackered ???

thanx in advance
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fintannl
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_ 		19. December 2011 @ 13:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if you have your settings done correctly the dreambox automatically outputs power to the motor. i'd be inclined to fault the motor before i would fault the dreambox as i have never seen a dreambox fail to do this
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kingpip
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_ 		24. December 2011 @ 07:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have reflashed the box but still nothing !! No power what so ever !! I take it that it the box the has gone !! Or is there a way of testing it ??
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fintannl
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_ 		25. December 2011 @ 13:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
do you know anyone with a sat box capable of driving a dish. I would still be inclined to fault the motor before the dreambox. at least if you could try a new box you would know for sure
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kingpip
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_ 		25. December 2011 @ 13:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have tried it with a sky box and it powers up !! It's really confusing me cos I can't believe the dreambox would just stop working !! Is there any settings on it that could turn off the power ??
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fintannl
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_ 		25. December 2011 @ 16:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
kingpip, what images have you being using and what settings are you inserting in what menus?
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kingpip
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_ 		25. December 2011 @ 18:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've been using Gemini .... What other settings do u mean ??
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fintannl
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_ 		25. December 2011 @ 19:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
within gemini what option in satellites and transponders are you suing. and what is your setting in satellite configuration
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kingpip
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_ 		3. January 2012 @ 09:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My Settings in satellite conf is many sats via motor .. its not picking any sats or transponders up !! i havent done anything different my when it was at my old house apart from reflash and rescan !!

Should i reflash with another programme ?? would this help ??

It is really baffling me now ha ha !!

Thanx for any help
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fintannl
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_ 		3. January 2012 @ 15:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
on my dm500 i have the pli image. that being said i use my vu duo (usals) to control my motor so i can't swear to this advise. however if it is the same option then the option is 'many satellites via diseqc rotor' (correct?) in which case you need to individually set up a mapping scheme for each sat. With usals i can be simply stupid and it just does it for me ONCE i have set the correct 0degrees and spent many hours with a water level ensuring that clamp is level with motor, motor is level with dish and extending arm of dish is perfectly aligned with motor and arm when in the 0degrees position. It was a painful weekend for me and many limbs were nearly lost but then it worked so life was suddenly better :-)
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