vu + duo finds some but not other sats

[lynd145]

hi all vu + duo finds some but not other sats its runnin B H 1.3.2 it will scan and find 0.8/4.8/13/east then miss 16east then will find 19east then miss 28.2 as any 1 else had this prob or is it just me thanks

[Sicilian]

I wouldn't blame the Duo. I'd check the alignment of your dish and signal levels. Also check you've entered correctly your longitude and latitude.

[lynd145]

thanks for your reply but i dont see how it could be the dish as my dm as no problem gettin all the sats thanks

[Likvid]

Update your satellites.xml file to the latest and then re-scan.

[Sicilian]

Alignment can stop your tuning to certain satellites, but if you say your DM tunes them fine it could be a setting somewhere.

Are you using automatic scan or something to scan for all the satellites?

Have you tried just sending a set of Enigma2 settings/bouquets to the receiver? http://www.vuplus-support.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?21-Enigma-2-Settings

[lynd145]

i find that when its done a automatic scan i have to go back and manually find the sats its mist and fine tune the ones it as found as the signal is weak and store them using usals thanks

[Sicilian]

What signal strengths to do get with 28.2/28.5? What size dish do you have fitted?

[lynd145]

i have got a 80 cm dish and get about 80ish on 28.2 thanks

[Sicilian]

Check out the signal strengths on 1deg, 13deg and 19deg too, that will give an idea how your alignment is. 16deg I wouldn't worry too much, parts of that satellite aren't even working and had to move.

[lynd145]

yeah they are weak wen doin a auto scan i have to fine tune them ive just been speakin to a m8 of mine whos got a dm 800 and he as the exact same problems as me but when useing a dm 600 or a technomate it pulls them all in just like mine startin to think its somethin to do with enigma 2 thanks

[Sicilian]

I faced similar symptoms to what you posted a couple of months back. Its was the alignment on the TM-2200 motor that I had setup. I upgraded to a TM-2600 motor and got the dish aligned by a pro (cypchris on here) Been perfect since. Even getting satellites now that I previously could not tune to such as 16deg and 39deg. Signal levels on other satellites increased too.

[lynd145]

thats interestin how much does it cost for a pro to realign a motorised setup and does any 1 know of a good engineer who will do it in stoke on trent thanks

[steve1978]

yes, i have also noticed a few things with the VU i am on Dream Elite like you and i find that firstly the scanning of a sat is very very slow, on my 800 i can scan 1w in about 6 mins at max. on the vu make that at least 15.

Next i see the signal strength is a lot lower on all sats, on the 800 i get 90% plus on 1w but that is 75-80% on the VU i dont get any breaking up but the strength is lower. 16 east is a very weak satellite i have noticed that on some sat.xml files it comes in as 15.8 east and that gets a stronger signal.