Control Box for Roof Mounted Dish .....

What bout cloud cover on days it has prolonged lock in time?

2ndhom wrote:
The roof mounted dish sometimes has a problem zeroing in on a sat. I've heard there's a way of punching some of the buttons on the box to re-boot the software. Sometimes it will take 20 minutes to zero in ...... sometimes just 4 minutes. Never any trees obstructing the scan. Anyone know??? :h

Lets look at it from this perspective. I have a problem with my motorhome. I hear there is a way to reboot it with some buttons or software in a box. Anyone know??? As you can see, my post is gibberish. You need to state WHAT brand and Model Roof mounted Dish and what service (Dish or Direct) you are using. NOBODY can help you until you post that info. There are literally dozens of different Roof mounted Sat systems in use and all have different operational parameters. Doug

2ndhom wrote:
The roof mounted dish sometimes has a problem zeroing in on a sat. I've heard there's a way of punching some of the buttons on the box to re-boot the software. Sometimes it will take 20 minutes to zero in ...... sometimes just 4 minutes. Never any trees obstructing the scan. Anyone know??? :h

Ours at home can take 20mins at times after power outages
No trees cleat skies.

Probably would help a great deal if the manufacturer and model of satellite antenna was known, to get really pertinent responses for the topic starter.

Are you sure that your satellite box is up and running when your antenna tries to lock on?

2ndhom wrote:
The roof mounted dish sometimes has a problem zeroing in on a sat. I've heard there's a way of punching some of the buttons on the box to re-boot the software. Sometimes it will take 20 minutes to zero in ...... sometimes just 4 minutes. Never any trees obstructing the scan. Anyone know??? :h

Funny how when a person writes down a subject and it sound clear to them ..... but someone else reading ... it makes NO sense. Appreciate the input. The roof mounted dish is a Direct as well as the control box and TV channel box. The control box has 3 buttons ... the ON/OFF, FIND and STOW.
I have the same routine .... turn on the TV channel box (one button), push the ON/OFF dish control box, wait 30 seconds and push the FIND button. The roof dish begins it's search mode. There's no clouds in the sky and no obstructions. Thee face of the dish is debris free as well as the LNB's. The dish can o thru a 360 degree circle sometimes 4 times and do a verticle motion of up to 5 - 6 inches or just 1 to 2. My most repeated scenerio when after 20 minutes is to push the ON/OFF button, the dish stows itself and start over. Hope this clarifies the proceedure.

Dirty dish cable connections not tight or corroded

My antenna takes a long time to find the signals after driving the coach all day to a new location. I tested my system yesterday and last time I used it we were in Kansas. We are now in California and I didn't time the search but I would guess it took close to 10 minutes to lock on to the satellites. I was on the roof while it searched and it did 4 complete 360 degree searches with the dish at different elevations. I believe it found the first sat but it was the wrong one so it started doing another scan only with shorter side-to-side motion. When it finally found the correct sat it then started fine tuning up-down-left-right until it locked on. And lastly it started rotating the dish for skew and took 3 different attempts until it finally was satisfied. Like I say, took a good 10 minutes. If I were to try raising it again today, since we haven't moved, it would instantly try the same settings as yesterday and would lock on almost immediately. I'm using the Winegard Trav'ler for DirecTV.

2ndhom wrote:

2ndhom wrote:
The roof mounted dish sometimes has a problem zeroing in on a sat. I've heard there's a way of punching some of the buttons on the box to re-boot the software. Sometimes it will take 20 minutes to zero in ...... sometimes just 4 minutes. Never any trees obstructing the scan. Anyone know??? :h

Funny how when a person writes down a subject and it sound clear to them ..... but someone else reading ... it makes NO sense. Appreciate the input. The roof mounted dish is a Direct as well as the control box and TV channel box. The control box has 3 buttons ... the ON/OFF, FIND and STOW.
I have the same routine .... turn on the TV channel box (one button), push the ON/OFF dish control box, wait 30 seconds and push the FIND button. The roof dish begins it's search mode. There's no clouds in the sky and no obstructions. Thee face of the dish is debris free as well as the LNB's. The dish can o thru a 360 degree circle sometimes 4 times and do a verticle motion of up to 5 - 6 inches or just 1 to 2. My most repeated scenerio when after 20 minutes is to push the ON/OFF button, the dish stows itself and start over. Hope this clarifies the proceedure.

Sorry, but Direct and Dish offer NO RV mobile Sat antenna systems. The Dish may say Direct, but that is just the dish. From your description, you have either a OLD Winegard or a Motosat system. Research your system more and find the manufacturer of your system. Doug

Sounds like a Moto Sat. There is away to do what you described. I think you hit stow and find at the same time. Someone will chime in and correct me! Moisheh