Frustrated with Winegard G2+ and Bell TV. Help please.

[larryo]

I have just purchased a Winegard G2+ for my Bell TV. For the life of me I can not get it to work. I am trying to get it to work on my home system before trying it in the camper. Here's what I have done so far.
The switches on the inserter are set to Bell TV. Everything is hooked up correctly because I can hear the dish searching. There are 2 pages in the manual dedicated to setting up the receiver for dish tv or direct tv but all it says for bell is sat# 91 or 82. My receiver is set to sat 91 ( I have also tried 82). There are no obstructions in the way of the dish. When I turn on the inserter I can hear the dish searching. After about 5 minutes the dish stops searching. It seems like it can't find a satellite and gives up. And I missing something or doing something wrong? Please help and Thanks.

[B and B]

Is there a azimuth adjustment in the dish? I know with my G2 on Shaw it is really touchy.

[larryo]

Originally Posted by B and B

Is there a azimuth adjustment in the dish? I know with my G2 on Shaw it is really touchy.

I haven"t seen anything about an azimuth adjustment anywhere. Manual or internet.

[Jimmerinwi]

The dish stops moving because it locks onto the satellite. Did you hook your receiver to your tv WITHOUT satellite lines connected and run a test. This should take awhile and come back not seeing any satellites. Then, connect coax from dish and run another test. This should finish and show proper satellites. You need to clear the matrix of the receiver before hooking up to the dish.

[jgourlie]

Originally Posted by Jimmerinwi

The dish stops moving because it locks onto the satellite. Did you hook your receiver to your tv WITHOUT satellite lines connected and run a test. This should take awhile and come back not seeing any satellites. Then, connect coax from dish and run another test. This should finish and show proper satellites. You need to clear the matrix of the receiver before hooking up to the dish.

This is correct, You need to run a Check Switch each time you connect a reciever to the G2. I even sometimes have to run a check switch after I have unplugged the G2 to get it to connect to my Bell receivers.

I use it with 2 recievers and once it's working it is awesome!

Let me know if you have any other questions?