S201
- Charging and Main Menu
5 Battery Charging
1. Ensure that the meter is switched off. Connect the charger plug to the charging socket (5)
on the right hand side of the meter.
2. Plug the charger into a mains socket the charging LED indicator (12) will light up green.
3. When the battery is fully charged, the charging LED indicator (12) will go out.
4. Unplug the charger from the mains socket and disconnect the charger from the meter.
Do not leave the torch unsupervised when charging is taking place.
6 Main Menu
Switch the power ON and you will enter the
main Menu which shows battery status and has
the following options:
• Sat Setting
• Signal Scan
• TOOLS
• SAT Manager
• TP Manager
• System Setup
7 Before You Start – choose the satellite and enter your location
Use the
t
u
keys to select TOOLS and press (OK).
The display will open with the cursor on Satellite Name. To select a different satellite press
u
now
scroll up or down using the
pq
keys until you find the satellite you want. Satellites are listed in
order of their location angle, e.g.
No E/W Angle Name
33
E
13.0
Ku-HotBird 13
43
E
28.2
Ku-Astra 28.2
Select your satellite by pressing (
OK
).
Now scroll down and set your location. This is the location of the dish you are installing in
Longitude and Latitude. There are a number of places you can go to find your coordinates
including websites like
www.gridreferencefinder.com
. Your meter will accept entries to one
decimal place, which is roughly an accuracy of +/-3miles, which for initial dish alignment is more
than accurate enough.
Information is normally given like this:
Labgear factory
Post Code MK42 0NX
Longitude:
-0.5
NOTE: a minus sign means WEST of Greenwich
Latitude:
52.1
NOTE: a positive is NORTH of the equator
Use
pq
then (
OK
) to enter longitude then
pq
for each digit and
t
u
to select East or West.
Repeat the steps for latitude using
t
u
to select North or South.
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