10.2 Geo-positioning
If you have a suitable motor, and if the geographical co- ordinates of your location are known, this function can facilitate finding the individual satellite positions. The co- ordinates for a number of German towns and cities are included in the Annexure (Point 14).
Note! Only switch on the
>As described above, call up the menu for adjusting settings of the motor antenna.
>Use the arrow keys to mark the field Geo.Pos.
>Confirm by pressing OK. The menu used to enter the location will be displayed. (Fig.
> Use the arrow keys left/right to switch the geo- positioning function on or off.
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> Use the arrow keys to select the field for entering the geographical longitude.
> Use the numeric keys to enter the geographical longitude.
> Now press the arrow key left.
> In this field, use the OK key to indicate whether the value entered refers to longitude East (East) or longitude West (W).
> Now use the arrow keys to mark the field used to enter the geographical latitude.
> Use the numeric keys to enter the geographical latitude.
> Now press the arrow key left.
> In this field, use the OK key to indicate whether the value enter refers to latitude North (N) or latitude South (S).
> Press the Back key to return to the LNB settings. The data relating to your location must be entered as a decimal value, correct to one decimal place. As the co- ordinates are often stated in degrees, minutes and seconds, these must be converted to decimal values as follows:
The value for degrees is not affected by the conversion. The minutes are divided by 60, and rounded to one decimal place. The result of this division is added to the value for full degrees.
The seconds are not taken into consideration, as they do not affect the first decimal place.
Example:
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