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I need some really serious help here. I just put up my new motorized system. I have it pointed at ES10 right now and have a good signal. I saved the position for the motor. That much works fine. I can tune to a 110 channel and the dish goes to that sattelite. Now, how do I get it to find ES7? I tried different setting in the USALS menu but I don't know what kind of Lat and Long it is asking for. I am using a VSUltra box. Are those Lat and Long settings the setting for the actual sattelite position or my actual location. I live in Georgia, USA and according to DishPointer.com it says my Lat is 32.6 and my Long is -83.6. There is no way to put in a - in the USALS screen setting and DishPointer doesn't tell me if my Lat and Long is E,W,S,N. I'm completely lost and can't figure out a thing here. I'm completely new at this FTA thing using a motorized setup. Can somebody please give me some information on finding ...say Galaxy 19 using the motor.

Ok, well first those are decimal settings. Latitude is 32.6 N, Longitude is 83.6 W, that is if you entered your correct zip code or city and state. Every thing north of the equator is North and all of North America is West of the prime miridian. Did you save the setting as being 110 degrees or the satellite at that location ******** 8/10? If by the bird (satellite) and the mount was set up with the most southern bird from your location, I think AMC 9 at 83.0W, being the highest in the sky, with the mount at 0 degrees(straight in the middle). If this is true you should be able to input the bird in Antenna setup and select USALS for the motor and save, I think it should automatically go to the position preprogrammed in the ViewSat memory. You will however be asked to save that position in the receiver. I am in the middle of getting my unit up and have the same receiver. The LNB that came with my dish is lacking some and I have ordered a new one recommended by several other members here. I am having problems knowing where I am also but the viewsat seems to be set up pretty well. I think my problem is low output lnb. Poor signal and worse quality. Hope this helps. If not I will get mine connected back up and see if I can help you out better....Please let me know.

Sorry, I may not have been clear on the answer. The longitude and latitude is for your position. That way the receiver knows where to reference from. It should make the mount at near 0 degrees on the mount if you go to AMC 9, which is at 83.0 degrees W. I sometimes think way ahead of myself.