In a message dated 31/03/2007 16:38:15 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Testing the gizzmo the engineer found that basically the thing never stopped moving once the satellite system switched on - which it seems was automatic as in engine off, gizzmo on. The Crystop system automatically parks the dish when you turn it off at night (assuming you *do* turn it off!) and I would have assumed that would shut it down. However, it is possible to also watch Sky on the TV in the back cabin, so I assume they just turned the TV off and left the rest of the system running overnight because it was too much of a fag to walk 40 feet to turn the Crystop system off - or to get out of bed and walk 3 feet to power off the whole TV circuit on the breaker. There is a switch on the panel by the steerer that cuts off the power to the dish so this can be turned off separately while the boat is underway so it can't get damaged by collision with a passing bridge - useful if the kids get bored and decide to watch TV while on the move! DaveD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
