ALEKO AC Tubular Motor 205W with Build in Receiver for Retractable Awnings

Upgrade your awning with a motor! Motorize it!

Comes with built-in radio receiver and 1 programmed remote control (transmitter). It is ideal for motorized awnings, roller blinds, roller doors and projection screens.

Diameter: 1 3/4" (45 mm);
Easy to install. Motor opens and closes retractable awning with a remote (included)
Comes with a programmed remote control and 18' cord with plug
Built-in radio technology
UL-Approved
Terrific value!

[philbunch]

Get someone who has already put this together to assist you because the instructions that come with this product are terrible. If you are getting your wife to assist you, apologize in advance. The most maddening thing about this is that there is ZERO chance that the Aleko people are not absolutely and clearly aware of the problems and yet do not take the responsible steps to correct the instructions. Also, if you look in this video, there is CLEARLY 2 different units being worked on here or the installer discovered that if putting together the way they have it at first, the manual crank handle will interfere and the unit will not mount to the wall. And again a clear and simple workaround is possible but there is no indication of this till you watch the video and realize that the unit in the first part of the video and the unit shown in the second part of the video (outside) are clearly assembled with different hardware and aligned differently.

[papabsr]

Verified purchaser, verified assembler. It’s too late to turn back now. All the boxes are opened and parts scattered everywhere. The first comment I must make is this. Either all the retractable awning manufactures must also have pathetic assembly instructions. And YouTube support videos made by the most incompetent composers. Or this Aleko company would have already been out of business. The printed instructions provided inside packages are disgusting. Images of parts on instructions do not match the parts provided in the box. Important steps are either omitted. Or they come along in the assembly process out of order. Causing one to disassemble to reassemble. There are parts in the box that are not even on the assembly paperwork. As far as the YouTube videos recommended by the technical support. They too are still missing steps. The parts shown being assembles in these videos actually change from one step to the next. Possible different product revisions of the units over the years. But why then in the same assembly video. It’s like you are being shown how to change a transmission on a 1965 F150. But then you are suddenly being shown how to do the next step on a 1985 F150. I purchased a motorized unit. There were zero instructions in any of the boxes on how to assemble that part of the process. And the YouTube video recommend by the technical support was one of those that changed parts being assembled along the way. It has you looking through all the parts provided tying to find these other parts. As they look like they would have worked better. Not sure which revision they were from. Not the one delivered to me. But more revisions are still definitely needed. How in the heck this happens is beyond me, I still managed to get the unit assembled in a day. And once one gets through it. It really pisses one off seeing how a set of clear and up to date instructions would made it a whole less frustration. And how it would have been so easy for the manufacturer to have provided that. It is like they want people to hire someone that has done it before. I pray to God it works now once I get it mounted on the house. And then lasts beyond the point where I forget how frustrating of an ordeal it was.

[MrKenny]

Where are the bolts for the motor they did not come with the motor kit? I got two motors no bolts

[thefoildesigner]

The instruction presented in this video on how to secure the motor to the D-bracket is backward and wrong. The bolts ends should be facing outside and not inside, go through the D-bracket and finally thread into the H-bracket. As presented, it is nearly impossible to tighten the bolt to both the D-bracket and the nut.

[josealfredogarciaguirado]

Yes I agree with Phil, the screws were very large and opposite, and later was tie to the piece. that is very disoriented. Also I don't found in any place a wrote description of the process or how each piece that comes in the box is used. Terrible and really it is so easy done a good documentation.

[drizler]

You need one on how to program the limit settings for the remote. Those paper directions with the kit are pretty vague on how you use that wand tool.

[MrHemispd]

1:18 wire coming in from the top.
1:30 wire coming in from bottom