Hooking up a satellite dish can be a complicated process for many consumers, and anyone who is not professionally trained by a satellite network representative or technician. That said, with the manual nearby and an understanding of the basic makeup of the dish itself and the satellite receiver that plugs into your television, hooking up a satellite dish yourself is a viable, if fairly difficult, alternative to having to rely on an in-home professional.
Instructions
1. Find a good spot to set up your satellite dish. You will need to carefully scout out this selection and make sure that when installed, the satellite dish will be able to stay entirely flush with the mounting surface beneath it.
2. Use a level to check for a level orientation once you have the satellite dish mounted. You will need to check along several points of the dish, as you do not want the dish to be oriented in any way other than as close to perfectly level as possible.
3. Connect the satellite receiver to your television. This is an integral part of hooking up the satellite dish itself, as you will not be able to receive a satellite feed without properly installing the receiver. Plug the video cables (red, yellow and white in color) into the color-corresponding sockets on both the back of the receiver and the back of your television. Then, run the wire lead from the satellite dish itself down to the receiver. Do not resort to using splitters on this wire. Finally, plug the power plug of the receiver into the wall.
4. Turn on the receiver and wait for it to start up. From the main Menu that appears, select the Signal Meter Reading screen option. You will want to have someone stay by the television reading from the signal meter as you return to the dish.
5. Take the satellite dish and point it to the southern sky, and then set about fixing the elevation for the satellite. Loosen the nuts around the elevation bolts and then adjust the dish up and down. Receive real time reports from the person watching the signal meter to know when your elevation adjustments are working.
6. Perform the same exercise to set the azimuth of the dish. Loosen the nuts near the LNB arm of the dish and then make slight left to right movements, waiting for results each time from the signal meter screen. Keep in mind that your satellite dish manual will provide further help with elevation and azimuth set up that tailors to your specific location.
7. Make corrections until the signal meter screen shows a signal between 70 and 80. 80 is likely to be the best reading you can achieve. Once you have it, you can enjoy your newly hooked up satellite dish.
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