How to Position a Dish
- 1). Loosen the bolts on the side of the bracket that is holding the satellite dish with your fingers. Place a spirit level on the top edge of the satellite dish. Angle the dish so that the bubble sits between the two lines on the level. Tighten the bolts back down with your fingers. Tighten the bolts more securely with the jaws of a pliers.
- 2). Loosen the coaxial cable connected to the bottom of of the LNB (low noise block amplifier) modules on the far end of the satellite pole attached to the front of the satellite dish. Remove the cable from the LNB.
- 3). Screw the coaxial cable into the "Destination" or "Receiver" coax output on the signal meter. Screw an end of a 6-foot coaxial cable into the "Ant" or "Sat" coax input on the signal meter. Screw the other end of the coaxial cable into the coax connector on the LNB.
- 4). Rotate the "Trim" knob on the signal meter so that the needle is hovering around the "5" on the scale.
- 5). Loosen the nut from the bolt on the bracket holding the dish that controls the elevation setting. Raise the dish slowly while viewing the needle on the signal meter. Stop raising the dish when the needle peaks at the highest number on the scale -- you may have to raise and lower the dish repeatedly until you see the needle peak. Tighten the nut on the bolt once this reading has been reached. Tighten the nut more securely with a pair of pliers.
- 6). Loosen the nut from the bolt on the bracket holding the dish that controls the azimuth setting. Move the dish laterally back and forth slowly while viewing the needle on the signal meter. Stop moving the dish when the needle peaks at the highest number on the scale. Tighten the nut on the bolt once this reading has been reached. Tighten the nut more securely with a pair of pliers.
- 7). Remove the coaxial cable from the coax connector on the LNB. Remove the coaxial cable from the "Designation" or "Receiver" coax output on the signal meter. Connect the end of the coaxial cable back on the coax output of the LNB.
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