Dish Network Platinum DishPVR 501, User Manual

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Appendix A
Warning
: Tighten all the coaxial cable connections only by hand.
Using a wrench may over-tighten the connections, causing damage.
Such damage is not covered by the Limited warranty.
2. Connect a coaxial cable from the TV S
ET
O
UT
connection on your
receiver to your television's RF tuner input. Check to see that the
Channel 3/4 switch on the new receiver's back panel is set to the same
channel (3 or 4) as your TV.
3. Plug in the receiver's power cord. Make sure both the receiver and TV
are turned on.
4. You should see the
Point Dish/Signal
menu in the new receiver. If
you do not, open the Main Menu , by pressing Menu followed by
6-1-1
on the remote.
5. Select Check Switch or Test . An Attention screen will open. Select
Check to run Check Switch.
6. When Check Switch is complete, you will see an Installation Sum-
mary
screen. If the screen shows the correct switch and the message
"Satellite reception verified" for all satellites in your system, go to
step 7. If the
Installation Summary
screen does not detect all of
the satellites your system should be receiving, check and retighten (by
hand) the cable connections between your receiver, LNBFs and
switches in your system. Then press
Retest or Test to rerun Check
Switch again.
7. Select OK or Cancel to return to the Point Dish/Signal screen.
Then select Cancel to exit the Point Dish/Signal screen.
8. An Attention screen will open. This screen asks if the mounting and
positioning of your dish is complete with a "Locked" indication in the
Point Dish/Signal
screen. Since your system is already installed
and your dish is pointed for the strongest possible signal strength, you
can select
Yes
.
9. The receiver will begin taking a software upgrade. You will see the
message shown below.
A progress bar at the bottom of the screen will show how the software
upgrade is progressing. Once the software upgrade is complete, you
will see a second message that the receiver's memory is now being
programmed.
This message may disappear, your screen may go blank for a few
minutes, and the green light may continue to blink. This is normal and
does not indicate a problem with the receiver.
10. When the software upgrade is complete, press View and you should
now be able to watch TV programming. To activate your program-
ming on this newly installed receiver, call 1-800-333-DISH (3474).
See
Chapter 1, Introduction .