Hughes HIRD-D45, Owner'S Manual

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INSTALLING AND POINTING YOUR SATELLITE DISH ANTENNA
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Satellite Dish Antenna
Pointing accuracy is very important. The satellite dish antenna must be pointed exactly at the
satellite for you to receive a signal. Please follow these instructions carefully to achieve a
successful installation.
In the following procedure you will be referring to the meter on the INSTALLATION screen. If
this screen is not currently displayed, press the key, shutting the system down, and then
press the key to start the system up again.
If you see a black screen with the message:
“Searching for satellite signal. To access related utilities, press .”
press the key. Otherwise, press keys in the following order to navigate to the
INSTALLATION screen:
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to display the M AIN M ENU
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or to m ove the highlight over the Setup M enu button
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to display the SETUP M ENU
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or to m ove the highlight over the I nstallation button
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to display the INSTALLATIO N scr een
You should see a meter displaying your signal strength.
The INSTALLATION Screen
{ XE "SIGNAL STRENGTH screen" } The INSTALLATION screen shows the quality of the
signal that you are receiving. Because you have not adjusted the
direction of your satellite dish antenna, you probably have a signal
strength of 0. To let you know that it is “looking,” you should hear a
short beep every few seconds.
Even though a signal strength of 50 will give you the same high-
quality picture and sound as a reading of 90, you should maximize
your signal as much as possible, because rain or snow can cause the
signal strength to drop significantly. This signal reduction is known
as “rain fade.” As soon as the signal can penetrate the rain cloud or
snow, your picture will return automatically.
The INSTALLATION screen