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CHAPTER 3
Setting up and connecting
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CHAPTER 3
Setting up and connecting
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The Installation option in the Setup menu provides access to a variety of important setup
controls. The first of these is the Set Dish menu. The Set Dish menu allows you to:
Acquire the exact azimuth, elevation, and tilt angles to help you point your dish
accurately based on your ZIP code.
Check the setup of your satellite dish using an on-screen signal meter.
Set the dish type (to tell your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver what kind of
satellite dish you are using).
Set your dish type automatically.
The sections that follow detail each of these procedures.
Acquiring the correct dish pointing angles
The Dish Pointing menu item in the Set Dish menu allows you to find out exactly how to
point your satellite dish by entering your ZIP code.
If you have not yet successfully aligned your satellite dish, or if you need to realign it,
follow these instructions to find the exact angles you should use to point your dish:
1
Press the MENU button on your remote control.
The Main menu appears.
2
Highlight the Setup menu item, then press the SELECT button.
The Setup menu appears.
3
Highlight the Installation menu item, then press the SELECT button.
The Installation menu appears.
4
Highlight the Set Dish menu item, then press the SELECT button.
The Set Dish menu appears.
5
Highlight the Dish Pointing menu item, then press the
SELECT button. The Dish Pointing screen appears.
6
Use the right-arrow button on your remote control to highlight
the space for the first digit in the ZIP code.
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Use the 0 - 9 buttons on your remote control to enter your five-digit ZIP code.
When you have entered all five digits, the screen updates to display the correct azimuth,
elevation, and (for oval dish types only) tilt.
Azimuth refers to the left-to-right angle to which you should point your dish.
Elevation refers to the up-and-down angle to which you should point your dish.
Tilt (for oval dishes only) refers to the amount off-horizontal you should twist the dish on its axis.
Write down these numbers and use them to accurately point your satellite dish.
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To return to the Set Dish menu, press the BACK button on your remote control.
To exit the Menu system, press the EXIT button on your remote control.
Checking the satellite signal strength
The Signal Meter allows you to check the strength of the signal from the satellite to your
satellite dish.
This is useful while setting up your satellite dish, and while troubleshooting any reception
problems you may encounter.
Satellite signal strength can be affected by how accurately you have pointed the satellite
dish, and by any obstructions between the satellite and the satellite dish (tree limbs, for
example).
NOTE
If you connected your DIRECTV
®
HD Receiver to an off-air antenna, you can check the strength of
any digital signals received by that antenna using the Digital Off-Air Signal Strength meter.
Follow the instructions in Programming local channels later in this chapter.
To check your satellite signal strength, follow these steps:
1
Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2
Highlight the Setup menu item, then press the SELECT button.
3
Highlight the Installation menu item, then press the SELECT button.
4
Highlight the Set Dish menu item, then press the SELECT button.
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