DirectTV is a a company that provides home owners with satellite television channels. The main means of accessing the satellite channels is through a small DirectTV receiving dish that is place on the roof of the home or building. One of the most important aspects of a DirectTV dish is adjusting it into a position that receives the best signal. Although DishTV receivers are properly positioned during installation, they sometimes need adjusting to improve the reception quality.
Instructions
1. Obtain the Dish Pointing Coordinates from the menu system of your DishTV onscreen options. These coordinates tell you exactly where the satellite is located so that you can point the receiving dish towards it. There will be two coordinates to note: azimuth and elevation. The elevation is the up-and-down angle of the dish and the azimuth coordinates are the side-to-side directions for the dish.
2. Position a ladder along the side of the house or building so that you can access the receiver dish. You may need to actually climb onto the roof to do this.
3. Loose the two elevation nuts located on the side of the dish where it meets the main arm.
4. Look at the elevation settings which are located in the same location as the nuts that were just loosened. Align the small black mark at the top of the elevation settings with the proper elevation that you got from the DishTV menu. Tighten the nuts on both sides of the device to secure the elevation settings.
5. Locate the support sleeve nuts located on the center back of the device. Loosen these nuts so that you can adjust the azimuth level.
6. Point the front of the dish towards the correct azimuth setting. You will need a compass to point to the correct azimuth direction. When you achieve the correct azimuth direction, you will hear a continuous audible tone. Re-tighten the sleeve nuts in the back of the dish to secure the azimuth settings.
7. Go back to the television and access the on-screen signal meter options to check for a signal. If no signal is available, adjust the azimuth settings on the dish until a signal is received.
Tags: correct azimuth, elevation settings, adjust azimuth, azimuth direction, azimuth settings, correct azimuth direction, dish towards
