Steps To Install Satellite Dish
To get the satellite dish at good offer and price you might have shopped for it. You may wish to hire someone to install the dish for you or if you are lucky, some retailer dealers offer satellite dish installers free of charge. However not every buyer is accorded this privilege by the retailer. it actually depends on the buyer to set the dish. here follows some steps to install the satellite dish.
You will need to have the following: Complete Satellite System , RG6 Coax Cable , Satellite Signal Meter, Compass ,6″ Magnetic Level OR Post Level, 7/16″ wrench, Drill , 1/2″ nut driver bit , 2″ lag bolts , Zip Ties OR Black Tape and Staples OR Screw Clips.
Look for a suitable place around your compound to raise the dish. it is important for the site to have the clear sky line and it should face the instructed direction. It should be free from any interference especially when it comes to searching of signal. the next step of installing the satellite dish is to bold the mast from every direction very firmly by using the level. Make sure that the bolt is tight keeping in mind that it should be plumb.
the next step is to place the antenna dish on the mast but the bolts should not be tightened. next put coax cable through dish and then out to LNBF to connect cable. Then bolt the LNBF to the dish. Do not tighten the bolts to much. now read the manual guidance for installing the satellite dish in order to confirm the correct skew and raise the dish according to locality. it would be easy to place the receiver accordingly if the neighbor too has the satellite dish.
now if you don’t have the meter for checking the signals after fixing the coax cable just turn on the television to confirm the signal. now you have to turn the dish according to the instruction given in the installation manual to check the meter and locate to the signal correctly otherwise just look at the neighbor’s dish. you can now bolt the dish after getting the signals. you can adjust it horizontally and also vertically. now let the reflector of the dish rotate freely.
now by moving the reflector by up and down determine the signal efficiently. and then take coax from dish to receiver and connect it. Connect the receiver to the television then run the required test by the manufacture by reading the dish satellite installation manual.
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