Getting Assistance
Dish Pointing
The Dish Pointing menu helps you set up your HDTV and optimize your reception of the satellite signal.
Selecting Dish Type
It is important to complete each of the following steps required for your satellite dish antenna. If you do not, you will not receive proper dish pointing coordinates and will not be able to take full advantage of your system.
Specify the type of dish you are using:
1.Press MENU on the remote control to bring up the Main menu.
2.Select Assistance, then Dish Pointing.
3.Use the arrows to highlight Select Dish, then press OK.
4.Specify the type of dish you are using: a round satellite dish or an oval dish.
Depending on the type of dish you have, the Select Dish menu will prompt you for more information about your satellite dish antenna.
5.If you are using a round satellite dish, you are finished selecting your dish.
6.If you are using an oval satellite dish, specify the number of satellite locations from which your satellite dish antenna will be receiving signals. This number is equal to the number of LNBs (Low Noise Blocks) mounted on your dish. For example, if you have two LNBs, select 2 Satellite Location Dish.
LNBs
An oval satellite dish with two LNBs.
Peak Signal
The “Peak Signal” indicates the highest signal strength you have obtained, which is not necessarily the highest possible signal.
While the maximum signal strength is 100, the signal strength you achieve will probably be less. Although there is no difference in picture quality between signal strengths of 60 and 85, the higher the signal, the less likely you are to experience negative effects in degraded conditions such as rain or snow (called “rain fade”).
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