Samsung SIR-TS160 owner manual Setting the dish type

Chapter 3: Setting up and connecting

The Signal Meter screen appears.

The signal meter starts checking the satellite signal strength immediately. The signal strength (from 0-to-

100%) is indicated at the bottom of the screen.

The Signal Meter screen allows you to check signal strengths from different Satellites, and different Transponders. The Satellites option applies only to oval-shaped satellite

dishes which receive signals from multiple satellites. On round dishes, the Satellite setting is fixed.

Transponders are the equipment on satellites that receive the signal from the earth-based program providers and relay it back to earth to your satellite dish. Different transponders handle the signals for different TV channels.

When setting up your satellite dish, you should try to maximize the signal strength across all of the satellites and transponders.

6To check the signal strength for different satellites (oval dishes only), or different transponders, use the left- and right-arrow buttons on your remote control to highlight the on-screen Satellite or Transponder option, then use the up- and down-arrow buttons to change the setting.

The signal meter updates to show you the signal strength for the new satellite or transponder.

Setting the dish type

To function properly, your DIRECTV® High-Definition Receiver needs to know what type of satellite dish you are using. You can specify the dish type using the instructions here, or you can follow the steps on page 33 to use the Auto Detection menu item to automatically set the dish type.

Note: For DIRECTV® High-Definition programming, you will need an oval triple LNB satellite dish antenna.

To manually set the dish type:

1If the Progress screen (shown here) is on your TV screen, select Installation by pressing the

OK button.

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