4035197 Rev C D9865 Satellite Receiver Installation and Operation Guide 5-13
Setting Up Dish Pointing, Continued
4. The Dish Status section displays the current satellite dish information. The
following table describes the satellite dish information displayed:
5. Click Apply.
Parameter Description
C/N Margin Indicates the current Carrier-to-Noise Margin for
the received signal. The Carrier-to-Noise margin is
the actual distance that C/N is from the noise
threshold.
Signal Level Displays the relative strength of the received RF
input signal. It is displayed in the range from 0 to
100.
RF Lock Indicates whether the receiver is synchronized with
the received RF signal.
AFC Indicates the current Automatic Frequency Control
adjustment, in MHz.
LDPC ER Indicates the bit rate of the input stream of the
LDPC error correction stage (DVB-S2 only).
Packet ER Indicates the current Packet Error Rate.
PV BER Indicates the PV (Post-Viterbi) BER for the received
signal (DVB-S).
RF(1) Power Displays the LNB Power setting. The LNB Power
setting determines if power is provided via the RF1
Input to an external LNB connection.
LNB Status Indicates the current LNB connection status (No
Load, Overloaded, OverTemp, Short Circuit,
Disabled, Normal, or N/A).