Installing a DISH 500 Antenna
16.Select Cancel or OK to return to the Point Dish/Signal screen. Make sure the check mark is next to 119 West. If not, move the highlight to 119 West and press SELECT. Notice the signal strength bar. This is used to help you aim the dish by showing the strength of the signal you are receiving. Look at the signal strength bar while you aim the dish. Don’t stand in front of the dish while you aim it, because your body will block the satellite signal. After you adjust the aim, let go of the dish so that you can get a good signal reading after the dish settles back in place by itself. Do not change the skew setting.
17.Turn the dish back and forth very slowly, until the signal strength bar turns green. This shows you’ve found the signal.
Note: If you cannot find the signal, turn the dish back to the first azimuth angle. Then, loosen both elevation bolts just enough so you can tilt the dish. Tilt the dish elevation up by two degrees, and then tighten both bolts. Now, turn the dish back and forth again. If you still can’t find the signal, tilt the dish up again very slightly and turn the dish back and forth until you find the signal.
18.Once the signal strength bar is green, turn the dish back and forth just a little, to where the signal strength bar shows the strongest signal. When you find the strongest signal, tighten both mast clamp bolts. Then loosen both elevation bolts, just enough so you can tilt the dish. Tilt the dish up and down just a little, to where the signal strength bar shows the strongest signal. Do not adjust the skew. When you find the strongest signal, tighten all bolts in the dish assembly so the dish cannot be moved.
Tip: Have one person aim the dish while another watches the signal strength or listens to the signal tone.
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