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