You want to begin with a coax cable running directly from the antenna to the receiver (through a window if necessary) and check to see if you can find the signal. You also need to know what kind of antenna you are using as it could be different than the home antenna. If you have SWM at home but not in this antenna (or vice versa) you will need to go into the receiver setup, select Multiswitch (most likely for a tripod) or SWM if you have a special SWM LNB and set the antenna type you are using. You will then be able to go to Signal Strength followed by Signal Meter. You can use this to get the 101 signal and then peak from there if you are using an antenna that can pick up 99 and 103 as well (necessary for the HD programming).