Best Android app for aiming sat dish
What's the best App? I have Satellite Director but I'm not having much luck with it.
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legolas wrote:edatlanta wrote:does this Dishpointer app work for DirecTv?
I use Dishpointer Pro to verify there are no obstructions between my dish location and the satellite. My dish is a Slimline 3LNB SWM mounted on a tripod from tv4rv.com. I use a wireless baby monitor to aim the dish after setting up the tripod. I aim the camera at the tv screen so I can see the signal strength from outside using the remote. The DirecTV Genie HR44 brought back the audible tone when using their signal strength screen. When I hear the signal from outside on the baby monitor remote I can look at the screen for fine tuning.
I do this frequently and it literally takes me minutes.
I use an app from my phone, GPS Status, to give me lat/long. I have seen several degrees difference when using lat/long vs zip code when getting the sat settings from DirecTV's aiming menu. Lat/long is obviously more exact.
It does work with Direct TV.You do need to know which sats you are looking for.(There is "a bunch" of them up there!)
