Connect DTV H24 to 18" round dish
This has been discussed before but here is my experience. H24 is hooked up for HD at home with a dish separate from the house. It uses a SWM device. I had previously used a simple SD receiver in t...
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Try #1 18" round and #2 multiswitch in the future. Since nothing other than 101 had any programming of any value (other than a few local markets which still broadcast SD locals) the #1 setting can help prevent the antenna from locking onto an incorrect satellite. For anyone trying to point an 18" dish (single LNB and SD only) the #1 option is by far the best option. For those that have never used the Winegard signal meter the little dial is a gain controller. You want to hook everything up with the antenna pointed AWAY from any possible satellite and set the gain so the needle is in the middle of the scale. Turn the antenna toward the satellite and each time the meter peaks out turn the gain down until centered again. Turn a bit more. If the signal drops you are going the wrong way. If it goes up again and peaks out stop and turn the gain down until it is centered again. Repeat until turning both directions causes a loss of signal. You now have the max signal available. Assuming you are pointed at the correct satellite you will now have the best available signal.
