Instructions for setting up satellite TV?
I will be retiring soon and we are ready to spend extensive time on the road. We have the Direct TV satellite box from the house, the Direct TV HD dish, a stand to put it on, coaxial cable and the Sa...
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I'm kinda lazy and cheap. I mounted my Slimline HD dish with a very short pole on a piece of 2x12 about 2 feet long. The only meter I use is the one on the TV in the setup menu. The trick is making sure the pole is plumb. Once the pole is plumb I get the proper coordinates by using the zipcode on the setup program. The skew always remains the same so then it's just the elevation which I set next, then slowly rotate the dish while watching the TV screen. Normal setup time is less than 5 minutes total. If it's out normal tailgating spot then the elevation hasn't changed I kinda know the direction so it's about a minute to fine tune. I am happy with around 90% on all 3 satellites. Sometimes I'm happy at 80%.
I'm sure a heavy rainstorm would cause me to lose reception but it really hasn't been a problem.
Like someone said earlier, try it at home and you'll get comfortable and realize it's not hard.
Joe
I'm sure a heavy rainstorm would cause me to lose reception but it really hasn't been a problem.
Like someone said earlier, try it at home and you'll get comfortable and realize it's not hard.
Joe
