Camper in next campsite needs help in sat alignment
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Mar-13-2015 01:13 PM
Now he mentioned that once he had seen a person out with a smart phone walking around and the fellow mentioned he was using an app to find a good spot to place the dish before doing the adjustment. Now I have an Android smart phone and could probably help him in getting the app but I don't have clue what to look for in the App store.
Does anyone know of one that we could use to help find a place under the tree canopy to place his dish?
I know nothing about Direct TV sat and how it works.
Thanks
Ron W.
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Mar-15-2015 02:28 PM
Bucky Badger wrote:Yes it needs location services to be active or I believe you can enter your location but so much easier to have the phone determine the location. It has to know the location to determine where the sats are located.Bill.Satellite wrote:
Find DishPointer (pro) by augmented reality. It's the best program available.
Does it need data to work?
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Mar-14-2015 02:32 AM
rjsurfer wrote:
The camper in the next site asked for some help in getting his dish aligned for Direct TV. He said he has aligned it before without issue using compass etc. But where we are now it is heavily treed and knows he can't just place the dish out, he has to find an open area first.
Now he mentioned that once he had seen a person out with a smart phone walking around and the fellow mentioned he was using an app to find a good spot to place the dish before doing the adjustment. Now I have an Android smart phone and could probably help him in getting the app but I don't have clue what to look for in the App store.
Does anyone know of one that we could use to help find a place under the tree canopy to place his dish?
I know nothing about Direct TV sat and how it works.
Thanks
Ron W.
Doesn't help you, but the Align-a-site works great, especially sitiing the dish with heavy tree cover since you can point the dish accurately in breaks in the tree cover. It also doesn't require the dish to be completely accurately plumbed in one plane.
Larry
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Mar-14-2015 02:10 AM
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Mar-13-2015 04:59 PM
Bill.Satellite wrote:Agree but proceed with caution before purchase.
Find DishPointer (pro) by augmented reality. It's the best program available.
Alan the owner hasn't updated it in about 3 years and there are lots of new phones that it may/may not work on and three years ago Android support seemed questionable from the posts. And at $20 it's an expensive app.
Search DP Pro and it does use augmented reality.
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Mar-13-2015 04:54 PM
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Mar-13-2015 03:56 PM
Can't we all just get along?
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Mar-13-2015 03:12 PM
The app search engine should find many 'aim directv dish' apps.
Has this person just assumed he can't aim it? It's surprising how high the signal actually comes in from. I can have a MH parked next to me in the way and still get the signal.
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Mar-13-2015 03:01 PM
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Mar-13-2015 02:28 PM
Anyone know the name or names of those satellites that DTV uses.
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Ron W.
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Mar-13-2015 02:27 PM
Campfire Time wrote:
Google is your friend. This turned up in a search for "android app satellite finder": http://appcrawlr.com/android-apps/best-apps-sat-finder
I have one on my I phone called Satellite Dish Finder. Great and easy to work with.
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Mar-13-2015 01:57 PM
Also he needs to make sure his mounting system is plumb and level before he attaches the dish set to the correct azimuth & skew. Most of the time when I have trouble getting a signal, if I go back and plumb everything up I'm able to get the signal. Just like a house you need a good level foundation.
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