Instructions for setting up satellite TV?

[beachlovingmom]

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 SatFinder Pro app on my iphone.

Could someone be kind enough to tell me the step by step directions for what I do when I get to a campground? We are in a travel trailer. I am not sure where to start.

Thanks so much!

[donn0128]

That plastic pipe mount is simply too light for a direct hd dish. Those things weigh a lot.

[nomad297]

If you buy your equipment from www.tv4rv.com, it won't be as complicated as others make it sound. I haven't needed a signal meter yet and I get on the 101 just using a compass and a level.

Bruce

[GordonThree]

I have not tried this myself ... on the fence about taking my Hopper along for the ride or not, but this method looks really interesting:

http://rvtravel.com/blog/rvnow/2007/06/rvers-turn-satellite-tv-upside-down.html

[donn0128]

Ill tell you what i do.
Dishpointer to locate a clear view and setup the tripod.
Aligh a site to get the antenna in the right orientation.
Birdog sat meter to fine tune the antenna.
I happen to have an align a site andmit is a great tool. Using that you do not need to level the tripod. Without it the tripod needs to be absolutely level. It also gives me the three angles via bubble levels qnd compass to get me really close.
The birdog sat meter is the same tool that direct inststallers use. The nice thing about using it is it rejects all but the satellite you want, which is 101 for Directv.
To connect the antenna to the receiver you need either a SWM system or two coax cables from the antenna to each receiver to get HD/DVR. If you dont have a dvr tyen a single csble is sufficient. What receiver are you using?

Again, my setup i am using a swm antenna on the roof and 4 wire from the ground antenna to my two HD/DVR.

I would highly recomend that you practice at home before you leave. Basically you should try to duplicate whst you have at home. SWM is the easiest because you only need one coax from the antenna.