VuCube 1000

I am one of those who had the devil of a time trying to manually align satellites. We finally bit the bullet and bought a CarryOut, that automatically finds them. MUCH nicer. The CarryOut does not support HD on DirectTv though. It does do regular definition on Direct.

set it up in your drive before the trip

We have the 1000 and have used it for 6+ years on Direct and Dish. Point the handle north, put your zipcode in on the receiver, and use the remote to find the satellite. We keep hoping ours would die so we could justify a new dish but as long as this one works we'll keep using it...

After hours spent/lost trying to aim my portable dish years ago we got a roof mounted unit that finds the satellites automatically. Thought we had it made until we discovered trees.
Now we still have the dome unit but have added a Winegard G2 portable unit, we can locate within 50 feet of the receiver, that finds the satellites automatically. No more frustration....again.
I'm not trying to sell the G2 but would encourage you go get a unit that searches for the satellites; unless you are better than I was at doing it manually.

So all I have to do is hook it to a receiver, aim and find the sat. and I am in business. Right?? Got it.

It is a great antenna for Directv, but does require manual aiming, as others have already pointed out.

The 1000 is a portable non-automatic dish. It requires manual aiming using the included remote control. This link goes to the 1000 user manual that will walk you through how to set it up.

Get your nabor to show you in your rig.