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Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Satellite TV Dish Installation

Five Steps to Installing a Satellite Dish

Installing a satellite dish only requires a few simple steps. As with anything, the learning curve poses the most challenge. After you have installed your first satellite dish, you can then start installing them for friends and neighbors, while earning some money in the process.

1 - Mount the dish and point the dish
2 - Run the cables and grounding wire
3 - Seal any holes and tidy up the cable runs
4 - Connect the set top box to your tv and home theater system

First, a satellite dish must be mounted on a south-facing wall, (for Dish Network) or on your roof, within 100 feet (not only distance, but within 100 feet of actual cable) of your Satellite TV receiver. Make sure to select a location that has no obstructions such as large trees or tall buildings. It is best to use heavy duty bolts, or tapcon’s for concrete mounting. A hammer drill may be required to penetrate masonry, brick or building blocks. The dish must not move and must be able to withstand the wind and rain from changing the dish angles.

If you live in an apartment or condo that prohibits satellite dish installations, you can mount it inside, or on your balcony using a stand which can be ordered from your satellite TV dealer. You should also order RG5 Coaxial cable as well. Standard cable TV RG59 coaxial cable will not do the job. Satellite TV coaxial cable is thicker and carries less resistance over long distances. Resistance degrades signal quality which in turn reduces picture clarity and sound quality.

Once you have run the cables through your house and along the walls to the rooms where you have your TV’s, you need to caulk all the holes you made in your walls. The holes leading outside should be sealed with extra care, as this can cause leaks and ultimately cost more for heating and cooling. One important step is to make sure that the dish itself is properly grounded, especially if the dish is mounted on a rooftop. Use your external electrical panel, or purchase a grounding post if necessary.

After installing your satellite TV dish, Locate the angles (there are 2, basically, Elevation - up\down; and Azimuth - left\right) using a satellite angles calculator, or dishpointer.com. Once you have calculated the angles, adjust the elevation on the dish and then slightly tighten the nut. Make sure not to over tighten the nut as we will need to fine tune it shortly. Next, you will need a compass to assist you in the Azimuth angle.

Hold the compass in front of your body at chest level - make sure the compass needle can move freely. Locate north on the compass and try to avoid any external interference in doing so (metals, magnets, electrical wires etc.) Once you have north, zero or rotate the outer compass dial until it is set at north or zero. While still pointing north, find a landmark to use as your north reference point. Be as specific and exact as you can. Whatever you use as your north “marker” will need to be easily identified. You will need your Azimuth value now, which was something like 210 degrees etc.

With your north “marker” comitted to memory and easily recognized, spin your body to the value of the Azimuth value. That is where the dish will be pointed. Again, find a landmark at the Azimuth angle and memorize it. If you are unsure you have done this correctly, remain fixed on the azimuth angle, and look back at the north marker. Your compass needle should be north, or at zero.

You can fine tune your settings later. As long as the dish bracket is mounted vertically at 90 degrees (straight up, and level) and your elevation is right, and your azimuth angle is good, you should get a signal on the satellite receiver.

Now go to your satellite TV provider’s signal strength menu on your satellite TV receiver. Using the signal strength menu, gently point your dish in the right direction and move it slowly up and down until you obtain maximum signal strength. Be patient as this may take awhile. Have a friend help you with the signal strength, as you want this to be as close to 100% as possible.

Once you have obtained a high signal quality, lock the nuts down. You may also consider marking the angles on the dish, or on the actual nut itself in case you ever need to readjust them.

Finally, if you plan on purchasing pay per view or movies on demand, you will need to plug in the satellite receiver to a phone line. Purchases are sent via phone line and cannot be sent via satellite, as your satellite dish can only receive signals. Contact your satellite service provider and have the satellite receiver activated.

Connecting your satellite receiver to your existing home theater or tv system requires a simple rule - imagine the television signal as water through a river.

The television signal must pass into the satellite receiver, out of the receiver into the home theater receiver, out of the home theater receiver and into the television. The satellite receiver itself will have the ability to split audio and video simultaneously so that you may watch tv without the need to power on the home theatre and to listen to satellite audio and music without the tv being on.

HD satellite tv is essentially the same concept as regular satellite tv, however it requires additional lines. In most cases, you will need to run dual RG6 lines to your dish and to your satellite receiver. If you have more than one head on your satellite dish, you will also need two additional RG6 lines for each. High Definition Satellite TV requires a High Definition Satellite receiver, and a High Definition television.

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