Realigning Dish
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To get the proper levels on the 99 and 103, you will need to use the fine tuning bolts/adjustments. If you're not sure what Im talking about, then youtube some videos on how to dither a direcTV dish. You can get high 90's on 101/110/119 all day and still completely miss 99/103
Roof installs can screw with the plumbness. The D* Tech leveled the mast while sitting on the roof. When he got back on the ladder, the bubble was halfway out of the inner circle! Needless to say ka did not work at all.
Like I said earlier, when I watched the D* tech install the dish, a half a turn of the wrench on the fine tune bolts made a huge difference in signal. Ka is tricky.
Good luck! Hopefully it will all get straightened out and you will be watching TV.
The roof itself has little to nothing to do with the mast being plum/level or not. NOT paying attention and installing the mast correctly is what the issue is. I have done many. many roof install (DIY method) and have had no issues. Its all in one's attention to details and doing a job correctly. Period.
Back in the 18" Dish days, you could have the dish upside down, and off level, and still get a solid signal.
As we develop better video compression, we may one day be able to have everything on one satellite, eliminating the need for multi satellite dishes.
To be honest, the KaKu dishes are VERY hard to align without a meter.
I would do the $6 protection plan, and have them do it.
As we develop better video compression, we may one day be able to have everything on one satellite, eliminating the need for multi satellite dishes.
To be honest, the KaKu dishes are VERY hard to align without a meter.
I would do the $6 protection plan, and have them do it.
Over 150 total installs and at least 40 or so are Ka/Ku type; with nothing more than a ladder, $12 compass, basic tool set, and the meters on the receiver. Consistently peg 94+ across the board on relevant transponders.
You can use the built in meter in the satellite menu. A friend of mine just streams his signal menu over the internet, then gets on the roof with his laptop and watches the live signal meter.
I've always liked using wireless earphones.
I've always liked using wireless earphones.
I know what your talking about. So how do I get 99 and 103 tuned in if i am focusing on 101/110/119 like the guide says to. ? When I am on 101 I peak it then I peak 119 how do get 99 ? I have half of 103.
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I've done this myself, not over the internet but over my LAN. My desktop has a capture card and I use that to broadcast a live stream on the LAN which I then view with my laptop over 144mbps wifi. The delay is only about 1/2 a second (after manually setting buffers) and I've done this with both my 4DTV and DirecTV. Works great. I really need to get a UHF remote for my DirecTV, it's nice being able to even control the receiver from outside with the 4DTV.
Well, it beats spending a ton of money on a meter you may use a few times a year ... ( in my case)
If I was able to do that ...
How do you do it when your not doing it at your home ?
I don't do it for anyone else. I'm actually a network tech working on my AAS in computer information systems but I'm thinking about transferring into a B.A program in business or law, I really want a B.S in engineering but the math is overwhelming.
If I were needing to fix one for someone, I would probably bring a receiver out to the dish and use my laptop (which has a built in TV tuner) or this old portable DVD player I have that has composite input and a long orange extension cord.
I agree with the idea of what your doing and if your not doing it for anyone else, thats cool, but I have a few jobs to do shortly at the cottage and the internet is not as accessible ...
The later option is more like what I will be doing, IF you have someone to help that has a clue, it can be done without the addl. set up, but as Charper said, the WIFE is usually not that accurate, by the time she calls a number, your already past it !@
Go into the menu, select dish, then repeat satellite setup, should see a menu that says dish pointing.
This will give the elevation, azimuth, and tilt for the dish.
Set the tilt 1st, then the elevation. Then slowly move the dish until you lock the satellites in. Play with the elevation and the left and right movement. MAKE SURE the pole is perfectly plumb.
This will give the elevation, azimuth, and tilt for the dish.
Set the tilt 1st, then the elevation. Then slowly move the dish until you lock the satellites in. Play with the elevation and the left and right movement. MAKE SURE the pole is perfectly plumb.
make 110% sure the mast is plumb & level and that skew and elevation are set. if "everything else" is coming in strong; slowly and carefully dither it in.
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