I would say to read my post above -- with one exception. The last install I helped with I had to go down over 8 degrees to find the signal. The only time I went down more than about 3 degrees. Be sure to follow Brian's directions carefully, especially to get the channels on the receiver and have the right one tuned in. GO SLOW. If you go too fast, you probably will go past it and have to repeat. -and repeat, and repeat - then use words you don't know!
I did a cold setup 2 weeks ago. Eyeballed the level, had only the sun to give me south, was totally unsure of the elevation needed because they did not have a printout. I had the STB settings for 3ABN, and guessed on the skew. I had lock, following the above in 15 minutes, although I swept about 100 degrees, Retuned the skew, and then got TBN on LNB2. I had to reskew several times for optimal, as I did not have the settings for the dual holder (and probably was not level). Overall time was about 45 to 50 minutes.
The BIGGEST things are:
1.) receiver and TV by dish.
2.) Move VERY slow. I have been using a pair of 19 inch channel locks on the mount to turn it. That gives me full leverage and a quarter to half inch of turn at the handle is about the right amount of movement at the dish!
3.) Set up a plan and follow it. If your dish is pointed straight up and you haven't gotten the signal ... start coming down again. (Hey in Hawaii, you might have to be almost straight up!)
4.) Be sure you have a level and the documents, unless you want to spend way too much time on set up.