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I recently purchased a Slimline 5 LNB satellite kit for tailgating. The satellite I bought was a directv HD 5 LNBF. I received it today and put everything together to the best of my knowledge. I am definitely not a satellite guru so I went by what I saw with my house dish and with what I learned from the web and installation manual. I even read through the thread another guy had installing his just a few days ago. Hopefully you can help me like you helped him!

I am having trouble figuring out how the course knobs and fine adjustment knobs are for the tilt, azimuth, and elevation. Are those the little black knobs? I have gathered the info for my azimuth, elevation, and tilt from dishpointer.com. After putting everything together and leveling out my unit. I began adjusting the elevation and tilt by just loosening the bolts and then tightening them. I assume this is not correct, but I was getting confused by the manual's instructions. I then used a digital compass app to try to direct my azimuth, but I am not quite sure where I should set my phone to direct it. Should I place it on the lnb bar or what? I tried going through the dish installation on my receiver but I only get 0's for the 32 inputs on the 101. I hope you can help me. I am not terrible with electronics typically, but I have never worked with satellites before so hopefully I don't sound too bad. Thanks!
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I will try this after I get off work today. If I remember correctly, the box setup said something along the lines of LNB-5 and then below it SWM was highlighted, but I don't think I could change it to take that off. Do I need to choose another LNB-5 setting? When I get home later, I can read through the other LNB-5 choices so I can provide a better idea of them.

A few other questions...I have the 3 foot RG6 cable running from one of the inputs on the LNB to my satellite finder that came with my kit. I then have a longer RG6 running to a B band converter which is then running into my receiver. I assume that I need the B band converter and that my setup is okay otherwise. I don't seem to get any spikes on the satellite finder as well. I took it off as I thought it might be defective and just planned to use my receiver and then signal meter on it. Instead of the satellite meter joining the two RG6 cables, I have a F81 double female barrel connector. If anything is wrong with my setup, that would be nice to know. Thanks!
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Well after coming home and switching the satellite dish settings on my receiver to Slimline 5 and Multiswitch, I got it in what seems like 5 minutes. Almost all of my 101 transponders were >95. I didn't even have the tilt and azimuth fine tuned. I just ran through the setup on my receiver with the help of a directv tech person guiding me over the phone and am now enjoying my shows in HD just fine. I even did it a second time after changing the position of my dish, and I got it in a matter of minutes. It almost feels like I cheated or something as easy as it turned out. After reading and watching all the videos, I was ready for it to take me forever. Hopefully it gets me by!
dfergie
Glad to hear you got it!
K
Thanks for all the help!!


Glad to hear you got it!
raoul5788
Thanks for all the help!!

That's what we are here for!
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osu1991
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.

I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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dfergie
I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
Jimbo
No. Bring in someone new.🤔 Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Last reply · posted in Movie Talk
Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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