First you must set the dish pole to be as nearly perfectly vertical as you can check it twice.
Mount the dish assembly on the pole and connect it according to the manual.
Cover the Two outer lnb's with aluminum foil and let's find 119.
Press MENU - 6 - 1- 1 on the receiver remote to get to the Point Dish screen. Put in your zip code; Dish 500; Transponder 19; Satellite 119. Have someone watch the screen to see when signal is detected, walkie-talkies or cell phones can help you communicate.
If you have no signal, you are improperly aimed. Pay no attention to the Azimuth, Elevation and Skew settings recommended on the receiver display, they are for the D500, the D1000.2 is not in the receiver database. You should have a manual that came with the D1000.2 that has a list of zip codes and the recommended Az, El and Sk for the D1000.2 in your zip code. These values should enable you to get close enough to find 119. If you do not have the manual - look here -
http://www.sadoun.com/Sat/Products/Dishnetwork/Dishes/DISH_1000[1][1].2_Installation_Guide_(_151255).pdf starting on page 11.
First set the skew according to the manual, tighten it and leave it alone.
Set the elevation according to the manual and snug the bolts so they will not slip.
Now point the dish in the direction of the recommended azimuth (degrees of the compass, 180 being south). Leave the Az bolts on the pole loose enough that you can turn the dish by grasping the mount area (be careful not to warp the dish by using it to turn the unit). Mark the pole and azimuth clamp with a magic marker to tell where your starting point is. Move the dish West in tiny increments until you swing it 10 degrees past the azimuth in the manual or you find signal, if you do not find signal, go back to the beginning and try East. You should find a signal doing this even if it is the wrong satellite.
Finding the wrong satellite is helpful in that it at least shows you a point in the sky where a satellite is. Western Arc Dish satellites are about 10 degrees apart. If it finds a satellite and says it is the wrong one, you are probably about 10 degrees to far east or west.
Once you find 119 (the receiver will say Locked - EchoStar 119 West) then you move the dish in very tiny increments east and west until you get the strongest signal. Tighten the Azimuth bolts so the dish will not move and carefully loosen the elevation bolt(s). Now move the dish up and down in very tiny increments until you get the very best signal. Repeat the Azimuth and elevation steps at least once more to really dial in on 119.
Now that you have found 119 and dialed it in, turn off the receiver and wait for it to download the latest firmware. The screen should say code 61, I believe when it starts the download. Let it finish and do it's thing, it probably will reboot at least once.
Now uncover the 110 and 119 lnbs that you covered with foil. You should have a little signal on all three lnb's if you set the skew correctly - double check. Next we need to adjust the azimuth and elevation to balance all three satellite signal levels, you do not want 80 on 119 and 40 on 129, it is better to have all three around the same levels, Pick any TP on use for all three sats, but do not pick one that says spotbeam, these are usually stronger or much weaker than regular conus transponders. For instance I get signal of 64 on TP 11 of 110; signal 72 on TP 11 of 119 and 59 on TP 17 of 129. Balance the signals so they are withinabout 10 -12 of each other. Tighten the bolts, run a check switch and you should have satellite programming after you get the box activated.
