So you want to know position a satellite dish? While there are many advantages to owning a satellite dish, there is one major downside: the dish itself. The dish needs to face south, have no trees or even leaves between it and the sky, and needs to be adjusted to within an inch of perfection to receive a strong signal. The good news is none of this is impossible to do, even for a novice.
Instructions
1. Walk around your house with a compass. You will need to generally position your dish in a southern direction to receive any kind of signal. Determine which end of your house is south. Generally, if you live on the east coast, your dish will need to face a tad southwest, whereas if you live on the west coast, it will need to face a tad southeast.
2. Determine the best line of sight for your dish. There can be absolutely nothing between your dish and the southern sky. If you are installing this during the winter, you will need to consider trees growing leaves; what might be a clear line of sight today might be blocked by a bunch of leaves six months from now.
3. Install the dish and satellite box according to the manufacturer's specifications.
4. Send your assistant up on your roof with a wrench. Your dish will rotate two ways: left-right and up-down. Loosen both nuts, and have your assistant hold the dish properly.
5. Fine-tune your dish. Using your remote, enter the main setup menu of your satellite box. Go to the signal-strength screen. Have your assistant adjust the dish in very small increments (less than a half-inch at a time) until you receive a signal strength of at least 70, but preferably over 80.
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