Are you planning to get satellite antenna for your house, you do not have to call the professional installer to do the task. Even though you do not have a lot of construction experience, but you can easily set up the satellite antenna. When you find the clear spot for the dish, just mount it at the right place. Get the signal by pointing your dish up to sky. With right wiring, you can transfer signal to the receiver and TV.
Some Initial Steps to Install the Satellite Antenna
Identify all the parts
Suppose equipment is bought from many different vendors, certain small items such as cables might not be provided. After receiving your equipment installer should perform the full inspection; and missing items will be identified & ordered while initial work of the installation is proceeding. Make sure that you choose the right satellite before ordering online so that you will not end up with any missing parts. Because there are many online sellers who don’t provide proper warranty for these parts.
Choose the Location
Satellite antennas are installed on roof, balcony, or side of your home. Remember that location that will work best for a particular home may not work for other, thus use the given guidelines that will help you to find the right place for installing the satellite antenna.
- To work right, your dish should have unobstructed view of southern sky. It means it is very important to select location where satellite signal will not get blocked by things such as buildings and trees. You’ll have to ensure growth of the new foliage will not obstruct its signal.
- On an occasion, you have to clean snow and debris off your dish or tweak the alignment, so choose the location that will allow you reach to your dish easily.
- Never install dish near the power lines and other service utilities, since this presents the safety hazard.
Mount the Mast
After you have selected the location for the dish, it is the right time you mount the mast, pole to which you can affix your satellite antenna. Use level to make sure mast is plumb (up & down), then follow instructions given with your kit and secure mast in proper place. Slide down the dish on mast and face this toward southern sky. Suppose you are not sure which direction it is, use compass.
Align Your Dish
Then, you have to align your dish. This just means positioning your dish at a right angle or tilt to receive satellite signal. Easiest way you can find the right tilt is using the satellite signal meter. You can adjust tilt of a dish until meter shows you are getting the strong signal, and tighten your dish on mast by using screws that are provided in an installation kit. You may purchase the basic satellite signal meter at the home improvement store.
Connect Satellite Dish to its Receiver
Find the location that is very close to your television and drill the hole through wall of your home using 3/8inch bit. After that, attach an end of cable to its satellite dish, and feed your cable through hole, and secure other end of your cable to its receiver. Test this system first to ensure it is working rightly. When you know, close a hole around its cable point with the weatherproof sealant that will help to prevent the water damage.
Check the System
Connect receiver to the TV by using cable given with the receiver. Turn on the receiver and TV and follow installation instructions that are provided by the satellite service company. Obviously, you may hire the professional for installing the satellite dish; however, doing it yourself will save you a lot of money and also give you the feeling of accomplishment. You need to follow the given steps and you will enjoy the new satellite television service.
Antenna Alignment
In the orbit above earth these satellites are situated some degrees apart, and thus finding target satellite will be the tough task. The professional installer can find the satellite in some hours. The installers with very less experience might take several weeks of effort before they get the perfect alignment.
Final Words
Final step in the alignment is Peak and Pole process. Satellite operator engineers will look very carefully at its signal generated by new site, and will insist on right alignment of an antenna and polarizer to insure that antenna isn’t interfering with the adjacent satellites and with other poles of same satellite.