I have just installed a satellite dish but it cant seem to display the channels..it always give me the following :No or Bad signal.what might be the problem and how can i solve it?thanks
2007-01-12 08:24:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ TiVO & DVRs
Make sure the dish is sitting on a leveled pole. You will never find the signal if the pole is not leveled. You need to know the elevation & tilt in degrees and point it in the right direction. Usually it's the southwest direction.
The best way without calling a technician is to get someone to help you. One person to adjust the dish while the other person checks the signal strength and be able to communicate via cell phone, walkie-talkie, yelling, etc.
2007-01-13 09:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by Chris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go into the menu and find the setup section. If you have DishNetwork, there is a section entitled something like "pointing dish". If you go into that section, look to see if the bar at the bottom of the screen is green and there is text that says locked. The signal strength should be about 75+. If there isn't a strong enough signal, your dish isn't pointing to the satellite. Also, on the same screen there is something called check switches...run this and it can tell you if the little switch up by the dish is working properly. These do go out at times. After this, it is best to call the customer support people and they can walk you through adjusting the dish.
2007-01-12 18:06:35 · answer #2 · answered by crossmanclan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Another trick is to get a larger dish. The really small dish will need to be pointed just right. (They do have devices that you can hook up near the satelite dish and will buzz when it receives a signal)
The head of the dish may also be used and no good. If you don't have the device that detects the signal, you will be unable to diagnois whether the head is no good or you might have a break in the cable that goes to the satellite box.
If you are sure that your dish and cable line is ok, try another satellite box that works. Then you can eliminate the chance that the satellite dish is aimed correctly and the cable connection is ok.
2007-01-12 15:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by Philip H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without knowing what sat your looking for and assuming you know the coordinates,the best thing i can tell you how to hit a satellite is make sure the mast or pole you put your dish on is level and square.use a level and check it.even with the coordinates of the sat your looking for,it will do you no good if you are not level and square.once you have the level it is way easier to find your sat if you know the up angle and/or the skew.there should be instructions in your manual or on the system signal strength screen.i know dish gives you the proper coordinates,but not sure of direct tv.you will then need to have someone near the tv to watch the signal for you and to tell you whe nyou got it.try a cell phone and if not yell.you want to have atleast 90 percent.
sorry i can't help you more with out knowing what system or sat you want.
2007-01-12 11:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have an option where you can adjust your dish so that you get the best possible signal. depending on the model you might have a bar graph of signal strength and maybe a tone that plays thru the tv speaker that changes according to signal strength. i used to install them where i worked. hitting the bird dead on can be difficult, especially if you don't have experience with it. it's easier with 2 people. one to move the dish and the other to keep an eye on signal strength and yell at the other person. our rule of thumb was a 90% or better signal was good enough. if it's cloudy where you are you won't get the best signal. good luck
2007-01-12 08:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by Dale B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
specific there nonetheless it stuff to get carry of with them, the two for subscription or loose-To-Air. The subscription is a constrained set of the traditional cable channels that the service could desire to get permission to sell to abode visitors. The receiver used for subscription is in fact turn of the century technologies. loose-To-Air is community feeds, wild feeds, backhauls, and religius/foreign places/determining to purchase channels. there is NASA television. specific you will get them. For a house hobbyist, it is extra much less costly to get a used dish no one needs anymore. You possibly could desire to purchase a minimum of a DVB-FTA receiver, if no longer a 4DTV receiver (to get subscription DCII channels).
2016-12-13 04:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by wilma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call customer service and they will walk you through it
2007-01-12 08:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by gandalf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋