How to Set Up a Dish to 119 & 110

Satellite television can bring consumers hundreds of options for television viewing. It's a generally good service which under most circumstances has non-interrupted programming. However, windy days and several other factors can knock your satellite out of alignment, therefore interrupting your service. We all know the feeling of viewing an important television show or movie that you just can't miss, so instead of waiting on a service technician to come to readjust the dish, with a little effort you can be back on the couch watching TV in no time.

Finding the signal strength.

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  Power on the Dish Network receiver. Go to the "Point Dish" screen in the menu, from the setup tab. You will find this by pressing the menu button on the remote control. Press 6-1-1 on the remote, and this opens up the "Point Dish" screen for Dish Network.

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  This screen will show a strength meter and emit an audible tone. Enter your zip code on this screen to obtain proper azimuth and elevation angles. Write these down.

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  Have a friend stand by the receiver during adjustments to let you know when it's pointed correctly.

Adjusting the Dish

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  Take the azimuth and elevation angles you've written down outside to the dish. Loosen the nuts for elevation slightly.

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  Align the elevation using the arrow on the elevation adjustment to the specifications and tighten the nuts back.

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  Loosen the nuts for the azimuth adjustment and set to the proper angle. Tighten the nuts.

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  Repeat fine adjustments until you have a signal strength of 70 to 80 percent on satellite 119. Once 119 is in this percentage range, satellite 110 will also be aligned.