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36 Chapter 4
Using On-Screen Menus
Dish Pointing
The Dish Pointing menu helps you set up your digital satellite receiver and optimize your
reception of the satellite signal.
Selecting Your Dish Antenna
It is important to complete each of the following steps required for your satellite dish antenna.
If you do not, you will not receive proper dish pointing coordinates and will not be able to take
full advantage of your digital satellite receiver.
Specify the type of dish you are using:
1. Press MENU on the remote control to bring up the Main menu.
2. Select System Setup, then Dish Pointing, then press SELECT to access the dish pointing
screen.
3. Select Dish is highlighted by default. Press the SELECT or right arrow button to access the
information on the right-side panel.
4. Specify the type of dish you are using: a round satellite dish or an oval satellite dish with
two or three LNBs (Low Noise Block-converter). When the proper dish is highlighted, press
SELECT.
Note: Changing the dish type will delete all stored Guide information while the digital satellite
receiver gets the updated Guide data. While updating Guide information, advanced search features
such as the Scout™ and AlphaSort™ will only have a few hours of data from which to work.
Entering Your ZIP Code
This feature allows you to find dish-pointing coordinates from your local zip code.
1. In the Dish Pointing menu, use the remote control’s arrow buttons to select Enter ZIP Code.
2. Use the numeric buttons on the remote control to enter in the proper ZIP code.
3. After entering the final digit, the receiver displays the dish-pointing coordinates. For
convenience, record the numbers in the spaces below.
Note: If you have a round satellite antenna, you will not see numbers for Tilt. Tilt applies only for
satellite antennas with more than one LNB.
Dish-pointing Coordinates
Elevation _______________ Azimuth ____________
Tilt (oval satellite dish only)_____________________
Select by City
Allows you to choose major cities from selected states to find dish-pointing coordinates.
Enter Lat/Long
Allows you to find dish-pointing coordinates from latitude and longitude entries. Latitudes
between 20 and 55 can be entered, and longitudes between 65 and 125 can be entered.
Signal Meter
This feature allows you to determine the strength of all available signals, one at a time. There is a
separate test for each satellite from which your antenna receives information.
Note: After you finish installing the dish antenna and exit the Dish Pointing menu screens, the message
“Searching for Satellite Signal” might appear for a few seconds, followed by the Satellite Data Acquisition
screen. This is normal. Go to page 8, in the “Wait for the Receiver to Download ADVANCED PROGRAM GUIDE™
Data” section, for details.
Tip
It is important to select the correct dish type. If you do
not, you will not receive the proper dish pointing
coordinates and you will not be able to take full
advantage of your DIRECTV® System.
An oval satellite dish with three LNBs (not
provided with all systems).
Tip
Azimuth is the side- to-side direction that the satellite
dish antenna is pointed.
Elevation is the up/down angle that the satellite dish
antenna is pointed.
Tilt is the circular rotation of the dish itself, like the
motion of a steering wheel.
LNBs