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Chapter 2: Setting up and connecting
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5 Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to highlight the Signal Meter
menu item, then press the button on your remote control.
The Signal Meter screen appears.
The signal meter starts checking the
satellite signal strength immediately.
The signal strength (from 0-to-
100%) is indicated at the bottom of
the screen.
The Signal Meter screen allows you to check signal strengths from different
Satellites, and different Transponders. The Satellites option applies only to
oval-shaped satellite dishes which receive signals from multiple satellites. On
round dishes, the Satellite setting is fixed.
Transponders are the equipment on satellites that receive the signal from the
earth-based program providers and relay it back to earth to your satellite dish.
Different transponders handle the signals for different TV channels. When
setting up your satellite dish, you should try to maximize the signal strength
across all of the satellites and transponders.
6 To check the signal strength for different satellites (oval dishes only), or
different transponders, use the left- and right-arrow buttons on your remote
control to highlight the on-screen Satellite or Transponder option, then use the
up- and down-arrow buttons to change the setting.
The signal meter updates to show you the signal strength for the new satellite
or transponder.
Setting the dish type
To function properly, your DIRECTV Receiver needs to know what type of satellite
dish you are using. You can specify the dish type using the instructions here, or you
can follow the steps on page 35 to use the Auto Detection menu item to
automatically set the dish type. To manually set the dish type:
1 If the Progress screen (shown here)
is on your TV screen, select
Installation by pressing the
button on your remote control.