Currently, installing a satellite dish costs between $10 and $30, which some people think is too high a price. In part, these people are right: you can’t demand such a high payment for spinning a plate and straightening heads. Moreover, the cost of the system itself is decreasing every year and, quite likely, will soon equal the price of tuning services.
Self-installation of a satellite dish eliminates this injustice. Moreover, the work is quite simple, and even a schoolboy can cope with it in a few minutes. Despite the fact that providers claim that, for example, installing a Tricolor satellite dish (and other similar ones) with your own hands is not recommended, as it requires certain knowledge, in fact, anyone who can drill a couple of holes in the wall of a house can do it, fix the bracket and set up stable channel reception. And it is never too late to use the services of paid tuners, because the equipment is not damaged during installation.
Placement point
Installation of a satellite dish begins with the choice of its location. This isone of the key points that must be approached with all responsibility. As you know, there are quite a lot of broadcasting satellites in the sky above us. The plate must be installed in such a way as to "look" at the desired one. The coordinates of each of them can be found on sites dedicated to satellite television. A simpler solution is to look at how the system is oriented in people living in your area, and install with this in mind (for the same satellites).
Installation
Mounting the plate involves placing it on the pipe. Therefore, residents of private houses can raise the mast on spacers or, for example, weld a branch pipe to a grape arch. But in high-rise buildings, a special bracket is more often used, which is a metal structure fixed to the wall with anchor bolts. By the way, the installation of a satellite dish on a concrete base can be done using metal anchors, but plastic dowels are more preferable for brickwork. Having welding, the frame can be made independently: a support in the form of the letter "T", a corner about 40 cm long and a branch pipe. On the other hand, the market offers ready-made products: they are neat, but less durable. A plate is subsequently attached to it and roughly oriented in the right direction. Trees and buildings on the receiving line may reduce or shield the signal.
Assembly and commissioning
Before installation, allthe system is assembled according to the instructions: a support tube for converters is screwed to the plate, the cable from them is carefully attached with ties or electrical tape. It is important that the attachment points of the F-wrap point downwards and that moisture does not get into them. Sometimes they are coated with sealant and additionally protected with electrical tape.
Further connection of the satellite dish involves placing the assembled dish on the bracket. First you need to orient it to the cardinal points, and then tighten the bolts. At the same time, it should be possible to turn it, at least with effort. It remains to connect the cable with the connector put on to the converter, and from the other end to the tuner. Then you need to turn on the TV and use the display of the received signal level in the tuner menu. After that, select DiSEqC in the settings, then the satellite or channel (it is assumed that the receiver is pre-flashed) and, observing the level, slowly turn the dish to achieve the best signal. It remains only to tighten the nuts.
