How to Hook Up DIRECTV

Hooking up DIRECTV will take you about an hour--maybe longer, if you do not have a direct line to the southern hemisphere. When you order DIRECTV, you get everything you need to set up the dish and the receivers. There is, however, an easier, quicker way to hook up the DIRECTV dish and receivers than the one explained in the installation guide. Follow these easy steps and you will have your DIRECTV hooked up in no time.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ladder
• DIRECTV dish
• Enough coax to run to the TV in the house
• Drill
• Socket wrench

1. Select the area on the house where the dish will be installed. This area must face the southern sky, with no direct interference from trees or buildings. The location can be on a roof, back porch, front porch or balcony. Sometimes the dish must be mounted to the side of a house.

2. Drill a pilot hole. The lag bolts should be used if the material the dish is attached to is weak. The lag bolts come with the installation pack.

3. Attach the dish mount to the surface with a socket. Then attach the dish. Attach the coax for as many TVs as you will hook up to a receiver.

4. Run the coax into the home and to each TV that will have a receiver. Attach the coax to each TV.

5. Turn on one TV and point the dish. Move the dish slowly until the receiver has a signal. The signal will be displayed when you select "Action" and then "Guide" on the remote. Select "Set Up" and then "Installation." As you move the dish, the signal will get stronger or weaker. The best signal is 90 plus.

6. Tighten down the dish to prevent movement. You can then check the other receivers to make sure they have a strong signal. They might have an 80 plus.

Tips & Warnings

• Always use the lag bolts when installing on the side of a house.
• When installing the coax, be sure to hook up the coax to the receiver input. The little coax will go to the TV through the coax output.
• Storms in the southern sky may block a signal. Install on a day when skies are clear for 100 miles.