For self-installation please read this document.


“Azimuth” refers to the compass setting or direction the satellite dish needs to face

“Elevation” is the angle the dish needs to be pointed toward the sky. The elevation reading is on the side of the satellite dish mount. Move the dish mount to the elevation required and then tighten. Do this before placing the satellite dish on the satellite mast.

Unpack your receiver and place near the television. Connect the cable from the satellite dish to the connection on the satellite receiver that says “LNB in” or “Satellite In” or “Digital In”. The cable from the receiver to the TV or VCR should come from the port marked “TV Out”, or “Out to TV” or for better quality use the Yellow White Red cable that is supplied wit the receiver and connect it to out.

Turn your TV to the channel 3 if you connect wit coax if you use Yellow White Red cable use it as video in like video 1 video 2 depend where you plug in. You should have an on-screen signal from receiver.

After you have the Receiver connected and you can see on the screen no signal you should put batteries in your remote controller and press info (blue) button on the bottom of the screen you should see signal meter (it may say 0% at this point) but if your Coax cable is connected properly to the LNB you will read about 60% to 80% on the on the Green scale on the screen. This is the meter you should use while aiming for the signal. You can call on the telephone from the dish to someone who is sitting in front of the TV watching the signal quality meter or communicate trough the window.

Back to the dish!

Make sure your dish is level. The only way your dish will be level (plum) is to install the dish mast without the dish on it and make sure it is level. Hold a level vertically against the up-and-down portion of the mast

Set the elevation adjustment on the side of the dish to the elevation you need for your area. Check at the Attached list where are you closest to for the Elevation and Azimuth if you don’t have it please call us for this information. Now drop the dish on the mast that you just leveled. Hook up the cable line to the LNB on the end of the dish and run it directly to the receiver LNB IN (might say FROM LNB or it may just say Digital). Eliminate all signal splitters and splices in the line for now. Run the cable through a window for now if you must, but get your signal first. After you acquire the signal, then you can hook it to the existing cable in your house. If your signal goes away, you know not to use your existing cable, but don't waste hours and hours only to find out that you ran your line through some old washed out cable or a splitter that was under the floor.

Where are you aiming? Is your azimuth 180? 220? Do you know what the numbers mean? Do you have a compass? If you do, try this method:

We hope that this was Simple

Now, one last adjustment: If your azimuth is around 180, your LNB should be set straight up and down. If your azimuth is a number higher than 180, your LNB should be tilted slightly counter clockwise in the collar. Only slightly,

Conversely, if your azimuth is less than 180, the LNB should be tilted clockwise. See the diagrams below.

There are two meters that are indicating signal one is for signal strength (green) and one is for signal quality (Yellow). Strength may be high, but if your quality reading is less than 55 or so, you will not scan any channels into memory when you search. If you have a high signal strength number, you may still be aiming at another satellite. Only when you see the quality reading rise, do you know when you are aiming at the satellite that you are looking for.)

Move the dish slowly from far left to right. SLOWLY! Either use a satellite finder or use a cell phone to call a buddy who is patiently sitting in your living room looking at the transponder signal screen. (If you never get ANY signal quality, adjust your elevation up or down a degree or two and try again. Remember, SLOWLY!)

When you get high signal strength AND quality readings, try to lock all the bolts and fine tune the LNB angel by adjusting to the higest signal possibly to get.

If you don't get signal, here are the problems in order of popularity:

After checking connectors and Cabling, you might need to consider to give us a call or you need a professional installer to finish the installation of your satellite system. Tidy up before the installer comes, as he is likely to charge you only for a service call if he thinks that most of the work has been done. We can refer you to an installer in your area should you need one. E-mail us at support@intersat.ca to make a request for a local installer.

If at any time, the installer or yourself determines that the receiver or LNBF is faulty, send an e-mail to technical support and tell them you would like a replacement and detail your findings. Send the item to us in its original box. Make sure to track it, either with UPS, FEDEX or Canada Post. Send another e-mail to support@intersat.ca stating the cost of the shipping. If our bench test determines that the unit is faulty, you will not be charged for shipping of the replacement. Should our bench test determine that the unit is functional, your shipping charges will not be eligible for refund. A charge of $10 will be assessed for all items that are found functional and then returned to the customer.

Thank you, and enjoy a world vision of Adventist Television!