RCA F38310 User Manual page 82

Getting Assistance
Find Your Dish Pointing Coordinates
Use one of the available methods (ZIP Code, Latitude/Longitude) to find
your dish pointing coordinates.
Follow these steps to obtain your dish pointing coordinates using the ZIP
Code of the dish installation location:
1. Press MENU on the remote control to bring up the Main menu.
2. Select Assistance, then Dish Pointing.
3. Select Enter ZIP Code.
4. Enter the ZIP Code for the satellite dish antenna installation
location.
5. Record the elevation, azimuth, and tilt (oval satellite dish only)
numbers below.
Elevation _____________
Tilt (oval satellite dish only) _____________________
Using the On-screen Signal Meter
Use the signal strength meter to determine whether or not you are
receiving a satellite signal. You can also use it to find the strength of the
satellite signal.
Follow these steps to bring up the on-screen signal meter:
1. Press MENU on the remote control to bring up the Main menu.
2. Select Assistance, then Dish Pointing.
3. Select Signal Meter.
The signal meter screen you see may look somewhat
different from the one pictured above.
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Azimuth ___________
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.