Connecting To Your Dish Antenna - Dish Network Hopper User Manual

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Professional installers perform the installation of the Hopper Whole-Home DVR and Joey
Receiver(s). In general, the steps involved include the following:
1
Before you can begin connecting your Hopper HD DVR to your dish antenna, you must
first complete the preceding sections for connecting your TVs to the receiver.
2
Connect two RG-6 coaxial cables between the S
the receiver's back panel to two available ports on either the switch, DISH Pro Plus
Separator, or LNBF in your existing satellite system.
Note: If you are installing your receiver into a system with DISH Pro or DISH Pro Plus
LNBFs (and/or switches), you can have as much as 200 feet of cable between the LNBF
and the receiver. However, you must use only RG-6 coaxial cables rated up to at least
2150 MHz. Some cables may say "Swept tested for 2150 MHz." If you have any doubt
about this, ask your DISH retail installer, or look on the container that the cable came in.
Do not use cable-company TV cables or cables from other satellite TV systems not rated
up to at least 2150 MHz. These other cables may cause signal loss. Do not any use
existing coax cables such as RG-59. Make sure to use waterproof F-connectors outdoors.
3
Peel off the blue stickers and affix them to the cables close to where they connect to the
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On a paired remote control, press the MENU button, highlight and select the Settings tile,
then Diagnostics, and then Point Dish to display the Point Dish screen on the nearby TV.
5
When directed to do so by DISH instructions, select Check Switch. Then select Test.
6
The receiver begins performing the Check Switch tests. See Point Dish and Check Switch
on page 102. When it is finished, the Installation Summary screen is displayed.
7
Make sure the information on the Installation Summary screen identifies your system
correctly, showing all transponders and satellites applicable to your system. (For example,
to display nine days of guide data, you must receive either the 119°W or 72.7° signal.)
8
Select Close.
9
Select Close to exit the Point Dish screen. At this point, the receiver may walk you
through a procedure to download software. If this prompt displays, follow the instructions
and do not disturb the receiver until the nearby TV displays live TV from DISH. Otherwise,
press VIEW LIVE TV. After just a few minutes, you should be watching TV!
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