Installing The Cap Onto The Satellite Dish - Hughes DW 3000 One-Way Installation Manual

INSTALLING THE CAP ONTO THE SATELLITE DISH

PARTS NEEDED
• Azimuth/Elevation (AZ/EL) cap assembly
• Satellite dish
• 5/16-inch Nylock nuts, Qty: 4
You will set the satellite dish elevation and polarization, which
you wrote down in this manual on page 6, before attaching the
azimuth/elevation (AZ/EL) cap to the satellite dish. As you set
them, refer to Figure 26. Note the cap has an arrow, labeled
"Top," to show you how to orient the cap vertically. See
Figure 29 on page 24.
1. Use a 1/2-inch socket wrench or open-end wrench to loosen
the four polarization nuts.
2. Refer to page 6 of this manual to find the elevation value.
3. Orient the cap assembly so that the "TOP" label is at the
upper right. The elevation bolt will also be on the right.
4. Use a 1/2-inch socket wrench or open-end wrench to loosen
the AZ/EL bracket bolt nut and elevation nuts.
5. Using your fingers, retighten the three nuts until you cannot
tighten them further.
6. Still using your fingers, loosen each of the nuts one revolu-
tion.
7. Locate the red elevation reference mark on the elevation
scale on the left side of the cap assembly. See Figure 27 and
Figure 28 on the next page to help you locate the mark. The
• 5/16-inch flat washers
Qty: 4
leading edge of the metal plate is the elevation reference
mark.
8. Use a 1/2-inch socket wrench or open-end wrench to turn
the elevation bolt head until the leading edge of the red
mark is at the correct value. You may need to turn the bolt
head a number of times until the leading edge of the red
mark reaches the correct value.
9. When the leading edge of the red mark is at the correct ele-
vation value, tighten the bracket bolt nut and the two eleva-
tion nuts. Do not tighten the elevation pivot nut.
10. Refer to page 6 to find the polarization value.
11. Locate the polarization scale. It is at the top of the AZ/EL
cap (Figure 29).
12. Turn the AZ/EL to the correct polarization value. Align the
mark on the top of the AZ/EL with the correct value on the
polarization scale. Figure 29 shows a setting of positive 3
degrees.
13. When the polarization is at the correct value, tighten the
four polarization nuts. As you tighten, make sure the polar-
ization remains at the proper value.
Bracket bolt nut
Elevation bolt head
Elevation bolt
Clamp bolts (3)
Elevation pivot
Polarization scale
TOP label
Polarization nuts (4)
Elevation nuts (one each side)
Figure 26
TOOLS NEEDED
• 7/16-inch open-end wrench or socket wrench
• 1/2-inch open-end wrench or socket wrench
• Torque wrench (can accept 1/2-inch socket and
exert 12 ft-lbs. of torque)
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