Troubleshooting Check List For Initial Installation - SELFSAT H10D User Manual

Once fine tuning is complete, and the signal is at its peak level with a good quality, you can
stop adjusting the antenna.
(Example of pointing & finding the signal)
In order to watch Canal+ through ASTRA1(19.2 East) from the city 'Brest' of France, you
will see Skew angle at -19.7, Elevation angle at 30, and Azimuth angle at 149.6 (in
reference to the angle table on the back page of this manual)
< Skew > < Elevation >
Step 6: Optimum Pointing & Finding the Signal
(with Attenuation Thin Pad)
Use of Attenuation Thin Pad simulates bad weather conditions causing a signal loss and
aids antenna positioning to receive an optimum signal in all weather conditions.
Optimum pointing and finding to gain the best signal is only possible after passing through
step 5.
Please affix Attenuation Thin Pad back onto the face of antenna cover and you may start
repeating to make adjustment of Skew angle, Azimuth, and Elevation as done the same in
step 5, again to achieve the maximum and optimum signal level.
Once completed, remove the Attenuation Thin Pad (keep pad in a safe place to use in
future for portable use) and ensure that all the screws are well tightened to avoid the
antenna moving position.
Note: During heavy cloud coverage or rainfall, the reception of signal level tends to weaken
and in some cases the signal level will not be possible by the use of Attenuation Thin Pad.
So during bad weather, you are recommended to skip step 6 for a use of Attenuation Thin
Pad .
< Azimuth >
Attenuation Pad
SELFSAT-H10D
Keep this Pad for the First installation and Pointing

Troubleshooting Check List for Initial Installation

If the signal is not found, be sure the receiver user manual and the antenna usermanual
have been followed closely, check the following:
Make sure all cable connections are correct
and each connection is seated/tightened
properly.
Inspect the inside of each cable connector
for dirt or possible connector to case/shield
short.
Verify the Azimuth, Elevation and Tilt angles
for your location by ZIP code
Make sure the Tilt and Elevation pointers are
aligned correctly to the scales. Do not use
washer or bolt as reference.
Make sure the Tilt adjustment is not changed
from the recommended setting for the
antenna location.
RG 6 cable with solid copper center
conductor is highly recommended because it
has much lower DC voltage drop compared
to RG 6 cable with a copper-coated, steel
center conductor.
Standard RG 59 cable causes too much DC
drop and signal drop; it can not be used to
pass the satellite signal. RG 6 coaxial cable
must be used.
Some after-market, off-the-shelf add-on
components may not be as advertised. They
might not work or could cause additional DC
drops and signal amplitude attenuation.
Remove such components, go back to the
basic connections called out in this manual
and re-verify.