Need Slimline alignment help

[jostarr]

I will be taking down my 3 lnb dish and installing a new 5 lnb slimline tomorrow.
My zipcode is 24551.

I used my H20 receiver set for 5 lnb to determine the initial settings for the new dish as follows:

Tilt : 63
Azimuth : 223
Elevation: 41

These settings are more than 1 degree different from than those I got from dish aligment charts. Should I believe the H20 settings?

My city is right on the boderline of the 110/119 Zone setting shown on page 13 of the installation book. Is there a better way to calculate Zone setting position?

[saryon]

Since the dish is a different shape and has a wider viewing angle than the 3 LNB dish, I'd believe the H20's 5lnb pointers. Course, those are rough numbers and need fine tuning when the dish is up.

[litzdog911]

The 5-LNB and 3-LNB dishes have very different alignment settings. That's because the 3-LNB was aimed at the 110-deg satellite (in between the 101 and 119-deg satellites), while the 5-LNB dish is aimed at the 101-deg satellite.

[Herdfan]

Do you have a meter?

While you will be able to install and get usable signal from the 101/110/119 slots just using the receiver, to get peak signal on the 99 & 103, you will need a signal meter.

[boba]

I will be taking down my 3 lnb dish and installing a new 5 lnb slimline tomorrow.
My zipcode is 24551.

I used my H20 receiver set for 5 lnb to determine the initial settings for the new dish as follows:

Tilt : 63
Azimuth : 223
Elevation: 41

These settings are more than 1 degree different from than those I got from dish aligment charts. Should I believe the H20 settings?

My city is right on the boderline of the 110/119 Zone setting shown on page 13 of the installation book. Is there a better way to calculate Zone setting position?The Slimline dosen't have a zone setting those instructions are for an AT-9,GOOD LUCK.

[jostarr]

My dish is actuallu an AU-9 not an AT-9. Does the AU-9 require zone settings.? How can they be claculated?

[s57061b]

Whats your dish look like

[s57061b]

You Need to make sure the mast is level. Then you realy need to didther all the settings and when you skew the dish it should be skewes with a signal meter not just setting it on 63 or what every your zip calls for.

[azarby]

My dish is actuallu an AU-9 not an AT-9. Does the AU-9 require zone settings.? How can they be claculated?

No zone settings required.

bob

[jostarr]

Thank you Bob, you answered the question I asked........all the other replies were interesting and informative but were not for question I asked.