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Setup of slimline dish with old standard receivers

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I am new to the forums haven't installed a satellite for about 5 years since we moved to our new home(3LNB Sony Oval Dish). Can I set up the new Slimline 5 LNB dish with the standard receiver or do I have to have the HD receiver to set it up properly(signal levels,etc.). I would like to do the antenna installation myself due to horror stories about direct installers. The four cables are already at the antenna and a multiswitch swap out at my cable hub would all that would be required. Any help would be appreciated.
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Do a litle searching here. The way to align the 5-LNB dish without a newer receiver is to align on both 101 and 119. There is a specific procedure for doing that. There is also a video on how to do it on the solid signal website. THere are many references to it in these forums.

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