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<blockquote data-quote="archive10" data-source="post: 891510">1) get the pole roughly vertical (not enormously important when you're not doing polar mounts AND have a small dish).2) get the elevation roughly right using inclinometer (cardboard with string will often do the job).Remember, the dish should not be pointing at the satellite, the dish is a mirror reflecting the wavefront to the LNB, and the correct angle is the same as the angle between the dish face middle and the LNB. don't remember the TD88, but I would guess around 23 degrees.2) hook up STB as described by other posters. Look at page saying &quot;strenght / quality&quot;.3) point dish roughly in the direction that dishpointer says. (And dishpoint can be several degrees out!)4) slowly (SLOWLY) sweep the dish from left to right or the other way, making sure you cover a good bit of arc (say, 30 degrees)5) if you get nothing, adjust the elevation up or down (pick one) a little bit, then repeate step 3+4.6) once you get something, carefully align Azimuth until you get max strength.7) Adjust elevation until you get max strength8) Check on receiver if you can see any channels, Sky intro or Sky news are good beacons.9) If no TV signal is displayed, you're probably on the wrong sat. But elevation is close. Try moving the dish (slowly) in direction of where dishpointer told you to look, and find another sat. Repeat 6-8.10) Once you got it, skew the LNB a little (a few degress) to maximise quality.I've done this many times in France with my FoxSat and a TD64. Best (luckiest) yet was near Orange, where I pointed the dish at where I thought it should be, and actually got a hit the first time!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="archive10, post: 891510"] 1) get the pole roughly vertical (not enormously important when you're not doing polar mounts AND have a small dish). 2) get the elevation roughly right using inclinometer (cardboard with string will often do the job). Remember, the dish should not be pointing at the satellite, the dish is a mirror reflecting the wavefront to the LNB, and the correct angle is the same as the angle between the dish face middle and the LNB. don't remember the TD88, but I would guess around 23 degrees. 2) hook up STB as described by other posters. Look at page saying "strenght / quality". 3) point dish roughly in the direction that dishpointer says. (And dishpoint can be several degrees out!) 4) slowly (SLOWLY) sweep the dish from left to right or the other way, making sure you cover a good bit of arc (say, 30 degrees) 5) if you get nothing, adjust the elevation up or down (pick one) a little bit, then repeate step 3+4. 6) once you get something, carefully align Azimuth until you get max strength. 7) Adjust elevation until you get max strength 8) Check on receiver if you can see any channels, Sky intro or Sky news are good beacons. 9) If no TV signal is displayed, you're probably on the wrong sat. But elevation is close. Try moving the dish (slowly) in direction of where dishpointer told you to look, and find another sat. Repeat 6-8. 10) Once you got it, skew the LNB a little (a few degress) to maximise quality. I've done this many times in France with my FoxSat and a TD64. Best (luckiest) yet was near Orange, where I pointed the dish at where I thought it should be, and actually got a hit the first time! [/QUOTE]

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