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How do I install a DirectTV Satellite Dish?
By sheila | March 21, 2008
Now that you are interested to of a new DirectTV service and you should know that the dish is free. That’s great right? But before you order a DirectTV service you might want to know first on how to install the DirectTV satellite dish? Where to place the satellite dish? This is necessary to know where to place and how to install DirectTV satellite dish before you order a service from them. The satellite dish should be installed in a place where it can get a better signal.
Installing the DirectTV Satellite Dish is very important since this will be the toll for you to get the channels and service that you want. All the major parts are already included in the package that they send like the necessary pasts such as hardware parts. You need to install the dish, special cable, telephone line cable, DirectTV satellite dish. Set up those hardwares to be able to connect it to your TV set.
Where to install the satellite dish?
To get a better signal it is important that you place the satellite dish outside the house. The satellite dish is usually placed in the roof of the house, balcony or exterior wall of the house depending is what is convenient for you to place it from your house. The shape of the disk is round and there are different sizes of dish available from DirectTV. There is 20 inches wide and 18 inches tall and there us also 36 inches wide and 18inches in height. It is important to know where to point the dish, because you need to point it in a certain direction to get a better signal. By that way the satellite this will be able to pick up better reception. For DirectTV it is necessary to point it in Southern sky and in this line of point should not be blocked by poles, trees and buildings which is a requirement for DirectTV satellite signals.
The hardware that you need to install for your dish vary on the of installation you have chosen. However way you installed the satellite dish it should be connected in a phone jack. If you have three televisions in your house all those tv should be connected to the DirectTV and all those cables should be plugged in to a phone jack to receive a signal from DirectTV. It is that easy to install the satellite dish that you can do it by your self or ask for assistance from a DirectTV technician whichever way you want for your convenience.