HR10-250 and dish pointing question

[vtfan99]

Not sure if this is even the right forum for this, but it is related to the software on the box, so it *should* qualify.

Lately, we've had a few heavy wind storms (currently sitting in one now) and it seems that the HR10 is searching for signal a lot more frequently than it should. When I check for signal strength through the menu, I notice there are 3 settings at the top....azimuth, elevation, and tilt. Are theses the actual measurements that it "pulls" from my dish or is this just stating what the optimal should be? :confused:

Im just thinking that my dish has been "moved" a bit by all this wind.

Thanks.

[WO312]

Those are what the settings on the dish should be. I've never done it, but I assume you could write those down and go to your dish and check to make sure they are correct.

They assume your mast is plumb (or whatever term they use to mean exactly straight up and down).

[JimSpence]

As stated above the mast MUST be perfectly plumb. Then set the tilt/skew and elevation as shown for your zipcode. Then set the azimuth. This should get you a signal. Then the azimuth can be adjusted a little to tweak in the strongest signal.
Remember the azimuth setting is true north, so apply your local magnetic variation to the value.

[TyroneShoes]

As stated above the mast MUST be perfectly plumb...
Not really, but it helps. A non-plumb mast will skew the other two dimensions as you fine tune the first, but all that is really important is that in the end, the dish itself is oriented properly in all three dimensions. The mast has nothing to do with reception and is only there to hold the dish in place. Your STB could care less if the mast is plumb...all it cares about is that the signal levels are correct, and that only takes a properly-aimed dish. I've sited in plenty of dishes on poles that were set non-plumb in concrete. It's not as easy, but ultimately it does not affect reception in the least.