User's Manual

Home Signal Distribution Kit Installation Guide

Table of Contents

BOX CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

TOOLS REQUIRED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

CAUTION AND WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

COMBINER AND SPLITTER PORT IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . 5

INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Multiswitches, Signal Splitters, DishPro Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . 5

INSTALLATION OVERVIE W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Simple Conguration (Single LNB, No Multiswitch) . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Materials Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Before Multiswitch Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Materials Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

After Multiswitch Conguration (Multiswitch on the Roof) . . . . . . . . 13

Materials Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

After Multiswitch Conguration (Multiswitch Inside the Home) . . . . . . 17

Materials Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

SIRIUS Antenna Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

1. Assembling the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2. Determining a Location for the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3. Antenna Mounting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Wall Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Roof Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Mast Mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4. Adjusting and Aiming the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Simple Conguration Installation Procedure (Single LNB, No Multiswitch) . . 28

Before Multiswitch Conguration Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . 30

After Multiswitch Conguration Installation Procedure (Multiswitch on Roof) . 32

After Multiswitch Conguration Installation Procedure (Multiswitch Inside

Home) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

ANTENNA SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

COPYRIGHTS & TRADEMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36