Appendix a – Dish Network Solo 111 User Manual

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Appendix A

Warning

: Tighten all the coaxial cable connections only by hand.

Using a wrench may over-tighten the connections, causing damage.
Such damage is not covered by the Limited Warranty.

2.

Connect a coaxial cable from the

TV S

ET

O

UT

connection on your

receiver to your television's RF tuner input. Peel off the white sticker
and affix it to the cable close to where it connect to the

TV S

ET

O

UT

connection on the back of the receiver.

3.

Plug in the receiver's power cord. Make sure both the receiver and TV
are turned on.

4.

You should see the

Point Dish/Signal Strength

menu in the new

receiver. If you do not, open the

Main Menu

, by pressing

MENU

fol-

lowed by

6-1-1

on the remote.

5.

Select

Check Switch

. Select

Test

to run

Check Switch

.

6.

When

Check Switch

is complete, you will see an

Installation Sum-

mary

screen. If the screen shows the correct switch and the message

"Satellite reception verified" for all satellites in your system, go to
step 7. If the

Installation Summary

screen does not detect all of the

satellites your system should be receiving, check and retighten (by
hand) the cable connections between your receiver, LNBFs and
switches in your system. Then press

Test

to rerun

Check Switch

again.

7.

Select

OK

to return to the

Point Dish/Signal Strength

screen. Then

select

Cancel

to exit the

Point Dish/Signal Strength

screen.

8.

An

Attention

screen will open asking if the mounting and positioning

of your dish is complete with a "Locked" indication in the

Point

Dish/Signal Strength

screen. Since your system is already installed

and your dish is pointed for the strongest possible signal strength, you
can select

Yes

.

9.

The receiver will begin taking a software upgrade. You will see the
message shown below.

A progress bar at the bottom of the screen will show how the software
upgrade is progressing. Once the software upgrade is complete, you
will see a second message that the receiver's memory is now being
programmed.

This message may disappear, your screen may go blank for a few
minutes, and the green light may continue to blink. This is normal and
does not indicate a problem with the receiver.

10. When the software upgrade is complete, press

VIEW

TV

and you

should now be able to watch TV programming. To activate your pro-
gramming on this newly installed receiver, call 1-800-333-DISH
(3474). See Chapter 1, Introduction.

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