To PROGRAM A SATELLITE

1. If the satellite to be programmed is already stored in the wrong position, then it must be erased before it can be programmed. ERASING A SATELLITE

2. Start on a satellite next to or near the satellite that is being programmed.

3. Press TUNING or TUNING SELECT to bring up the dish tuning on the screen. The word DISH should be displayed near the bottom of the screen. If dish does not come up, UNLOCK THE TUNING MODE. After turning the locks off and DISH still will not come up, turn off the parental locks. PARENTAL LOCK MENU.

4. Press SAT then the satellite name your looking for. (EX: SAT S 4). If it says "Satellite Not Defined" when press SAT S 4. DEFINING A SATELLITE. The receiver will change channels from what it was on. Go to an active channel on both the satellite you are starting from and the satellite you are programming with the channel up or down button. If you are starting from a satellite with the same format you should still have a picture on the satellite that you are on, if the satellite has an opposite format there will not be a picture. It will also have the name of the satellite that you are programming on the screen. If this step does not work, try the ALTERNATE METHOD.

5. Start tapping left arrow (East) or right arrow (West) to move the dish toward the satellite you are looking for. Stop when you see either a picture or a clear black screen, check to see what satellite they are on. If the picture is the correct satellite, then proceed to step 6. If it is the wrong satellite, then continue to move and if it is moving the wrong direction, go the other way until desired picture is found. If you can’t find a picture, the correct picture or a clear black screen, try the ALTERNATE METHOD.

6. If all the above steps worked correctly, you should be on the correct channel you were looking for and it should say "Not on Satellite" at the top of the screen. It may have another satellite name at the top, if it does that’s OK as long as you have the correct picture. It also still should have the name of the satellite you are looking for on the screen.

7. Press STORE on the remote control with a sharp instrument. STORE is a hole with a button in it or a recessed button. After pressing store the screen may display "Setting Polarity" and then "Setting Dish". After that goes off the screen or if it does not come up, the satellite should be stored. Press CANCEL to exit the dish tuning mode and then hit VIEW to verify that it stored it.

-If it still says "Not on Satellite" or the incorrect name is still on the screen, proceed from step 6 again.

-If it auto tunes to a different satellite, then you must erase the satellite you just stored and then attempt to find and store the satellite again. First, you need to erase the satellite. ERASING A SATELLITE Next the auto tuning needs to be turned off. TO TURN OFF THE AUTO TUNING

8.Proceed to the Alternate Programming Method if this method did not work again. If everything is OK, then you are finished. ALTERNATE METHOD.

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How to Erase a Satellite

1. To enter the Custom Features menu:

Remote Controls with a menu button - Press MENU 6 3

Remote Controls without a menu button - Press 6 3

If neither of these work - Look for XF, CF, CUSTOM FEATURES or EXTRA FEATURES and press it.

2. Press the number that corresponds with the Installation option.

3. If the screen displays "Enter the New Installation Password", just press ENTER. You may have to ENTER again to verify.

4. If the screen displays "Enter the Installation Password", you may try ENTER. If the screen displays "Invalid Password", press CANCEL to return to the Custom Features menu and then try the password for the correct receiver. PASSWORDS

5. After getting into the Installation menu, press the number that corresponds to Erase Memory (usually 4). *CAUTION* Sometimes you will press 4 too many times and it will go into the Erase All Memory option. Read the whole screen. Press CANCEL if it is about to erase all the memory, then see which menu it returns to. Proceed to step 6 or return to step 4 or 5 depending on which menu it cancels to and try again.

6. After getting into the Erase Memory menu, have press the number that corresponds to Erase A Satellite (usually 1).

7. Read the entire screen. The screen will usually read "Enter the Satellite Name to be Erased then Press Enter".

-If it is asking for the name (EX: "Satellite __"), press the name to be erased (EX: G 5) then press ENTER.

-If it already has a name on the screen (EX: "Satellite G5") and it is the correct name press ENTER, if the incorrect name is on the screen, use left arrow or right arrow to find the correct name, then press ENTER.

8. After pressing enter, different receivers will do different things. Read the entire screen.

-If it returns to a previous menu, go to step 9.

-If it displays "Enter Satellite Name to be Erased", go to step 9.

-And sometimes it will display, "Satellite G5 has been Erased", "Press Enter", Press ENTER to continue.

9. Press CANCEL repeatedly to exit out of all the menus.

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How to Unlock the Auto Tuning Options

1. To enter the Custom Features menu:

Remote Controls with a menu button - Press MENU 6 3

Remote Controls without a menu button - Press 6 3

If neither of these work: Look for a XF, CF, CUSTOM or EXTRA FEATURES and press it.

2. Press the number that corresponds with the Installation option.

3. If the screen displays enter the new installation password, just press ENTER, then you may have to ENTER again to verify.

4. If the screen displays enter the installation password, you may try ENTER. If the screen displays invalid password, press CANCEL to return to the Custom Features menu and then try the password for the correct receiver. PASSWORDS

5. After getting into the Installation menu, press the number that corresponds to System Setup (usually number 1).

6. Press the number(s) that display Auto Dish and/or Auto Polarity. It should toggle between on and off every time they press the line number(s). Make sure they are off. *HINT* When the options are on two different lines, leaving the Auto Polarity on can be helpful.

(EX: 3 Auto Dish OFF

4 Auto Polarity ON)

7. Read the instructions at the bottom of the screen. If it instructs you to press ENTER then do so. Otherwise, press CANCEL to exit the menus.

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How to turn off/on Parental Lock

Determine the correct procedure for entering the Custom Features menu for the type of receiver that you have.

HTS 4

This receiver does not have a parental lock

Echostar 600, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000

Remote Controls with a menu button - Press MENU 6 3

Remote Controls without a menu button - Press 6 3

Echostar 410, 510, 710

The remote control should have a Parental Lock button, it may be labeled as:

PL,XF,CF,CUSTOM FEATURES or EXTRA FEATURES.

After entering the Custom Features menu, press the number that corresponds to line that displays Lock (usually number 1). It needs to be off or disabled.

After getting the lock off or disabled press ENTER if it instructs to at the bottom of the screen, otherwise press CANCEL to exit the menus.

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How to Define a Satellite

1. To enter the Custom Features menu:

Remote Controls with a menu button - Press MENU 6 3

Remote Controls without a menu button - Press 6 3

If neither of these works - Look for a XF, CF, CUSTOM or

EXTRA FEATURES and press it.

2. Press the number that corresponds with the Installation option.

3. If the screen displays enter the new installation password, just press ENTER, then you may have to ENTER again to verify.

4. If the screen displays enter the installation password, you may try pressing ENTER, if the screen displays invalid password, press CANCEL to return to the Custom Features menu and then try the password for the correct receiver. PASSWORDS

5. After getting into the Installation menu, press the line number that corresponds to Define Satellite (usually number 6).

6. The screen will then display the following:

7. An arrow will be pointing to Keycode. Press the name of the satellite that you are defining, ( EX: S 1 ). It will display next to Keycode as 7 1, because the S is the 7 button.

8. There will be an arrow pointing to Type now. There are only two formats (or types) that are used for C-Band, C Band Hughes which is usually a Galaxy format and the

C Band GE which is usually a Telstar format. Use left arrow or right arrow to change to the correct format. After selecting the correct format press the ENTER.

9. The arrow will now be pointing at Name. Press ENTER, there should be an arrow pointing up and flashing at the first blank position in the name.

-If you want to use the default name, (EX: Spacenet 1), press SAT and then ENTER, then proceed to step 10.

-If you want to use a custom name, (EX: GE-1), use up arrow or down arrow to change to the desired character, then left arrow or right arrow to move the cursor over. Then press ENTER and then proceed to step 10.

10. Use channel down arrow to move the arrow on the screen to Find/Store Sat. Press ENTER.

11. It will now display Move to S1 and DISH should be near the bottom of the screen.

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Alternate Method for Programming a Satellite

1. Go to an active channel on the satellite next to the one to be programmed.

2. Press TUNING or TUNING SELECT to bring up the dish tuning on the screen. The screen will display DISH near the bottom.

3. Start tapping the left arrow (East) or right arrow (West) depending on which direction the satellite your looking for is, tap it just until the picture is gone.

4. Press TUNING or TUNING SELECT one time to bring up polarity near the bottom of the screen. If the polarity tuning mode doesn’t come up on the screen, the feed type may need changing. CHANGING THE FEED TYPE

-If it still will not go into the polarity tuning mode the parental lock may need turning off.

PARENTAL LOCK MENU

5. Select a channel that is active on the satellite you are looking for. Press and hold left arrow (East) or right arrow (West) until a picture comes in, then tap left arrow or right arrow to get the picture as clear as possible. Make a note of the polarity number on the screen. If a picture never appears, check to make sure the customer is on an active channel. If the channel is an active channel, then start over from step 1 and go in the opposite direction on step 3.

6. If the picture still does not come in and you have tried the general instructions method, then you can try the 2nd alternate method.

7. If the picture is in and it is correct, press TUNING or TUNING SELECT to bring up the dish tuning on the screen. The screen should say DISH near the bottom.

8. Press SAT and the satellite name your looking for, (EX: SAT S 4). The receiver will change channels from what it was on. Go back to the channel that you tuned in using the channel up or down button. The picture may or may not be there, press STORE on the remote control with a sharp instrument (even if the picture is not there). After pressing store, the screen may display setting polarity and then setting dish. After the writing goes off the screen or if no writing comes up, the satellite should be stored. Have the customer press CANCEL to exit dish mode and then hit VIEW to verify that it is stored and correct.

-If the picture is correct, then you are finished.

-If it says not on satellite or a different name is on the screen, proceed from step 7 again.

-If the name is on the screen, but there is no picture. First, verify the channel. If the channel is OK, then press TUNING or TUNING SELECT to select polarity mode. Hold down right arrow until the picture comes in, then tap left arrow or right arrow until the picture is clear. When the picture is clear, press STORE.

-If it auto-tunes to a different satellite, then you must erase the satellite you just stored and then attempt to find and store the satellite again. First, you need to erase the satellite. ERASing A SATELLITE. Next the auto tuning needs to be turned off. TURNING OFF THE AUTO TUNING

8. Proceed to do the Alternate Programming Method again.

-If this is the second attempt to program the satellite with this method, you may try the 2^nd Alternate Method. 2ND ALTERNATE PROGRAMMING METHOD

-If everything is OK, then you are finished.

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Programming Instructions for 2nd Alternate Method

*This procedure will only work if there are satellites already programmed correctly near the satellite that is to be programmed in. Check a few satellites to see if they are correct before proceeding. If they are not, then this method will not work.

1. Go to a satellite next to or near the one to be programmed, verify that you are getting the correct channels. Press TUNING or TUNING SELECT until the DISH tuning mode is displayed on the screen. Write down the dish position number (usually a four-digit number). Then go to a satellite next to/or near to the one to be programmed on the opposite side if possible, verify they are getting the correct channels. Write down the dish position for this one also.

2. Now, use a satellite guide to get the degrees of each satellite

-If the satellite to be programmed is the same distance from both satellites (or centered between them) then take the two dish positions that you wrote down and add them together then divide the sum by two. This should give you the dish position for the satellite to be programmed.

EXAMPLE:

F3 (131 deg) G1 (133 deg) F4 (135 deg).

1020 ? 1000

since G1 is 2 degrees west of F3 and 2 degrees east of F4

then 1020 + 1000 = 2020 / 2 = 1010

then the dish position for G1 should be 1010

-If the satellite to be programmed is not the same distance from the two satellites. Take the two dish positions and use the formula below to calculate the dish position for the satellite to be programmed.

EXAMPLE:

G5 (125^O) F3 (131^O) G1 (133^O)

1082 ? 1050

A) Subtract the two dish positions

1082 - 1050 = 32 dish counts

B) Subtract the degrees of the two satellites you got the dish positions for

133^O - 125^O = 8^O

C) Divide the difference of the dish positions by the difference of the degrees

32 dish counts / 8^O = 4 dish counts per every 1^O

(This gives you the number of dish counts the dish moves for every degree between the satellites.)

D) Subtract the degrees between the satellite to be programmed and the closest satellite

133^O - 131 ^O = 2^O

E) Multiply (D) by (C)

2^O * 4 = 8 dish counts away from the closest satellite

F) Add or subtract (the answer of E) to the dish position of the closest satellite, so

that it falls in the correct order.

1050 + 8 = 1058

G) 1058 should be the dish position of F3

3. After calculating the dish position, press TUNING OR TUNING SELECT to make sure it is in the DISH mode. Use right arrow or left arrow and move to the dish position that you calculated.

4. Return to step 4 in the Alternate method of programming.

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How to change the Feedtype

1. Enter the Custom Features menu:

Remote Controls with a menu button - Press MENU 6 3

Remote Controls without a menu button - Press 6 3

If neither of these works - Look for XF, CF, CUSTOM OR EXTRA

FEATURES and press it.

2. Press the number that corresponds with the Installation option.

3. If the screen displays "enter the new installation password", just press ENTER, then you may have to ENTER again to verify.

4. If the screen displays "enter the installation password", you may try ENTER, if the screen displays "invalid password", press CANCEL to return to the Custom Features menu and then try the password for the correct receiver. PASSWORDS

5. After getting into the Installation menu, press the number that corresponds to System Setup (usually number 1).

6. Read line number 1, which may display Feed Type or C-Band. With each different receiver and dish there may be many options to select from on line 1. To change the option on line 1, press 1 until it displays one of the following on line 1:

-single; single c-ku; single c, dual c, LNBF

7. Read the instructions at the bottom of the screen. If it instructs to press ENTER then do so, otherwise, press CANCEL to exit the menus.

8. This should allow the POLARITY tuning option to come up now.

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Passwords

*If the E310 is in LNBF mode, Press 80, A menu of 2 or 3 items will appear. Select the last option. XF will then be accessible. When Finished press 80, then 1.

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