Inspect the location where you plan to install the dish. Ensure that there will be no trees, buildings or other obstructions between the dish and the southern sky.
Obtain the dish point coordinates including elevation and azimuth using either the on-screen menu in your DIRECTV receiver or the "pointing aid" on the DIRECTV website. Write the dish coordinates on a piece of paper using either a pen or a pencil.
Route an RG-6 coaxial cable and a #10 copper grounding wire from the satellite mounting location to the outside wall nearest the DIRECTV receiver. Drill a hole through the exterior and interior walls with an electric drill and a 1/2-inch drill bit.
Route the coaxial cable through the wall to the DIRECTV receiver. Attach a crimp type coaxial connector to the receiver end of the coaxial cable using a crimping tool. Screw the connector to the terminal on the back of the receiver.
Attach a grounding block to the exterior wall with screws appropriate for your exterior wall sheathing, an electric drill and a screwdriver bit.
Attach the grounding wire to the grounding block with fasteners appropriate for your exterior wall sheathing.
Route the grounding wire to either a grounded interior metal cold water pipe within five feet of the point where it enters the building; a grounded metallic service raceway; a grounded electrical service equipment enclosure or an eight foot grounding rod driven into the ground bonded to the central building ground by a #6 or heavier bonding wire.
Return to the satellite mounting location. Attach the reflector (the dish) to the support arm with four metal bolts and four self locking nuts included with the dish using a combination wrench.
Attach the "low noise block" to the support arm with the retainer nut and Phillips head screw included with the dish using a Phillips head screwdriver.
Set the dish elevation by loosening the two elevation nuts on the reflector support sleeve with a combination wrench. Rotate the reflector to set the elevation you previously recorded, on the elevation indicator lines using your hands. Tighten both nuts with a combination wrench.
Mount the reflector mast foot on your roof, exterior wall, pole or railing with fasteners that are appropriate to your wood, tile, metal or concrete roof; masonry, stucco or wood exterior wall, pole or railing. Ensure that vertically mounted mast feet are vertical and level using a bubble level.
Mount the mast to the mast foot using the two bolts and two nuts included with the reflector and an open end wrench. Ensure that the mast points up.
Level both the vertical and horizontal axes of the mast by placing a bubble level on the top of the mast first pointing front to back then pointing side to side. Adjust the level or the vertical and horizontal axes of the mast by slipping flat washers onto one or both of the bolts that attach the mast to the mast foot.
Loosen the mast clamp screws and lower the reflector onto the mast. Tighten the
clamp screws.
Separate the RG-6 coaxial cable from the #10 copper grounding wire at the satellite mounting location. Push only the coaxial cable through the bottom of the mast and out the top.
Pull two feet of cable out of the top of the mast. Loop the cable and push it through the "low noise block" support arm.
Attach a crimp type coaxial connector to the dish end of the coaxial cable using a crimping tool. Screw the connector to the terminal on the back of the "low noise block" support arm.
Standing, sitting or kneeling next to the dish, orient an azimuth compass so that north on the azimuth bezel and the magnetic needle both point in the same direction. Find the azimuth (or absolute direction) you recorded earlier.
Find the same azimuth (direction) on the compass. Turn the dish so the "low noise block" support arm points in that direction.
Insert the hex retainer nut into the "low noise block" support arm. Tighten the Phillips head screw included with the dish into the bottom of the "low noise block" support arm with a Phillips head screwdriver.
Attach the grounding wire to the mast foot with the hex head bolt, two washers and hex head nut included with the dish using a combination wrench.
Return to the receiver. Connect the receiver to your television. Turn on your television.
Fine tune the satellite signal using the on-screen signal meter. Call your local service provider to order satellite programming.