AGPtek Good For Campers Digital Satellite Signal Meter Finder Meter For Dish Network Directv FTA LCD Graphic Display Backlight Compass Buzzer Control

This is a time saver by finding your satellites. Connect and go.

Help setting up system.

First of all, I have been setting up Satellite Dishes since 1984 - big dishes and smaller ones once they took over the market. I have installed at least 200 or so small dishes. The only reason I bought this meter is due to my Birddog Ultra battery went bad. There are none to find for a replacement. If you know of any please let me know. So I bought 2 cheaper meters/finders including this in line one. Figured one would work. But nope!!! Neither one would give me signal variations during my install. Chinese junk!!! I ended up using a $4.00 inline meter I received in a kit about 15 years ago. It is a junk meter as well but it works enough to give you indications. The Satellite Industry is getting bad. Tech support is bad. Companies are still selling Birddog Ultra's without a way to replace batteries at a inflated price. Can not get good customer support! How are you suppose to call for help with no reception? Bunch of crap and they selling crap instruments.

After Upgrading my Dish from a SD def to HD def quality (3-LNB) i tried to aim the dish by eyeballing it and a compass. However this failed after a day of trying. So I ordered this item. It did NOT get me right on alignment but it got me close enough to where I could fine tune it. Both of my SAT tuners on the DVR are receiving roughly a 97% signal. My area also had 8 inches of rain in the last 3 days. Only lost the sat signal a few times in and out occassionally for a few hours. But that is normal. Overall this item should help you get close to the right spot in alignment and it is worth the 11 dollars. Side NOTE: When installing and searching for the Satellite dish in the sky you will need to remove this digital finder once the ALT is lowered and more accurate. This will allow the DVR to acquire signal and show the true % of signal being acquire. At least in my situation this was the case. With this piece still in line between the dish and receiver i was unable to complete sat setup and DVR settings.

For some reason when conditions are very similar it is inconsistent, sometimes it works fine sometimes not. It seems like a loose wire or a short of some kind. I use it setting up my dish receiver in my fifth wheel. When we first used it we were past the return window.

I had to do a DIY repair to my old analog dish - replacing a damaged LNB - and I wanted a meter to both check that the dish was pointed properly, that signal strength was good and to verify that the receiver was providing power... this meter works with analog sats and LNB - it's powered by the receiver and it's easy to use... I may not need this thing again unless we move but it was worth buying even for a single use situation. I imagine this would be everyday useful if you are camping or living mobile and just can't not have sat tv

I had to add review, after testing the product on my back patio, while switching between my home-mounted dish and my portable Slimline-3 dish for RV camping. I am thinking, but would appreciate other input, that the squealer tone (since DTV receivers dropped the audible tone) is pretty close to useless. The instruction sheet says that you can adjust the thumbwheel to arrive at the threshold of a tone (four levels of attenuation), then tweak the HD dish vernier (screw thread) adjustments. The tone is expected to gain in volume as you tweak the dish Azimuth and Elevation with tiny changes .Also you have no idea if you are actually pointed at the DTV 101 Sat - you still have to rely on the OSD for that info.Does not work as you might expect, as the thumbwheel is waay to coarse in its threshold setting. This product is close to worthless for HD alignment, and I will return to my wife screaming out the RV window for the 101, 99 and 103.

Wow. So easy to use. Had to take dish from roof for repair. Decided to relocate dish on a pipe to stop future rood damage. This device allowed me to lock in the signal in less than 60 seconds. I remember the old analog versions form the 80s and 90s - a true pain.Just be very aware of the attenuation dial on the right side. It is too easy too bump and move and then you wonder where's the signal. Also be aware that homes with metal siding can reflect the signal into the device making it difficult to use. I found it best to place the unit at the rear behind the dish to block stray signals.