The time required to install Lightning Retardant Cable in place of your existing cable averages 60 minutes depending upon dish location.

Step 1	Turn off power	To Top Menu

Turn off your satellite receiver and unplug it from the wall.

Step 2	Remove Fasteners	To Top Menu

Go to your DSS satellite dish, and remove any nylon fasteners that may be connecting the cable to the dish. (see photo #1) You can use a pair of scissors for this, but be careful not to cut the wire.

Step 3	Loosen Nut	To Top Menu

Locate the LNF (the part in front of your satellite dish), and remove the nut with a 7/16" wrench. (see photo #2)

Step 4	Remove Screw	To Top Menu

Push the screw out of the mounting arm, as pictured in photo. (see photo #3)

Step 5	Disconnect Cable	To Top Menu

Pull the LNF away from the dish, and unscrew the silver connector with a 7/16" wrench. Pull the black wire, with the connector, out of the dish mounting arm. Pay attention as to the way the wire goes through the mounting arm, as you will install the Lightning Retardant Cable the same way. (see photo #4)

Step 6	Install LRC	To Top Menu

Locate the Lightning Retardant Cable. Feed the end with the 18" exposed coax through the mounting arm in the same manner as the original cable was installed. Fasten the connector on the LNF as pictured in the photo. (see photo #6) Do not overtighten this connector.

Step 7	Connect Weather Boot	To Top Menu

Slide the weather boot up over the connector as far as it will go, and slide the LNF back on to the support arm. Put the screw back through the support arm, thus holding it to the dish, and tighten it with a 7/16" wrench. (see photo #7)

Step 8	Loosen Ground Wire	To Top Menu

Go to the part of your dish that fastens to the house. You should see a wire attached to a screw similar to the one shown in the photo. Loosen the screw but DO NOT remove it or the wire. (see photo #8)

Step 9	Attach LRC Ground Wire	To Top Menu

Locate the heavy wire coming from the Lightning Retardant Cable. Wrap this wire around the loosened screw next to the other heavy wire. Retighten the screw. Using the nylon wire fasteners supplied with your Lightning Retardant Cable, fasten the Lightning Retardant Cable to the dish mounting arm the same way the original cable was fastened prior to step 2. (see photo #9)

Step 10	Finishing Up	To Top Menu

Using the wire clamps supplied with the Lightning Retardant Cable, run your ground wire and the newly installed Lightning Retardant Cable side by side as shown. (see photo #10)

Place the clamps every 4 feet. Route the cable neatly, and in a straight line to the DC Block / Antenna Discharge Unit. Just before the cable reaches the DC Block, form a loop as shown in photo #11, so that water will drip off the wire instead of going into the connector. Connect the cable to the DC Block, and fasten to the house with the wire clamps.

Take the large drain (bare) wire from the Lightning Retardant Cable, and connect it to the ground screw of the DC Block.

This completes the installation of your new Lightning Retardant Cable.

CAUTION: If your system does not have a ground block or antenna discharge unit, call your dealer immediately. It is a requirement by code that your system is grounded.

Never run coax cable from your dish directly into your home without first going through a ground block or antenna discharge unit that is correctly installed according to code.

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