DirecTV SWM SL3S Portable Satellite RV Dish Kit Camping Tailgating with Tripod SWiM and level

Plan to use home receiver with this dish. Set-up tripod assembled parts, no bolts no lever so off to hardware store. I did get a SWM Splitter same one that is on the house. So I had all the parts to duplicate my home set-up. Receiver HR54, splitter MSPLIT4R1-02 and this dish. It works great the HR54 does not need power supply, it has one built in. So the right splitter is important.

First: No instructions to put together. With time I did get pears to match.Second: No obstructing pin where and how to aim at Direct TV Satellite. Fine print labels on the actual dish says to send an email to their department to receive instruction. I did and received an email back stating that I didn't send a order number. Sent a screen shot of Amazon purchase they than sent the instruction manual.Third: Just a little awkward and bulky for RV satellite not a bad deal for Mobile Home Park or Seasonal Camper at a permanent Camp site.

On initial delivery I spent many hours trying to get this setup dialed in but could not get any readings higher than 72 on satellite 101. This should be a really simple process taking only minutes. Contacted Phat Satellite that something was not correct, they sent a reply that I probably didn't do the setup correctly. Slam me.I gave up and had a Sat tech come with his >$1k signal meter and try for almost an hour without success either, even with 2 other LNBs. We suspected the dish/reflector was somehow not to spec (perhaps flattened in shipping or something). He didn't have an extra with him, so scheduled for another day. I told Phat Satellite about this, and they sent a reply that they couldn't trust my tech unless I gave them his name for them to validate on their list. Slam my Sat tech guy.My Sat tech came back with a new dish/reflector and PRESTO we had everything dialed in (Sat 101 at 90-100 signal) within minutes. Sat 99 and 103 also very high signals. I sent this information to Phat Satellite and asked what they were going to do about the bad dish. No reply. Really?!BTW, the SWM LNB Phat sent is an older model discontinued. It works, but not the current DTV model. I got the newer LNB from the DTV tech and now have both (having a spare just in case). You can find the LNB model info on SatPro.tv.---Update: I moved my RV some 900 miles southeast, which of course is an entirely different AZ/El/Tilt. The new dish setup took me around 30 minutes (tripod took 20 of that to nail down and tighten to where it didn't wobble too much with the fairly big Slimline dish on top). Dialing in the 99/101/103 satellites to >90 signal (with many transponders at 100) was not a problem this time, now that I have good components - no thanks to Phat.Sad that the initial setup was so hampered by bad reflector dish product delivery. Estimate I wasted over 10 hours and an extra $110 on this. Never heard anything back from Phat after I confirmed the dish was bad so I tossed it into the trash.

Rather big for a mobile dish but works good. Looks just like the one AT&T installed on my house. Works good for my RV trips and set up is easy enough with app on phone or zip code entered into box setup.Update 1-22-19 - found that elevation is low by 2* so I add that to what direct tv box info says.

The actual oval dish itself was bent upon delivery. This made it impossible to acquire a signal upon when powered up. Took a day of leave to have a Direct TV technician meet me at the house for a replacement dish. Once he gave me a new oval dish, it worked fine....just had to take a day off and pay for a Direct TV service call to the house. Very upset to say the least.

I bought this package to set up a football tailgate tv and it has been a great purchase! I will say this though, if you want to set up a portable tv with this then you should consider purchasing the components separately as it is probably a little cheaper. You would need the dish (obviously), the LNB, the pole, the coax cables and the power source (shown in picture). I would skip the base and instead mount the pole into a home depot orange bucket full of quikrete (cement). The base will be much heavier this way but I found the tripod legs to be uber flimsy and harder to adjust. I use this setup with an H25 receiver and it works great so just be sure and check your receiver model to make sure that it works with this particular satellite. Anyhow...it's a lot of writing but in short, buy the dish, the LNB, the power supply, the pole, the coax cables and something to make sure the dish is level (otherwise you'll never find a satellite) and you're goof to go. The other things included in this package are in my opinion unnecessary and clunky.

Dish a bit bigger than anticipated, if you do not know what you are doing, get someone who does to help you, there are no instructions at all! At least that is my experience upon receiving the package. Once set up, works great for our purpose of taking our service on the road. Took roughly 45 minutes from start to finish to get the picture. There are several apps to help you find the sats position, we used sat finder lite. It has everything you need to setup but your HD receiver, the compass they send is a joke, not even a good toy for a kid! Will update once we get on the road.

We bought this to replace a old 18 inch round dish.. It took a little reading online because the print in the book that came with the kit was way to fine of a print.. After downloading the instructions from the sellers website and checking the settings for the SWM LMB we have with this kit the setup went fast... We used the info for the setup from the Directv Box Tuner and had it tuned in under 15 minutes...