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Any tips out there for lining up a dish? Ive been on google and even compared with neighbours and I can't seem to get a signal? I have Bell and even used a satellite finder and used all the measurements I could find. Everything is functional, as I have used other parts to rule out anything being broken. Any tips from experts, or anyone know how to do this that wouldn't mind helping me out?  
Thanks.

The most critical part is making sure the mounting post is perfectly straight up from all sides.  
 
Set your elevation and skew as per Bell manual and then set in on the post and move slowly from side to side. Secure a signal on 91 (I think transponder 11 or 21 were the ones i use).  
 
Once you have a real good signal on 91 you may need to tweak things to get 82 but you shouldn't need to move it much.  
 
Good luck

I'll double check the mounting. Its bolted right to the wall, so it might be tough to adjust if it needs it. I'll look at it in the daylight and see what i can do. Thanks.  

Have you tried standing outside talking to your wife inside through a baby monitor making small adjustments waiting for her to tell you you are or aren't getting small amounts of signal for hours? Lol. Sorry.....just reminiscing about days past before we all had cell phones to easily communicate etc lol

Did you have success?

Not yet. I'm going to try replacing the coaxial cable from the dish into the house to see if that is the issue. Its the last piece that I haven't checked. Hopefully that solves my problem.

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Call Television City they fixed my dish up before,worked great ever since

I have used this website before to get the bearing of the alignment. It'll tell you the magnetic bearing to allow you to use a compass, and shows the elevation on the horizon.  
 
http://www.dishpointer.com/  

I think usually with Bell or Shaw, they will come out and so the realign for nothing. At least that's what Shaw did for me - - just called and a service tech. came out and realigned the dish - - no charge.

Do you have any big trees or tall buildings that could be blocking the signal. It doesn't take much, that you may have to move the dish to a different part of the house. Best if you could get the Bell service person to come out an check.

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Any luck? ?  
 
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After numerous theories and adjustments, I called TV city and their tech managed to get it working. We just moved the mount to another location and got it working, but we still aren't sure what was causing it not to work in the spot it was in. Sorry for not updating, but I appreciate all the input and help from everyone. Thanks folks.