301 in Ohio?

[catman60]

a friend of mine from Ohio called dish to see if he could add a 301 to his account. he has 2 dual tuner receivers now. they said it wouldn't work.is it because the 301 doesn't work in Ohio or would it be because he would need a dp 44 switch or something of that nature to handle the 3rd receiver

[scoobyxj]

301's work just fine here. More than likely his current dish's outputs are maxed out at 2 receivers.

[Stargazer]

Maybe it has something to do with 8PSK locals market?

[Iceberg]

there are only a couple markets where 8PSK is used for locals...none in Ohio

If he is on a Eastern Arc they wont add the 301 because it isnt MPEG4. You can only have MPEG4 receivers on an EA setup

[catman60]

is cincinatti ohio eastern arc?

[Claude Greiner]

I think Cincinatti or Dayton is on the 129 Satellite.

You friend could have all MPEG4 equipment on their account which would prevent the 301 from getting activated.

[Iceberg]

Cincy HD is on 77 whereas SD locals are on 110

[tlc1145]

Two issues. 1 - What switch/lnbs does he already have? 2 - How long ago did he set up service?

New installs are all set for MPEG-4 only. So the system might not allow them to add it.

[catman60]

i don't think he has any switches.dish pro twin lnb with one cable comming from 110 and 119 into his two dual tuner receivers.his system is about 4 years old. would need a switch ,44 or something in order to get the 3 rd receiver hooked up.not enough outputs?

[BobaBird]

If 2 dual-tuner receivers are connected, it's probably a DP Plus Twin. Some options to price out:

1) replace the DPP Twin with a DP Twin, add a DPP33

2) add a DPP44 (some installers recommend not using a DPP Twin here)

3) for SD receivers, replace the dish with a Dish 1000.2

4) for HD receivers, replace the dish with a Dish 1000.4