Thread: Another Eastern Arch Question

If I purchase a new 1000.4 dish off ebay and install it myself, is there anything else I have to do like calling Dish. My contact will be up the first of the year and I don't want to do anything to extend my contact

Why would you want a new dish?

Originally Posted by Kevinw

Why would you want a new dish?

So I can go from 2 dish set up to just 1.

Nope... install the dish and you'll be good to go. Of course that's after you get everything showing correctly on the check switch screen.

Originally Posted by dcbag

So I can go from 2 dish set up to just 1.

As long as you have all mpeg4 ViP receivers, you can install a 1000.4 and make no calls or do anything else other than run the Check Switch after installation. I assume you likely have a D500 pointing at 110 and 119 and another at 61.5. If I were you, I'd keep this setup for the time being. The western arc has the newest satellites with a new 119 going up soon. The eastern arc won't be all new for a couple of years or so.

Actually eastern arc has a brand new sat at 72.7 slot. It is at least 60 are greater in signal strength. But the eastern arc dish is harder to peak & get great signal strength for all 3 sats, than the western arc 1000.2 sat dish. I get at least 50 strength on 77 sat ,60's on 72.7 and everywhere from a low of 38 to a high of 68 on 61.5 sat using a eastern arc dish.

I have a question related to the eastern arc as well;

I can't see 129, but can see 110, 119. I'll be buying a new 722 and one more receiver (dual tuner). I currently have Legacy dual LNBs one the single dish pointed at 110, 119.

Can I just add a second dish and point it at 61.5 to receive the additional HD programming? I plan to subscribe to America's everything pack and would like to add all available HD channels that don't come in that package (I'm so confused with what each package includes).

I'm in Pembina, ND. What locals can I get off 61.5 or are mine on 110, 129?

What switches will I use to set this up? I assume I'll have 6 leads coming down from the 2 dishes (110 x 2, 119 x 2, 61.5 x 2).

Thanks,

Grover

Sure can . Many of us had that very configuration for a number of years; DISH 500 + side sat for 61.5. As for your locals you can plug in your address into DISH's locals address broker and it should tell you what is available and what sat it comes off of. Another thing you can do is take the biggest city that DISH carries ,that is closest to your area , within 100 miles and use that city to "move" to for hd locals.

Originally Posted by MikeD-C05

Sure can . Many of us had that very configuration for a number of years; DISH 500 + side sat for 61.5. As for your locals you can plug in your address into DISH's locals address broker and it should tell you what is available and what sat it comes off of. Another thing you can do is take the biggest city that DISH carries ,that is closest to your area , within 100 miles and use that city to "move" to for hd locals.

Thanks MikeD. I'm assuming that with the Legacy setup I will use an SW64 ( 6 in, 4 out)? I could also use 5 high frequency splitters and 2 SW64's to get 8 out?

If I switch my existing dish to a Dish 500 and use DP lnb's, how does this affect the number of RG6 cables I will need to bring down from the dish(s) and the type of switches I will need to get 8 outputs I will need to run 6 (or more) tuners in the house.

I have no experience with Dishpro equipment.

THanks,

grover