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I had a similar uninformed, but neater, installer to my house recently as part of 211 and 622 installation. The installer was to have used my existing 61.5 dish as part of the installation but didn't bring the necessary parts to do this. He only brought a new Dish 1000 triple LNBF antenna...

Rixhd, Thanks again for your informative response. It will be about two weeks before I can connect the wiring and move the 129 oriented LNBF (if required) from the Dish 1000 antenna to my VOOM antenna, which is already aimed at the 61.5 satellite. I will report all electrical and...

RandallA, Thanks for the informative and quick response. You definitely know more about this subject than my local installer "expert" guy, who told his junior field installer that I would absolutely need an expensive DPP44 switch to substitute a second antenna/LNBF aimed at the 61.5...

External 61.5 antenna/LNBF feed into Dish 1000/DishProPlus Twin LNBF assembly Rixhd, Thanks for the very concise and accurate input. You published your #12 post while I was creating my 1240PM post today, so I didn't see your post until right now. Anyway, that is exactly the information...

Is DPP44 always required for a second dish when using a Dish 1000 Antenna? Is there a way to get 61.5 access this without the DPP44, if you are willing to eliminate the 129 satellite input on the Dish 1000? In other words, I want to receive signals from the 110 and 119 satellites via the Dish...

Conflicting information on Dish 1000/DP34 Noremac and P Smith, Thanks for the inputs; sorry for the late reply as I have been traveling a bit. Yes, I was planning to use the 61.5 satellite feed from my previously installed VOOM antenna INSTEAD of the third LNB (129 feed) on the Dish 1000...

Bhelms, Thanks for your suggestions and the informative installation/description manual link you posted. I am sort of a rookie on this stuff, but then so was the local installer guy who came out and installed the Dish 1000 antenna set up last week. During the installation, he called a...

Probably another RTFM Item Bayzbol, That was anything but a stupid suggestion you posted. Many thanks for your tip on cycling through the displayed channel lists by repetitively pressing the Guide button on the remote. That issue (really a "feature") may have bitten my wife, but I don't...

Might have found the EPG Problem/Doh! Sam, Thanks for your suggestions; my cable run is brand new and is only about 15 feet long from the Dish 1000 to the back of the 622. I will check the connections out, but I MIGHT have found the problem: RTFM! In the index "troubleshooting the...

Dish 1000 Sat 129 Signal Strength with 622/211 Receivers Your 10 points reduction estimate is just about right. I have a single Dish 1000 antenna connected to 622 DVR and a 211 receiver in the San Diego area. Signal strength on the 129 satellite ranges from 59-64 on both receivers, as it...

Anyone else having this problem? Wow, 50 plus views and no one has any ideas in the last day?? Are others seeing the same problem with their 622 or 211 receivers? Update: my 622 program guide just dropped out channels 100 through 6406 again today. Channel 6407 and higher channels appear...

622 Problems Walt, Unless you have some closer than 30 miles VHF transmitters, I doubt your mast mounted amplifier is a problem like it was for me. But if it's not too high on the pole and roof, I would still try bypassing the two units with two coax cable barrel connectors (one at the...

622 Sensitivity/Selectivity worse than 811 Walt, Although most users (including me) have reported more OTA channels received on their 622s than on their 811s or other older receivers, I think you have correctly isolated the problem to your 622. While your metal roof may be causing some...

About twice a day my new 622 is losing all of the the Standard Definition channels from the electronic program guide. For example, the EPG skips from my local OTA channel 69-3 (KSWB in San Diego) to satellite channel 6407 (KGTV via satellite in San Diego). When this happens, I cannot direct...

622 Sensitivity/Selectivity Waltinv, Good info/detail. As you state, 60s to 80s signal quality is a big difference between the 811 and 622 receivers on the closer station at your location. However, the only real way to compare the 811 and 622 receiver performance at your location is to...