Recent content by dboreham

I have a new 942 that reboots constantly. Looking at the diagnostic counters page, I see a large number of OS watchdog timer events, roughly similar to the number of times it's rebooted. It only reboots when I have the sat feed connected. If I leave that disconnected it stays up solidly and...

My L282 942 reboots constantly New receiver that I just activated tonight. Before long it became clear that it has a problem. I didn't notice any strangeness until I began watching HD material. Then pretty soon the remote became unresponsive (front panel buttons still work, e.g. system info...

Working Ok, I think I have it aimed. Using the peaking meter was 1000 times easier. What I didn't realize was how slow the modern receivers are at showing a sat signal. The older box that I have was much quicker. So I was swinging way past the signals no matter how slowly I went. The...

ZIP is 59047. My physical location is 45.65 110.73

Thanks. Right now I have the receiver on my truck a few feet from the dish, so no cabling problems ;) I just discovered another annoying issue : zip code areas are vast around here, and it looks like the az/el/skew quoted in the Dish1000 guide for my zip code is significantly off from...

Thanks, more questions... Hi, I have the cabling correct. Or at least I've tried a couple of variations. The install doc says to disconnect the 129 lnb for pointing and I've done that for now. The receiver refuses to see any sats or any signal level at all. It's as dead as a post...

Loosing some hair here trying to aim my new Dish1000. The instructions say to use a peaking meter. Is this because it's impossible to peak with a receiver, or just more convenient? I ask because my receivers both fail to see a signal no matter how much I play around with the aim. I have...

Ok, I think I can answer my own question now. It seems that with a Dish 1000 and a Dish 300 and a 44 switch I can achieve what I want. Like this: DistributionExample9.pdf Is that the best way to do it ?

Thanks. Where I live it's hard to get _anyone_ to come and install anything, law or no law ! I'd really rather do the work myself and know when it'll get done. So I checked and the locals are only on 148. So any pointers on how I can receive from four orbital locations ? Thanks.

I guess I'm confused again. I just discovered that the local stations from the nearest market (125 miles away), which Dish says we qualify for are on the 148 bird. I believe I need 110 & 119 for regular programming, and 129 for the new HD channels. So do I need to receive from four orbital...

Well, I'm a EE so I should know what I'm doing but boy these Dish documents, not to mention their web site make my head spin. If possible I'd like folk here to validate my upgrade plan: Currently have dish 500 and one legacy receiver. Just acquired a HD panel which is in a building next...