Recent content by phil hunter

Hi hobbsholepro, The tech did not seem to be at all concerned that the receiver was showing the wrong switch. His main concern was that it would not download the updated software. That is why I had to return the unit. Based upon his visit, as long as you are getting a picture a good signal...

Hi Randall, I did that. Direct connection from the DP Twin LNB to Sat 1 on the receiver. Nothing connected to Sat 2. No separator, no switch. That was the setup I used with the Dish 500 after I cleared the matrix. The receiver would not download after 4 hours. Phil

Hi Randall, The above test was with a Dish 500 and a Dish Pro Twin LNB. The receiver would not correctly recognize the Dish 1000.2. It called is Diseqc 41 and said it was unsupported. Which is why I tried it on another building which has the Dish 500. Also I did the switch matrix clearing...

Smith, If you are talking about a cable directly from 119 on the LNB. I tired that. I hooked the receiver up to a Dish 500 with a Dish Pro Twin LNB. At first, I had 119 to Sat 1 and 110 to Sat 2. The receiver identified the switch as Dish Twin and correctly found both Sats with good signal...

Hi Dave, That was actually done twice. First, I swapped the Separator from the 625 and it made no difference, then when the tech came out, he saw that it had the "big" separator. He said they were not very good and installed a "small" separator. It made no difference whatsoever. I also think...

Nope not a legacy LNB. or a broken one. In fact, a new Dish 1000.2 was installed along with a VIP622 for HiDef TV. a couple of months ago. Both the VIP622 and the DVR 625 correctly identify the LNB switch as a 1k.2, and show all three satellites. The 38 tests were run with both Sat inputs...

OK, I've tried all of the suggestions here, as well as some mentioned by the vendor and, of course, Dish Tech Support, except for the NVRAM reset. Nothing will fix the problem of locking up when downloading the updated software so I am returning the receiver to the vendor. Thanks for the help...

Hi Smith, I did a search on reset NVRAM and NVRAM reset and did not turn up much except for a thread on an 810. What exactly is NVRAM and why do i want to erase/reset it? Thanks, Phil

OK, the Dish Tech came today, but was not much help. He did everything that I had already done, then pronounced the receiver defective. Since I have the Dish Home Protection Plan, I contacted Dish and they will replace it with a leased unit for $5.00 a month, which effectively negates buying it...

Hi, I just did a test by switching back to the old 301 receiver and running a check switch test on it and it identified the switch correctly and showed all three satellites. In fact, it is supposed to be inactive, but is receiving all of the channels just fine. At this point, I am thinking...

OK. I disconnected the sat line and ran the check switch. It went through 38 checks and came back with no Sats and no switch. I then connected the sat line back up and went to the point dish screen. The screen shows no signal on 119. I rebooted the receiver and it can back up with the point dish...

Hi, I have run the check switch at least 10 times with the same result. The receiver has been reset many times and unplugged several times as well. Not sure I understand about running check switch without the dish hooked up. If I understand correctly, I should unhook the satellite dish from...

That is not the problem. I am using the Dish Pro separator that came with the receiver on all three of the receivers. In fact, I swapped the separators between the 322 and the 625 and it did not make a difference.

Hi, Recently I upgraded my system to a HD setup. I have a 1000.2 dish, a VIP 622 with splitter, a DVR 625 with splitter and a Dish 301 and everything worked fine, until I decided to change the 301 to a 322 dual tuner. I have been unable to get the 322 tuner to work, nor has Dish Tech Support...

Hi, I already done that. Based upon my zip code, My setting are Az 169, El 50, Skw 86. I have checked the mast and it is completely vertical. I have tried elevations from 40 to 60 in 2 degree increments. I have slowly moved the Azmuth from 120 to 220 degrees, and have not received the...