Recent content by Pocono2000

That is correct Matthew - thanks for the follow-up!

Yes - I will be adding an external powered hard drive soon. Thanks again to everyone for the great help!

Called Dish - all is activated and working well - I haven't even tweaked the Dish for optimum signal strength yet :D

Another update: Called Dish - all is activated and working well - I haven't even tweaked the Dish for optimum signal strength yet :D

OK - I wasn't sure if the self-installed route required a different number, etc. Thanks Gary.

Greetings: I was looking to see if we could contact a DIRT team member to activate a self-installed system for a no-contract account. It didn't look like any were on line at the moment. Thanks in advance! Andrew

Update: I re-aimed it (I think it was actually pointed to 77w on the center LNBF before) and the receiver updated the software. I will now contact Dish to activate the receiver. I'll check the signal strength later. Fingers crossed...

Maybe the question now is: How can I get the 211k receiver to go to the dish pointing screen? Does it have to be activated/registered with Dish Network first? (It is a brand new receiver.)

The elevation and skew values from Dish pointer were the same as Dish's table; the azimuth was 189 degrees in Dishpointer as oppsed to Dish's table which listed 188. Basically the same values. I cannot seem to get the receiver to go to the "point dish" screen. It "installs" the switch and...

I just looked at DishPonter again and I wonder if I actually aimed at 77W when I used the meter on Port 2. It looks like that would be pretty easy to do. I am going to also check the cable run from the receiver to the pole for a short with an ohmmeter. I think I will also use the battery pack...

Greetings: I am in the process of a self-install on a new Dish 1000.4 EA/VIP 211K system. I am not getting a strong signal at the receiver and wanted to post what I have done so far to see if anyone might know what I am doing wrong. I have read through quite a few posts here, but I am not...

That's right :D

Adding the bracing may have been overkill, but it turned out to be easy to do and can't hurt.

Well, I went to Lowe's last night and spent about 45 minutes mulling over the suggestions given here and looking at what might work. I then spent $30 on 100' of 20 gauge stranded wire, three 18" steel spikes, three turnbuckles, a 1 3/4" pipe clamp and some wire clamps. I used this to secure...

Right - I haven't filled the pole with concrete at this point. I tried mounting the Dish to it and I feel that it sways too much. If I had realized this beforehand, I would have used a heavier gauge of pipe. Since I passed the point of no return already on that front, I am instead trying to...