Recent content by savage6

Okay. I decided to start a new thread mainly because the old thread was asking what to buy, and the new thread was seeking technical help, after I bought new equipment. It seemed that a thread with a title asking for tech help, with more concise information and fewer posts might be easier to...

I thought that I'd get a better response with more concise information in another thread, I was letting this one go.

set up help, or tech support needed My old Dish 500 and SW21 switches were giving up, so i bought a new D1000.2WA and a separator, and installed it today. I also installed two new runs of RG6 cable. I have a Dish DVR 512 dp plus reciever, which I reset, 3 times. I currently get this message in...

Okay, fooling with the "check switch function, and then going back to "point dish", I went to tuner input 2, spotbeam 27, satellite 110, and I actually got a signal bar, strength 29.

I got the WA dish, as suggested, with the separator, and put in two new RG cables with new connections. I'm having a little difficulty getting it all working. I set the skew, elevation, and azimuth. Then I went to the menu to check the switch. For some reason, I can only get an "OK" on port 2...

Exactly. I'm looking at putting in some top quality cable when I do this. It's about 30' from the dish to the ground block, and about 60' to the receiver from there, so it will pay to use top quality cable and still not be too expensive. Considering the "western arc" dish is the same price as...

I don't either. I think I'll just wait and call them Monday. I don't know why it would eastern and western arcs would require a different dish and LNB. I'll keep my 512, for now, and see if maybe I can find a deal on something when the time comes to upgrade. I agree, I neither need nor want...

We're on WA? Okay, if we're on WA (Western Arc, correct?) do we need this: http://www.solidsignal.com/pview.asp?p=dish1000.2&d=dish-network-dish1000.2-triple-lnb-high-definition-western-arc-%28voom%29-dish-antenna-%28dish1000.2%29&sku=753960009391 instead of this ...

Thanks. I'll look at the separator, too. Our locals are on 110 E*10, and in HD on 129, C-II, 14s38.

Thanks, just the help I was looking for. The DS-1005 is one of the pieces I was looking at, and at that store, too. Which switch should I use? They suggest a DP Plus 44, but I'm not sure why. The current mount is solid, but, as I said, it is only 9' off the ground, and it is an old mount. Would...

I like doing things myself. I prefer to be self sufficient, and doing it myself allows me to know exactly what I have, why, how it works, and how to maintain and tune it so it works as well as possible. I'm gone most of the day, only home after 7PM, and don't generally have the time or...

I currently have an old Dish 500 with dual LNB, and two SW21 switches, feeding a near new DishDVR 512 receiver. We have locals, and America's Top 250, or whatever they call it now. We only use one television, but we do record a fair amount on DVR when watching other shows. I may soon be...