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Question I have is can I upgrade to a vip 222k dual tuner receiver from my old legacy solo 4700. Would want to still use my 500 twin until I can upgrade that to the 1000.4 hd. Any ideas on upcharges from Dish? Like hd enabling fee? whatever that is. Thanks

OK, looks like new upgrade is out unless I get a new receiver. So back to my original problem to fix. I checked last night on my signal meter on the even channel and transponder, I was receiving signal in the 80's to ninty's. But every few seconds it would lose signal altogether then few seconds...

True, but will I need a new receiver now to make it work or an adaper, switches for sd with the 1000.4? Would like to upgrade one part at a time if I can and then change receiver and programing to receive hd at a later time. Also if I adjust the current dish to get even 119 again would you think...

Yes, I would like to move into the HD direction but only as my funds increase.

New to here, but last few weeks been having problems receiving 119 even channels. I have older dish 500 with a sw21 switch and legacy 4700 reciever. Trouble is antenna is installed on a tower and if I have to climb that or take down to check connections I'm thinking of just replacing it with a...