Recent content by waldo22

Just wanted to report back and thank everyone for their help. I was able to get it working. That did the trick. I had to: 1) call Dish to activate the receiver (the receiver was disabled, but still on someone else's account. What a pain) 2) they had to send me the purple NAGRA-3 card 3)...

OK, so I plugged in an old Dish 500 dish that my neighbor gave me, and the check switch picks up 110 and 119 no problem. It acquired both satellites, went through all 5 steps, and told me my receiver needs to be activated. This tells me that the receiver needs the new software in order to...

Thanks HIFI, but that doesn't work either. It never started the download. Could it have anything to do with the Error message? Do I have to try plugging it in to an older dish that it supports? It's like the receiver is picking up 77 where it expects 61.5 to be... The only receivers listed...

This is what I have a problem with. How does one "begin the download"?

Tried already :) No dice. Thanks, though.

Thanks for your reply. When I do a check switch, it doesn't give me any information that I know what to do with... It goes through "1 of 38" and goes through all 38 "steps" but it just says nothing is acquired. It says Port 1, Staellite X, Trans X Status: reception verified switch NONE Do I...

Update: When I select sat 61.5 and T29, it gives me a green bar, then it goes red and says: "Wrong Sat - EchoStar 77 West" It still has a strength of 82, and it is still set on 61.5 and T29. Does this mean anything to anyone? -Wes PS. I also now have it plugged in to a phone line.

It took me forever to find this (old) thread. I thought my 211 was broken. (it may well be) Sorry for the n00b-ish questions, but: 1) how do I get the thing to "download" the latest upgrade once I've selected 61.5 and T29? I am getting a green bar with 81 to 82 signal strength. 2) does it...