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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    Thanks for the tip RandallA. I'll try this again tomrow as it is getting dark out. I was able to get 119 but with only like 57% strength and 110 was not coming in at all. I think the base shifted and the Azimuth is off now.
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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    im located in zip 46324 Thanks!
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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    Ohh wait I was looking at the wrong setttings I didnt do a search for the combo so I did which gave me these results. Elevation: 32.3° Azimuth (true): 222.7° Azimuth (magn.): 226.3° LNB Skew [?]: 30.5° Dish Skew [?]: 120.5° But the question still stands my elevation does not go lower...
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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    Ohh I see so with the compass I find the azimuth and then set it. There is another issue tho my skew does not go past 40 so how can i set settings like 30.5? Or Go lower than 40 I should say. THanks!
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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    Ok maybe im confused by what the skew is etc. On the dish there are two settings skew and Elevation. So where would I find the Azimuth?
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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    Thanks Hemi thats where I got those numbers from the Dishpointer site.
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    Help pointing TURBO HD DISH 1000.2

    So i finally got a TURBO HD DISH 1000.2 dish and I am installing it myself but I'm having an issue. When I went to dishpointer.com it gave me the following for 110 119 119 Elevation: 32.3° Azimuth (true): 222.7° Azimuth (magn.): 226.3° LNB Skew [?]: 30.5° Dish Skew [?]: 90.0°...
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    HD upgrade, what equipment do I need?

    @TheKrell Thanks for the responses. I live like 10 miles from chicago and currently have three 311 receivers. Since I only bought one HD set I need to keep the other two getting standard Def programming. I would like HD locals to watch on my HD tv but its not necessary as I can use my...
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    HD upgrade, what equipment do I need?

    Well I understand that if I update through Dish I will get free install etc BUT i want to avoid having a commitment. I had already called them to see what they can do for me and I would have to lease an HD receiver and commit to a 2 year contract. Call me weird or crazy but I really don't want...
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    HD upgrade, what equipment do I need?

    If this has been answered before please refer me to the thread, but I could not find my situation in the search results. I currently have 3 standard def 311 receivers but I finally got an HD tv set for my room. So I want to upgrade. First if I do this myself what equipment will I need...
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    Quick 311 receiver question

    Hi, If i upgrade to a dish 100.4 will my 311 receivers still work? I could not find if they were mpeg4 compatible or not. Thanks!
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    Best 5 receiver setup

    thanks to everyone for thier advice I have lots of work ahead of me :)
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    Best 5 receiver setup

    If this has been asked before I apologize and just point me to the right post. THank you. Now to the question, what is the best setup for 5 recievers with the following equipment. 5 301 receivers Dishpro quad LNB dish THanks!
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    Two in one

    If this has been answered somewhere else please send me a link and apologies. Now for the question. Using a Dish 500 pro dual lnb Dish can I recieve both Dishnetwork programing and programing from the Intelsat Americas 5 bird? Or will i have to have a seperate dish to get the Intelsat Americas...
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    old 3000 series reciever help

    I have two one for the 65 location to get some local channels
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    old 3000 series reciever help

    ok wait i got this wrong i have a dp34 switch so does that change things or? (i had to go up to the roof to check it) so to recap i have a quad pro dish connected to a dp34 switch and i have 3 recievers connected to it both 301's the third is my 3000 series which is connected via a dishpro...
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    old 3000 series reciever help

    ok so i have a dishpro quad and i thought the sw64 was pro but maybe not. So you think that might be it? since the other two recievers work fine and the 3000 is just missing just that one connection.
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    old 3000 series reciever help

    thanks for the quick reply! What i did was disconnected one of the working recievers and connected that line to the 3000 and I got the same result. So it couldnt be line since I get the same thing on two different lines. It has to be something i'm either missing or easy to see that i'm not...
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    old 3000 series reciever help

    Hi, If this question has been answered already please give me the link and I"ll be happy to look there thank you. I have an old 3000 series receiver hooked up to a sw64 switch thats hooked up to a dishpro quad. the receiver is hooked up with a dishpro adapter. When I go ahead and check...
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    superdish question

    ok thanks i'll do check that once it stops snowing here.
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    superdish question

    ok so do the 300 and the 500 need to be pros? for the dp34 to work? Thanks again!
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    superdish question

    hmm good question. Is there a physical way I can check if the LNB's are pros? I thought the 500 were but not sure of the other dish. Thanks
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    superdish question

    ok so that answers that. So then that leaves me with my current problem that when I setup the two dishes to the DP34 switch its not working correctly. I"ve tried everything to make it work totally. First is this the best solution for me then is too hook up the 500 and 300 to the dp34 with the...
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    superdish question

    Well in the future i wanted to get HD programming But for now I just want the normal programing. I Know 121 you can get the international channels which I am not interested. What I really want to do is consolidate dishes. I was trying to make it easier on myself lol. Right now I have a 301...
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    superdish question

    ok thanks for the answers. Couple more questions if you can indulged me. IF I get a Superdish 105 and then the DP44 switch will I still need the 300 dish to view the 61.5 location? I guess what i'm really asking or saying is will I still need to run two dishes? Currently I have a dish500 and...