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    Can you go backwards from Dish 500 to 300?

    I finally got the old 18" dish up and running again. There was a loose connection on the back of the 301 receiver. Next weekend, I'm going to try the Dish 500 install one more time! A few more questions: 1. You do the part where you aim the dish to get the most signal strength FIRST, then...
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    How can you tell if an LNB is defective?

    No, we had the dish hooked up, but we did the check switch before ever getting a signal. Yes, we had the Y adapter on it correctly. Maybe after I "cool off" I will attempt this again tomorrow. It's 90 degrees and 100% humidity and sunny right now and I just need to settle down and cool...
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    Can you go backwards from Dish 500 to 300?

    Thanks for the help Fergie. I have the coax connected and it's set to channel 3. I am thinking maybe with all the wiring behind the tv, I need to undo everything and rehook just to make sure nothing back there came loose. Fergie, again thanks for your help. I'll be gone from here for an...
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    How can you tell if an LNB is defective?

    No, I never got a signal, we had the skew and elevation set correctly, but no matter where we had the dish aimed signal stayed on 0. BTW, I only have a "one receiver" hookup. Also, it's too late to troubleshoot the 500, I already took it down and put the 300 back up, and now my problems are...
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    Can you go backwards from Dish 500 to 300?

    OK, here's my other question. Thinking the Dish 500 LNB is defective, I took the entire thing down and put the 300 dish back up with the LNB that goes with THAT one. Now, when I turn on the receiver to try and get the Point Signal screen, I get nothing but "snow". I just changed the batteries...
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    How can you tell if an LNB is defective?

    Newbie here, but not new to Dish Network. I already have a 301 receiver but until this morning I had a 300 dish connected to it. I purchased a DishPro 500 LNB and 20" dish off some sleezebag on Ebay (haven't left her a negative YET, but intend to). Anyway, I got the new dish up and then when...