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Rich215

Last reply Oct 31, 2007 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

2 dish setup?

Hi all, I was following another post about this subject, but was alittle confused because my situation may be alittle different.

I have a 1000.2 but cant get the 129 sat because of a tree prob.
The 110 and 119 are perfet signals. So my best option is to mount
a second dish to get the 129...or preferably the 61.5 sat.

I talked to dish and they said I could get the 61.5 here in MI. They told me I just need a DP34 switch. And after following the other thread about this....seems like I need a DP Dual head for my older 500 dish I still have?

So my question is.....is that all i need for the 2nd dish (500) to get the
61.5 or 129 sats?

Thanks for any help. This forum is extremely usefull as a Dish consumer!

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Rich215

Oct 31, 2007

also...

I just found an old dish 4720 dual LNBF dish kit here at work. It is only a single head with 2 connection points on it. #BSCH84P60 lot E 80.

The other LNBF off the 500 I have at home, has double heads with 2 connectors on it. I will ID that unit later when I get home and hook up
a make-shift dishmount to find a spot on my property to pull in either 61.5 or 129. Then I will know for sure what LNBF is on that 500.

Liquidforce88

Oct 31, 2007

It will say DP or DishPro on it. If all it says is digital LNBF then it is a legacy unit.

Try for the 129 there are a few channels that you would miss.

129 in GR is located at compass heading 248 with an elevation of 26

61.5 is located at 150 and 37

What company put up your 1000.2? Why would they install it if they could not get 129? They should have put in a wing dish for 61.5 if that was the case.

Rich215

Oct 31, 2007

...

Dave, thanks for your info....much helpful.

I actually did the initial instal. The former home owner had a 500 system. I took my 1000.2 from my old home as the new owners
were going with another service.

I couldnt wait a few days for the installer to get here. I needed to see a few hockey games. So after I switched the 500 dish out with my 1000.2 and watched tv for a few days, I had the installer redo all the cables for 4 tvs. He was here for about 2.5 hours. The wiring job was complex because of a crawl space in part of the home, and on 2 levels as well....and also because I had him set up cables for 4 tv's. So he was pretty worked after being there for so long. I basically told him I would either trim the tree that was blocking the 129 sat...or do the 2nd dish myself. He did not have the correct equipment in his truck to do the wing dish....becase he knew he was just installing a 1000.2 that was already there in place.

So it was'nt the fault of the installer at all. I have to run several cables for my OTA anyway....and I like doing the work anyway. I just needed some info on setting up the wing dish. I called the main office to the installer and got some good info from a tech there finally. One thing he told me was to make sure the 1000.2 would not get a 129 signal if the wing was set to pick up 129. He said just move the skew out of 129 range as much as possible, as when more leaves drop the 1000.2 could get the 129 also..and mess up the setup with a wing dish. But Im pretty sure that the wing is going to be pulling in 61.5 from the angles you have gave me for Grand Rapids. Tomorrow morning I will find out for sure.

Rich215

Oct 31, 2007

missing channels?

OH yea.....what channels will I miss with going with the 61.5 instead of the 129? Is there a chart that shows what channels each sat pulls in?

DSpud

Oct 31, 2007

Good luck getting dish to understand your situation. I had the exact same problem at my home, no where to set the Dish 1000+ without any good view of the 129 location. I live in the St. Louis Metro, and through research on this website and others, realized that my local HD's were on 118 except for my RSN which was on 129. Hoping for a quick fix (until next baseball season when I would i would HAVE to have my RSN HD!), I told the installer to install a wing dish to 61.5. He refused, saying my HD locals were on 129. He left without doing the job. He said I had a clear view of the 61.5 location but he couldn't change the work order. I then called the retailer, who ALSO told me the wrong information. I had to track down the owner of the company and SHOW him before he was convinced that my HD locals were indeed on 118.

He sent out a new tech that then told me he couldn't install at the 61.5 location because of line of sight issues. He didn't want to put the wing dish at a different location where there was absolutely no issues, about 10 foot away, which the first tech suggested. Again, he told me that I wouldn't get any locals. with that setup anyway. He left.

Finally, I dropped about 150 bucks and got the tree trimmed. 129 is no problem now!

Point of Story....sometimes its easier to fix the problem then fixing dish's problem!

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Gary Toma

Staff member Pub Member / Supporter Cutting Edge

Last reply 4 minutes ago · posted in DIRECTV Technical Resources Forum

DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 10/14/2026

The TPN Map Excel Presents all DIRECTV Channels:

National (50-States or wide/NAT+PR beams)
Local (Local-Into-Local or narrow/Spot beams)

Additional tabs provide:

OTA the (Over-The-Air) Database
VOD (Video On_Demand) Records
Offline Records
Engr Records
Net Decoder a graphic presentation of all satellites and transponders

Domestic Satellites
@99W...... D11, D14
@101W.... D16
@103W.... D12, D15
@110W.... D5
@119W.... D8

Understanding the TPN Map

Making Sense of the TPN Map Display Conventions

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KyL416

Yesterday at 2:37 PM

WCWW/25 CW South Bend and WBKP/5 CW Marquette are now testing on the stream server. These are both already available on satellite.

Now live in the satellite guide:
663-2 PISTONS (663-1 is likely being reserved for an overflow feed of Detroit Sportsnet, if there's a 2027 MLB season)
675 THUNDER
693 CLIPPERS

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doctor J

Today at 7:23 AM

weekly Analysis for 10/21/2026:

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KyL416

Today at 7:25 AM

HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

Mr Tony

Today at 10:40 AM

KyL416 said:
HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

Wait…..
So even though DAZN keeps touting 'only way to see games' if you are a subscriber to Choice (like my stepdad) if an agreement is reached he can see the Wolfies on 668?
I know the Wild are in dispute and a slate is on 668-1.

KyL416

Today at 4:48 PM

KyL416 said:
Now live in the satellite guide:
663-2 PISTONS (663-1 is likely being reserved for an overflow feed of Detroit Sportsnet, if there's a 2027 MLB season)
675 THUNDER
693 CLIPPERS

They're finally live in the app's API, doing a check

PISTONS is not available in Detroit (WMYD/20), it is available in the rest of Michigan including Marquette who also gets the games on their MyNet station WJMN/3, along with the Toledo DMA and the northern portions of the South Bend and Fort Wayne DMAs.

THUNDER is available in OKC and Tulsa, so I wonder if DTV is just going to keep the OTA feeds of KSBI/52 and KQCW/19 and direct viewers to 675 for the rest of the games.
On stream it's in Choice for Oklahoma (inlcuding the Oklahoma portions of the Amarillo, Sherman-Ada, Wichita Falls-Lawton and Joplin DMAs) and Western Arkansas and requires Sports Pack for Nebraska, Kansas and Western Missouri, I'm not sure if it's the same for satellite.

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coolman302003

4 minutes ago

KyL416 said:
HAWKS, HORNETS, GRZZLIES, HEAT, MAGIC, CAVLIERS, TWOLVES, BUCKS, PACERS and SPURS channels have also been added, however they are pointing to a TV Promise slate, which says they are working with DAZN and others to strike a deal for those teams.

Some more TPN swaps

It appears we are not getting both home & away feeds out of market on League Pass for these teams either…

I've been watching the Spurs home feed on channel 676-1 (was part time San Antonio specific feed) out of market with NBALP for YEARS on satellite (through the multiple iterations of Fox Sports SW, Bally Sports SW, FanDuel Sports SW) Looks like that will not happen unless a deal is reached with DAZN. I do see the placeholder channel on 680 if it happens.

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SuperDish_Fan23

Last reply 9 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Its crazy how the ViP922 is so rare for no reason.

Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!

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dishdude

Monday at 5:05 PM

I had one, the front panel lighting was cool, the menus were fresh and a lot more modern looking than the ViPs. However, it was very buggy and the Sling functionality just didn't work well - I think it was due to internet speeds at the time. I think I had to pay $40 for the Sling app on my phone iirc.

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MikeD-C05

Today at 1:10 PM

dishdude said:
I had one, the front panel lighting was cool, the menus were fresh and a lot more modern looking than the ViPs. However, it was very buggy and the Sling functionality just didn't work well - I think it was due to internet speeds at the time. I think I had to pay $40 for the Sling app on my phone iirc.

I had both the 921 and the 922. I used to buy them from DishDepot.com in Florida and trade in my older owned receiver towards the newest receiver. The 921 was a reboot receiver and the sling part was hit or miss. I look back on all those receivers I paid for over 25 years and I think it was just TV. If I had that money back now I would be lot richer. My Owned Hopper 3 is sitting in a drawer in my office not being used.

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telstar_1

Today at 1:33 PM

That was part of the Ergen scheme, to sell the product as well as the service. And who didn't want the best box?

Maybe they went to the hopper because they were running out of 3-digit model #s- 1022 would have been kinda clunky. Folks would have tried to say "one-thousand and twenty two" instead of "ten-twenty-two".

Like some say "two thousand and twenty six".

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Strega

Today at 2:34 PM

That's not really unusual. Cable companies like to the provide the box too. The phone company provided the phones in until the government forced them to allow third-party phones.

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KAB

Today at 4:24 PM

922 was a train wreck. The end!

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dishdude

9 minutes ago

KAB said:
922 was a train wreck. The end!

I know I regretted that purchase!

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KAB

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Last reply 14 minutes ago · posted in TV Shows

Slow Horses - Apple TV

Just finished S2. Watching Gary Oldman as deshvilved, dejected MI-6 agent, Jackson Lamb, is one of the best things streaming right now. Already 2 more seasons in the works. HIGHLY recommended. And yes, Mick Jagger sings the theme.

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N5XZS

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A fine top notch TV show which is light years ahead!!

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KAB

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N5XZS said:
A fine top notch TV show which is light years ahead!!

"Jackson Lamb for Prime Minister! "

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Oct 8, 2026

Mrs. Foxbat and I are enjoying another great season so far. We only had to turn on the captions a few times.

KAB

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Foxbat said:
Mrs. Foxbat and I are enjoying another great season so far. We only had to turn on the captions a few times.

I think this new season is a little too slow of a burn (as of ep #4, probably due to new show runner. However, I can't wait to find out what's up with Taverner!

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KAB

Today at 4:31 PM

Well, the season finale went balls to the wall. Non stop action and several twisted twists. Gary Oldman at his best. Very well written and executed. Tavener owes Jackson big time. Only "if" was Jack Lowden's (River) cliffhanger, especially admin-st the buzz that he is the next James Bond in waiting.

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14 minutes ago

Planning to start the new season tonight.

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Intelligent Machines 893

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ppappas

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Last reply 56 minutes ago · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Newest NCIS recording doesn't allow auto skip

On Tuesday, I recorded the first episodes of the new season's NCIS shows on CBS (Dish provided, not OTA). The new New York series and Origins will both do Auto Skip, but the original, now season 24 does not. What's stranger, when I do a search for NCIS, Origins and New York show the current recording and the next episode it will record, but the original show only shows the current recording and some other channel showing the very first episode of season one. It makes no sense. When I set up the timers, I was able to use search for Origins and New York, but for the original, I had to scroll ahead in the guide until last Tuesday when the show was airing. Then set the timer from there. You can see its timer type is DVR where the other two are Seek. What am I missing?
Thanks!

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Nebugeater

Thursday at 9:12 AM

It is obviose some people do not know the diffornece between auto skip and FF

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Bobby

Thursday at 11:22 AM

Nebugeater said:
It is obviose some people do not know the diffornece between auto skip and FF

And there is a difference between fast forward and skip forwad....

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tanman

Thursday at 11:25 AM

With both CBS and Fox autohop (as we know) is not enabled for a week..But after 24 hours if you mash the FF button until the red kangaroo shows up in the bottom right you wont overshoot the program. No need to try to figure how long the break is.

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Cold Irons

Thursday at 12:03 PM

tanman said:
With both CBS and Fox autohop (as we know) is not enabled for a week..But after 24 hours if you mash the FF button until the red kangaroo shows up in the bottom right you wont overshoot the program. No need to try to figure how long the break is.

Yep. We do this all the time, but we use the 30-sec skip forward button until the red kangaroo shows up. Love this feature.

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Jim5506

Thursday at 9:27 PM

I'm a bit confused about the recording methods.
Do you havePrime Time Anytime enabled, by doing that you don't have to set recordings for Prime time programs on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox stations, it's done daily, 7 days a week.
And only 2 weeks recordings are saved, no deletions either.

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dennispap

56 minutes ago

Jim5506 said:
I'm a bit confused about the recording methods.
Do you havePrime Time Anytime enabled, by doing that you don't have to set recordings for Prime time programs on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox stations, it's done daily, 7 days a week.
And only 2 weeks recordings are saved, no deletions either.

Correct. If you enable PTAT, you don't have to set other timers for those programs. You can choose all of the 4 networks or as few as you want. You also can choose all 7 days or other options. However the programs will auto delete after 8 days unless you save that episode or save the whole series.

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Song Name Game Part 3!

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So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

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Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

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Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne

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An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....

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KAB

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Last reply Today at 4:00 PM · posted in TV Shows

Terminal List- Amazon

Much better than the critics would want you to believe. Only problem, the last guy was pretty obvious a couple of episodes in.

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Jul 4, 2022

I have watched three episodes so far and I like it.

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As do I.

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Last reply Today at 3:56 PM · posted in TV Shows

Amazon Prime: The Rings of Power

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$250 Million just for the rights to make something :eeek

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Set in Middle Earth, the television adaptation will explore new storylines preceding Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.

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long_time_Dish

Nov 9, 2024

Two friends recommended this show to me and I was hooked by the second ep of season 1! Production values are amazing and the episode runtimes are (typically) over an hour, which makes it really easy get hooked on the story because they're playing it out with movie-like pacing rather than a 34-40 minute episode. Acting and casting is really good as well!

I got started on season 2 a few nights ago and was wondering if anyone else is watching?

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Bruce

Nov 9, 2024

long_time_DNC said:
Two friends recommended this show to me and I was hooked by the second ep of season 1! Production values are amazing and the episode runtimes are (typically) over an hour, which makes it really easy get hooked on the story because they're playing it out with movie-like pacing rather than a 34-40 minute episode. Acting and casting is really good as well!

I got started on season 2 a few nights ago and was wondering if anyone else is watching?

I am amazed you like it.

Made it thru season 1, thought it was terrible, but wanted to give it a chance, made it to halfway on Season 2, Episode 2, just could not take it anymore.

It like they took the worse Lord of the Rings fan-fiction off the internet and made it into a TV Series.

Yes, the production values are high, but that does not make it into a good series.

long_time_Dish

Nov 11, 2024

Bruce said:
I am amazed you like it.

Made it thru season 1, thought it was terrible, but wanted to give it a chance, made it to halfway on Season 2, Episode 2, just could not take it anymore.

It like they took the worse Lord of the Rings fan-fiction off the internet and made it into a TV Series.

Yes, the production values are high, but that does not make it into a good series.

They're taking a lot of this from The Silmarillion, of which I'm not quite a third of the way through yet, and sure, they've invented some new people, places and situations, but it's still (IMHO) a really good prequel to LOTR. Having only just started season 2, I'm still enjoying it quite a bit. I'm really not seeing the fan-fic angle in it. If season 2 proves to be as enjoyable as season 1 was for me, I'd sure like to see a 3rd season.

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long_time_Dish

Nov 13, 2024

Up to s2, ep4. Didn't like episode 3 quite as much as the rest, but episode 4 was terrific!

osu1991

Today at 3:56 PM

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