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I have a Dish 500 system in my RV, a single antenna normally provides my DVR with inputs from 110 and 119. After moving to a new location, I'm suddenly having a lot of trouble getting the antenna aimed correctly. I set the elevation and skew according to the numbers in the receiver "point dish" selection, and my sat finder shows lots of signal.
However, as I adjust the dish here and there, I get the same satellite and signal strength on each input - both LNBs see 110 or 119. Except, of course, when them see nothing at all.
Is my problem just that I don't have a precise enough hand and can't find the aiming point between the two? Or is there something more sinister?
This system worked properly at my last stop, and has worked properly in this location in the past few months. Now, however, I can't get it pointed.
Does this ring any bells with anyone?
Thanks.
However, as I adjust the dish here and there, I get the same satellite and signal strength on each input - both LNBs see 110 or 119. Except, of course, when them see nothing at all.
Is my problem just that I don't have a precise enough hand and can't find the aiming point between the two? Or is there something more sinister?
This system worked properly at my last stop, and has worked properly in this location in the past few months. Now, however, I can't get it pointed.
Does this ring any bells with anyone?
Thanks.
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Probably operator error. 
Try putting foil or a heavy cloth over the eye of the 110 LNBF. With your mast plumb in all directions, set your skew, then set your elevation, then look for 119. When you find it, peak the azimuth (east/west) and the elevation (up/down). DO NOT PEAK THE SKEW.
If you receive 119: remove the foil/cloth, run a check switch and you should have both. If 110 is weak, then maybe peak it; but don't move it too much without taking a signal strength on back and forth between 119 & 110.
If you receive 110: your dish is pointed to much to the east by about 1/16" - 1/8", so you will need to twist the dish on the mast about 1/16" to the west until you pick up 119 on the 119 LNBF. In this scenario, you are pointed 1/2 between satellites 101 & 110 instead of 110 & 119.
However, maybe something else is wrong....
Some Questions:
- What is the model number of your DVR receiver?
- Is the LNBF a DP Twin or DP Plus Twin, of maybe 2 single duals"
- Are you using 2 cables to the receiver, or one?
- Are you using a separator?
- Any switches (besides inside the LNBF)?
Try putting foil or a heavy cloth over the eye of the 110 LNBF. With your mast plumb in all directions, set your skew, then set your elevation, then look for 119. When you find it, peak the azimuth (east/west) and the elevation (up/down). DO NOT PEAK THE SKEW.
If you receive 119: remove the foil/cloth, run a check switch and you should have both. If 110 is weak, then maybe peak it; but don't move it too much without taking a signal strength on back and forth between 119 & 110.
If you receive 110: your dish is pointed to much to the east by about 1/16" - 1/8", so you will need to twist the dish on the mast about 1/16" to the west until you pick up 119 on the 119 LNBF. In this scenario, you are pointed 1/2 between satellites 101 & 110 instead of 110 & 119.
However, maybe something else is wrong....
Some Questions:
- What is the model number of your DVR receiver?
- Is the LNBF a DP Twin or DP Plus Twin, of maybe 2 single duals"
- Are you using 2 cables to the receiver, or one?
- Are you using a separator?
- Any switches (besides inside the LNBF)?
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When I'm the operator, operator error is always a safe guess
It's a DP Plus (so it says on the cover over the LNBs) feeding a DVR 625. There's a single RG6 cable between the antenna and a Dish-labeled splitter that breaks out to two separate feeds into the receiver.
I took everything apart, ran check switch with nothing attached (all 38 tests) and respotted the tripod. My bubble level claims the mast is vertical. I set the dish to 120 degrees skew and 49 degrees elevation (what the receiver said to use) and turned it to 210 degrees azimuth until my meter showed a nice signal. I ran check switch again, and was seeing 119 and 129. I added a couple of degrees elevation, repointed, and repeated until the disk claimed it was looking at 57 degrees up and the receiver could see 110 and 119. The bubble level still claims the mast is vertical.
The whole assembly got knocked over right before I started trying to set it up. I inspected it as closely as I could, and there's no apparent damage, but I'm going to guess there was error introduced into the adjustment, since I'm pretty sure they didn't raise the satellited.
I need to replace this dish setup with something more portable, anyway. This one is the standard residential version that's intended to be installed exactly once in its lifetime. What's a nice, portable, easy to install dish and mast combination/equivalent?
Thanks.
Probably operator error.
When I'm the operator, operator error is always a safe guess
It's a DP Plus (so it says on the cover over the LNBs) feeding a DVR 625. There's a single RG6 cable between the antenna and a Dish-labeled splitter that breaks out to two separate feeds into the receiver.
I took everything apart, ran check switch with nothing attached (all 38 tests) and respotted the tripod. My bubble level claims the mast is vertical. I set the dish to 120 degrees skew and 49 degrees elevation (what the receiver said to use) and turned it to 210 degrees azimuth until my meter showed a nice signal. I ran check switch again, and was seeing 119 and 129. I added a couple of degrees elevation, repointed, and repeated until the disk claimed it was looking at 57 degrees up and the receiver could see 110 and 119. The bubble level still claims the mast is vertical.
The whole assembly got knocked over right before I started trying to set it up. I inspected it as closely as I could, and there's no apparent damage, but I'm going to guess there was error introduced into the adjustment, since I'm pretty sure they didn't raise the satellited.
I need to replace this dish setup with something more portable, anyway. This one is the standard residential version that's intended to be installed exactly once in its lifetime. What's a nice, portable, easy to install dish and mast combination/equivalent?
Thanks.
When I'm the operator, operator error is always a safe guess
It's a DP Plus (so it says on the cover over the LNBs) feeding a DVR 625. There's a single RG6 cable between the antenna and a Dish-labeled splitter that breaks out to two separate feeds into the receiver.
I took everything apart, ran check switch with nothing attached (all 38 tests) and respotted the tripod. My bubble level claims the mast is vertical. I set the dish to 120 degrees skew and 49 degrees elevation (what the receiver said to use) and turned it to 210 degrees azimuth until my meter showed a nice signal. I ran check switch again, and was seeing 119 and 129. I added a couple of degrees elevation, repointed, and repeated until the disk claimed it was looking at 57 degrees up and the receiver could see 110 and 119. The bubble level still claims the mast is vertical.
The whole assembly got knocked over right before I started trying to set it up. I inspected it as closely as I could, and there's no apparent damage, but I'm going to guess there was error introduced into the adjustment, since I'm pretty sure they didn't raise the satellited.
I need to replace this dish setup with something more portable, anyway. This one is the standard residential version that's intended to be installed exactly once in its lifetime. What's a nice, portable, easy to install dish and mast combination/equivalent?
Thanks.
Problem is most likely related to the switch. At least a couple similar reports in the past. In one case it was reported that clearing the switch matrix and then doing a check switch fixed it.
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Please post your remote make/model here and any details of your issue. We are looking to collect as many examples as possible. I may reach out to you for your receiver number, but please do not post it here.
If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
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If you've already reported this to me, please repost it here so I can track all instances in one thread.
Thanks!
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I was having similar issues last night while watching and recording the NLCS game on 148. When I tried resuming the game at one point the screen went blank and I couldn't get my H3 to respond to any remote commands. Eventually the Hopper went to a HD channel but still no remote response. After a while the Hopper went into a re-boot cycle. This happened at least 3 times. I was using an IR universal remote only.
A little frustrating to have the game broken up like that but at least the Brewers won
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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.
Example:
Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow
Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio
Another example:
Ride the Lightning -- Metallica
Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne
Get it?
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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This started a couple months ago. I have 2 H3s on one network, both with 2 EHD identical 3 TB seperately powered so all recordings are accessible by all 4k & J4s (8 of them).
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
On one H3 (not the main one that controls the MOCA network), after it reboots, it doesn't recognize it has two EHDs plugged into it. Rebooting the EHD by their power source doesn't fix it. Resetting the network doesn't. Software h3 reset doesn't fix it. Rebooting MOCA h3 doesn't fix it but so far, after 3+ cold boots (unplug pwr to H3 with unrecognized EHDs), it finally it figures out they are plugged into it. BUT.... Then when you open a program it only partially shows series and episodes, but instead of showing recordings, it only shows upcoming airings. HELP!!!!
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Thanks JohnGalt1234 - That's interesting. I wonder are the Boot Strap versions different between a Hopper 3 only and a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup as I have the later. I guess when charlesrshell is able to since he has both setups, he can do the test. Unless the bootstrap version is tied to when the specific Hopper 3 is manufactured, in my case, mines is from February 2016 when it was installed.
At least Google Search AI is saying the bootstrap version will never change and unique to each Hopper 3.
This is probably why different people seem to either have the issue or they don't because the bootstrap code could also be tied to the hardware revision and
components other than the internal HD.
At least Google Search AI is saying the bootstrap version will never change and unique to each Hopper 3.
This is probably why different people seem to either have the issue or they don't because the bootstrap code could also be tied to the hardware revision and
components other than the internal HD.
JohnGalt1234 - So you basically have 2 Hopper 3's. The CasinoH3 is the one that is Hopper 3 only while Master Bedroom is a Hopper 3 with Hopper Plus setup.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
Master Bedroom uses Android TV (ATV) software so the DISH part is actually a app and will behave differently as you can probably tell the Guide's are different on the Master Bedroom which will resemble the same guide used on other ATV devices such as the Joey 4 and Wireless Joey 4. If I am correct, the CasinoH3 is the one with the problem since you did say the one dated 09/05/2026 is the naughty one while 08/15/2026 named Master Bedroom is the nice one. Usually I would expect the CasinoH3 to be the one without the problem because it's Hopper 3 only and Master Bedroom would be the one with problems because it has the Hopper Plus involved. That is why they behave differently because CasinoH3 is running the native Hopper 3 software while Master Bedroom is running the Android TV software and also it runs a app called DISH known as package com.dish.atv.launcher, the version for mines is P15403 2026100917 so it's probably the same version as the Hopper Plus software version with the date of October 9, 2026, not sure what the 17 means except maybe revision 17?
This explains it better than I can. Sorry, had to take all the ads out.
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Nah, you just don't understand how ignore works, which is why you made your own NFL thread thinking there wasn't one
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Brief 60 minute clip about next gem autonomous fighters - not remote controlled, but rather collaborating with controllers and aircraft in the theater.
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We've literally got a movie already about this
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
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