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Last reply Oct 18, 2011 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

Lost Lots Of HD Channels

So today we lost a bunch of the HD channels we watch the most (FX, Discovery, etc) and have previously lost a few others (ie Food) or have had them move around. I assumed it was just an outage, but having done a little research it seems that we have a "mixed arc" setup and need to get that fixed or we will lose more channels.

Based on diagnostics we currently see 110, 119 and 61.5. The 61.5 was added when we upgraded to HD and were unable to get LOS on the 129 bird because of the relation of the previous dish to the house -- it would have required installing a dish on an area of the house we did not want. Judging by the current setup, and still not wanting to install a dish on the very front of the house to see the 129 bird my question is this:

How feasible would it be to switch away from the 110/119 bird and move to the "eastern arc" and pickup the 72.7/77 birds to round out our reception? Using the pointer tool and some guestimating on tree height I am pretty confident that we could get the two new satellites without a problem. This would also be the easiest solution since it wouldn't require a new installation somewhere else on the house.

We live ~40 miles NW of Minneapolis, so the question would be can we get our locals if we use the 61.5/72.7/77 trio? If that is the case how easy would it be to schedule an appointment to do that instead of getting the run-around and having to wait forever for a tech to come out? Any tricks?

Thanks for any help you can offer.

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MikeD-C05

Oct 15, 2011

What dish set up do you have : Eastern arc(77/72.7/61.5) OR Western arc(110/119/129)? Or do you have a mixed sat configuration with some of both? IF so that would explain the missing hd channels. You have to have either arc ,but not a mixture any longer.

Young C

Oct 16, 2011

MikeD-C05 said:
What dish set up do you have : Eastern arc(77/72.7/61.5) OR Western arc(110/119/129)? Or do you have a mixed sat configuration with some of both? IF so that would explain the missing hd channels. You have to have either arc ,but not a mixture any longer.

I think I have Western arc.

I have under Point Dish:
Zip code: 77035
Dish system: 500
Tuner Input: 01
Transponder: 19
Satellite: 110

I have under Installation Summary:
Satellite Input 1: 119/110/129
Satellite Input 2: 119/110/129

Is that what you mean? Please help.

MikeD-C05

Oct 16, 2011

Young C said:
I think I have Western arc.

I have under Point Dish:
Zip code: 77035
Dish system: 500
Tuner Input: 01
Transponder: 19
Satellite: 110

I have under Installation Summary:
Satellite Input 1: 119/110/129
Satellite Input 2: 119/110/129

Is that what you mean? Please help.

So I re-read your first post again and you say you could not receive 129 due to line of sight issues. So this means most of your hd channels are on that satellite. Recently most of the hd channels were moved off of the 61.5 sat and to the 72.7 satellite. Mostly SD channels & hd locals on spotbeam are now on the 61.5 satellite. This would explain why you are missing your hd channels. In my opinion you need to go all Eastern arc setup due to line of sight issues. So Call DISH or pm the dirt member and see if you can arrange a new eastern arc setup to get all of your hd channels back.

sethwell

Oct 17, 2011

Young C said:
Can somebody please help me? I have a bunch of HD-Channels that are red outlined in my EPG.
Here is a couple channels that are now red and I'm not receiving them.

MGM-HD (channel 385)
EPIX2-HD (channel 381)
EPIX1-HD (channel 380)
Retro-HD (channel 379)
Indie-HD (channe 378)
SMC-HD (channel 386)
Sundance-HD (Channel 389)

etc.

Thank you for any help.

Did you have three months/or a year free of dish platinum? Your freebie may have ran out and you lost them. Contact a DIRT member and have them check it out.

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legodad4three

Oct 17, 2011

Thanks, all. I think I've finally got the answer to the missing and moving channels issue I've been having. Mixed setup with 119/110/61.5. Time to reach out to the DIRT team!

Young C

Oct 17, 2011

Thanks everybody for helping. I really appreciate all the postings.

sethwell said:
Did you have three months/or a year free of dish platinum? Your freebie may have ran out and you lost them. Contact a DIRT member and have them check it out.

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This was the issue. I was automatically subscribed to Blockbuster Movie Pass last week. I discontinued that service, not knowing that the Platinum HD Package was changed to Blockbuster Movie Pass. I accidentally cancelled my Platinum HD Package

I'm fine with it. I do not watch those channels enough to warrant a $10/month fee.

sethwell

Oct 18, 2011

Young C said:
Thanks everybody for helping. I really appreciate all the postings.

This was the issue. I was automatically subscribed to Blockbuster Movie Pass last week. I discontinued that service, not knowing that the Platinum HD Package was changed to Blockbuster Movie Pass. I accidentally cancelled my Platinum HD Package

I'm fine with it. I do not watch those channels enough to warrant a $10/month fee.

You do know you get dvd's by mail with that $10/month price too. One out at a time, unlimited, with instore exchanges as well! That right there makes it worth it for me, and I get over 20 extra channels! Glad you got it figured out though!

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dishstaller said:
Terrible tragedy. You would think that they would have safe guards in place that would prevent something like this from happening. I guess if you are going to ride in a passenger train it might be best to get a car near the rear.

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They will have to look at the switching sections to determine WHY 2 trains were on the same track ... at the same time.

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If Not, why not, because it's not Local ?

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