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I'm new to the forum but the past few days with Dish Network has brought me to finding this forum over and over for answers. I have a 14 year history with Dish, equipment, installations, worked as an installer for years.

So what brings me here. I'll save my complaints to the end.

I have 10 acres, house, 2000 square foot shop. I want to upgrade to the hopper/joey package. I travel for a living, nuclear contractor, and often take a receiver and a spare dish to the campground or apartment I end up staying at for a month or so before going to the next job. Obviously this wont work for me since Dish tells me I cant keep the VIP receivers on the same account, and Dish anywhere isn't always an option due to slow or no internet.

I go through about 2 722k's a year due to failing hard drives so I want a change of equipment in which one of the Loyalty team members today said that stuff doesn't last forever so I got kind of s***ty with him on the phone.

What I have learned is they are not going to give me a hopper and joey to replace the 722, without giving me 3 joeys to replace the 2 VIP single tuners.

Basically the distance between the shop and house doesn't permit the cable length, and having only joeys and hoppers, I cant necessarily take one with me on my jobs anymore.

My question is: Can I get a 2H/2J system and separate the hoppers? Run a hopper in the house with a joey, and run a hopper and joey in the shop (or take it with me when I go on the road) and use 2 satellite dishes? Do the 2 hoppers on one account need to "talk" to each other?

I've read of installers putting 2 dishes up for 2 hoppers before... it must work but Dish says "well I don't know why but it wont work at all if you do that".

I want the system, but I cant possibly connect this "network" together between the shop and house. They suggested I get a second account and pay double.....

They told me I had to have an installer come put special cable in, they told me initially I would need to pay $915 for 2 hoppers and 2 joeys plus the $15 was for the installation. I mean I have heard one line of BS after another all day from Dish.

So guys, how do I do it. I want a hopper/joey system off of 2 dishes. I can live with giving up the 2 single tuners, but I cant build this "network" of receivers to suit their "requirements". How can I make this happen?


Thanks
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TheKrell
Only a couple? 1H/1J with the 1J in the shop via IP might do perfectly.
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Only a couple? 1H/1J with the 1J in the shop via IP might do perfectly.

4 TV's, 1H/3J = 3 tuners so I'm told, so I'm going to sacrifice the ability to watch the 4th if all are going. I keep reading that people ended up getting 2H/2J because the 1H/3J sucks. That's what spawned all of this.
aaronwt6
To me personally as an installer, it seems like you'd want 1-2 Hoppers at your house, possibly a Joey in the Shop, and a 211k for your traveling. How far exactly is the shop from the house? The Joey doesn't have nearly the constraints on wire length that the Hopper does. I've successfully run one 350' or so from the Hopper with adequate MOCA signal. Also, I was still unclear on this but do you have the same internet shared at the shop that you do in the house? You can feasibly run the Joey out there via your router.
aaronwt6
Where about are you located DeadEnd? I was thinking South Carolina based on your info you have posted. This is being made way more complicated to you than it needs to be. I just did a very similar configuration to yours for a friend with very little extra cost.
navychop
Yep. I second Hopper system at home, 211 series on road (w/EHD that has prerecorded programs on it).

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aaronwt6
Yep. I second Hopper system at home, 211 series on road (w/EHD that has prerecorded programs on it).

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Agreed. And unless the shop is some outrageous distance from the house I believe a Joey can work there via coax. Especially if you use solid copper core. If you pre-run the wire out there and bury it yourself there should be zero additional cost with that.
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Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
dishstaller
Another Tulsa King spin off.🙄
But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big city :rolleyes:
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Juan
Not alot of dish customers any more
Foxbat
I'm not a big fan of the new layout, especially on my Apple TV. It used to look like the old Guide layout on the Hopper 3, but they changed parts of that, too.
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dishstaller
I really dislike change for the sake of change
TheRatPatrol
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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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Jimbo

Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
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Howard ...
You don't like Tony, or Tony as the Director (he's only been there for 30 seconds now) or you don't like NCIS ?
Tony as the director.🙄
Jimbo
Tony as the director.🙄
Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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dfergie
I liked this episode and a toned down Tony...
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Would you rather have LaRoche ???
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.
Jimbo
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 ...

Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)

Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.

Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.

It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
dishstaller
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-f9OGsKHd4
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dishstaller
BTW, I noticed right after I posted this that someone else had already mentioned it....sorry for the duplicate thread. Still looking forward to seeing the movie.
meStevo
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.

Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!




Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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I've seen it twice. Can't recommend the audio book enough, Ray Porter's performance is amazing and there's so much more in the book than the movie.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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Forgot to comment. I did watch when it first came out on MGM. I enjoyed it a lot. I think reading the book made it easier to watch. Several friends commented it was a little hard to follow.
TRG
TRG
"astrophage". I read the book but didn't see the film yet.
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Howard Simmons
"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
That's what I will be watching this weekend.🤗
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Kindle book on sale for $2.99 today at Amazon.
dishstaller
.........there's so much more in the book than the movie.
I agree. That can go for pretty much any book vs movie. Back when I was single I would read any Stephen King or John Grisham book I could get my hands on. When you read a book you make up the scenes and characters in your mind.....the movie version always disappoints.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
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Selfish Drake Maye holds back on giving the ball to Bills unlike Jags game, gets the win on the road.
A big win for the Patriots, and they are now 3-2.

Browns lose a close one with... The Jets. That is a classic Browns loss (granted, any loss is a classic one it seems). 49'ers, Vikings, and Chiefs remain undefeated. The AFC north have a three way tie at 3-2 for second place. :eek:
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
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Hopefully nowhere near a microphone.
After having experienced Gus Ferguson trying to call soccer games, I'm uncertain why NFL football analysts get hate. Even the "worst" of them are pretty good.
meStevo
Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


View: https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2111074303185989663?s=20
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dishstaller
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I had quit watching this show years ago because I ended up more annoyed than entertained. Well......I'm STILL more annoyed than entertained. I DO find it interesting to see how things work behind the scenes at many businesses. What annoys me is how utterly out of touch CEOs are with the companies they run. At the end of almost every episode the head of the company is amazed at how hard the employees have to work and many times have to work around impossible guidelines set forth from headquarters.

I found this one interesting because the new CEO had big plans for this company, Muscle Maker Grill, and it looked like the stores were all pretty busy. Recent history hasn't been good to this company however. I bet the covid lockdowns were the real killer.


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Scott Greczkowski
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

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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White Wedding - Billy Idol
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White Christmas - Elvis Presley
dishstaller
Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
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Tickle Me (Dirty, Dirty Feeling) - Elvis Presley
dishstaller
Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson