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Anyone have any experience with one of these dish controllers?
Looks like DMS Int is importing them now instead of the Vbox 7 that gave people so many problems a while back.
Looks like DMS Int is importing them now instead of the Vbox 7 that gave people so many problems a while back.
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Sorry to hear Lone. No apology necessary, forums are a place to state your opinions. 
Well, dishes, LNBFs, switches and receivers are cheaper than ever.... You should be good to go in FTA for a while! 
Sorry to hear of the ailments! Suck to age. The battle scars add up! As Michael said, No apology needed for your opinion!
Sorry to hear of the ailments! Suck to age. The battle scars add up! As Michael said, No apology needed for your opinion!
UPDATE:
Well, since I needed a spare I finally bit the bullet and ordered one of those expensive Motek Vbox II dish controllers. Got it yesterday and proceeded to install it on my Winegard system to see how it works, BUT, before I disconnected the Vbox 7 from that dish I did record the numbers from the East limit to the West limit, ie, zero count at the East limit and it registered 993 counts to the West limit.
After that check I ran the dish back up to the middle of the arc before I disconnected the Vbox 7 to make sure I wasn't near the end of stroke on either end. Remember, not all these boxes have the red and black terminals wired the same on the inside so make sure you always go to "mid stroke" before changing the dish controller out. FYI, if you run the actuator with the polarity reversed it bypasses the EAST and or WEST LIMIT SWITCHES and can damage the gears inside if it bottoms out against the housing.
The electrical connections on the Vbox II are almost IDENTICAL in appearance and location to the ones on a Powermax Vbox X except there is a METAL plate where those connectors are mounted on the Motek unit. The Vbox X connectors were mounted in the plastic housing. So I connected the sensor and motor wires on it and turned it on. The vertical display on these is really nice as the reflection I get with the curved one on Vbox 7 I have to tape a "visor" on it because of the overhead florescent lighting here in the shop so I can read it.
Positions? The sales ad said 99 positions, but the box it came in says 60 Memories and the user manual says 60 positions? Contacted the seller and he assured me there were 99 POSITIONS available so I'll leave it at that. Chinese English I guess, hey. Either way there's more than enough for this system.
The remote for this Motek unit is IDENTICAL to the remote for both the VBox X and 7 controllers except for the "Reset" button being only available on the X controller remotes. On the Vbox 7 and the Motek you have to insert a pencil in the hole to reset the count. Both the Vbox X and 7 remotes work with the Motek controller as well.
So I looked out the window and pressed the East button and the dish moved East so I was good to go. I ran the dish to it's East limit and reset the counter to zero. Then I ran to the West limit and the count there was 988 so it was only 5 numbers off the Vbox 7 numbers. Good to go again!!
Programming satellites in the Motek Vbox II is basically identical to the Vbox 7, so, I used my setup sheet and programmed all the satellites in using the number count from the 7 controller and after that was done it seems to be working exactly like the Vbox X and 7 I had on this system before. Oh, and for those of you who have owned a Vbox X, the feature that shows you where positions are while you are trying to peak a signal are also in this Motek unit, which is a nice feature that was missing on the Vbox 7 controller.
So the bottom line is that although this Motek Vbox II has a different name and look to it, in function it's almost identical to the Vbox X that WSI sold a few years back.
My only complaint so far is the cost (surprise
) as I don't remember paying more than $39 for either the Vbox X or the 7 controllers in recent years.
Well, since I needed a spare I finally bit the bullet and ordered one of those expensive Motek Vbox II dish controllers. Got it yesterday and proceeded to install it on my Winegard system to see how it works, BUT, before I disconnected the Vbox 7 from that dish I did record the numbers from the East limit to the West limit, ie, zero count at the East limit and it registered 993 counts to the West limit.
After that check I ran the dish back up to the middle of the arc before I disconnected the Vbox 7 to make sure I wasn't near the end of stroke on either end. Remember, not all these boxes have the red and black terminals wired the same on the inside so make sure you always go to "mid stroke" before changing the dish controller out. FYI, if you run the actuator with the polarity reversed it bypasses the EAST and or WEST LIMIT SWITCHES and can damage the gears inside if it bottoms out against the housing.
The electrical connections on the Vbox II are almost IDENTICAL in appearance and location to the ones on a Powermax Vbox X except there is a METAL plate where those connectors are mounted on the Motek unit. The Vbox X connectors were mounted in the plastic housing. So I connected the sensor and motor wires on it and turned it on. The vertical display on these is really nice as the reflection I get with the curved one on Vbox 7 I have to tape a "visor" on it because of the overhead florescent lighting here in the shop so I can read it.
Positions? The sales ad said 99 positions, but the box it came in says 60 Memories and the user manual says 60 positions? Contacted the seller and he assured me there were 99 POSITIONS available so I'll leave it at that. Chinese English I guess, hey. Either way there's more than enough for this system.
The remote for this Motek unit is IDENTICAL to the remote for both the VBox X and 7 controllers except for the "Reset" button being only available on the X controller remotes. On the Vbox 7 and the Motek you have to insert a pencil in the hole to reset the count. Both the Vbox X and 7 remotes work with the Motek controller as well.
So I looked out the window and pressed the East button and the dish moved East so I was good to go. I ran the dish to it's East limit and reset the counter to zero. Then I ran to the West limit and the count there was 988 so it was only 5 numbers off the Vbox 7 numbers. Good to go again!!
Programming satellites in the Motek Vbox II is basically identical to the Vbox 7, so, I used my setup sheet and programmed all the satellites in using the number count from the 7 controller and after that was done it seems to be working exactly like the Vbox X and 7 I had on this system before. Oh, and for those of you who have owned a Vbox X, the feature that shows you where positions are while you are trying to peak a signal are also in this Motek unit, which is a nice feature that was missing on the Vbox 7 controller.
So the bottom line is that although this Motek Vbox II has a different name and look to it, in function it's almost identical to the Vbox X that WSI sold a few years back.
My only complaint so far is the cost (surprise
) as I don't remember paying more than $39 for either the Vbox X or the 7 controllers in recent years.
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This is good to know. Along with the feature you pointed out. The late model VBox 7 and GBox did not check their landing count like the VBox X. If the motor overshot the position it would backup to the correct count/position. The Late VBox 7 and GBox display the position they were sent to irregardless of where they end up. When you use the manual buttons to move the dish the unit does not display position assignments. The early VBox 7 had a metal I/O plate on the back also and worked like the VBox X.Programming satellites in the Motek Vbox II is basically identical to the Vbox 7, so, I used my setup sheet and programmed all the satellites in using the number count from the 7 controller and after that was done it seems to be working exactly like the Vbox X and 7 I had on this system before. Oh, and for those of you who have owned a Vbox X, the feature that shows you where positions are while you are trying to peak a signal are also in this Motek unit, which is a nice feature that was missing on the Vbox 7 controller.
So the bottom line is that although this Motek Vbox II has a different name and look to it, in function it's almost identical to the Vbox X that WSI sold a few years back.
My only complaint so far is the cost (surprise
Help, I'm a little confjused on the activation process.
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
I purchased the Joey 4 from Solid Signal and shipping box has Call 866 726-4282 to Avtivate new Receiver. That number is Solid Signals number.
I googled and that search said call Dish to activate. I assume that is correct unless this requires a 2 step process.
Please let me know.
Thanks
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All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
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i bought mine straight from dish as it was only $ 100.00 bucks!!! had the protection plan they came out removed and deactivated the 4k joey and activated and installed the joey 4.All good called Dish and new Joey 4 is activated and working.
Old Joey 2 deactivated and no need to return.
For some reason, the satelliteguys.us site is loading a lot slower than usual on both Chrome on my Asus laptop and Safari on my iPhone.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
I'm also seeing longer appearances of the blue bar at the top and the "3 blue bars" loading symbol.
Is anyone else also having the same problem? Thanks in advance.
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Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
WTF… …What the Foxbat!Remember folks... just like DNS... its always Foxbat.
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wow what a kick in the balls!!! the wife blames you when things don't work now scott's blaming youWTF… …What the Foxbat!
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
The new curated multiview is now live.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
While on many of the sports channels and non sports channels there is a multi view option button. It will pull up a side bar with many different multi view options.
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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This thread is a place to discuss the 4K events that appear on channel 540. We are getting, at this point, one college football game a week. Let's hope there is more coming.
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Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
As I recall you have the Flex package. Do you sub to multisport? -02 is FS1 and -03 is ESPN. -01 is Fox so you would get that if you sub to locals.Hmmm, I'm not seeing anything like those events in our Hopper 3 guide for tonight or Saturday.
I went into the Tools menu and requested a Guide Update. I'll try looking at it after the update completes.
edit — I now have the 148-01 4KFox events for Saturday, but not anything for 148-02 or 148-03 which don't even show as available channels. I do have 148-04 4KUSA.
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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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I created this thread on the original Edgecutter Cutting Edge Forums site. It's simply a place for those to review the latest software available for those using Windows 10 and Windows 11. To date it has received 112,559 views. I have been asked by staff to continue this thread here.
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To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
For niche use cases, yes I agree. Kali for ethical hacking and security testing, and running a Cacti server for network monitoring are the two things I have experience in. Plus thousands and thousands of other things, but for every day use I just can't see it. The owner of the GMRS repeater that I pay to access is changing the Tx DPL tones tomorrow, while Chirp is available on Linux, the software to program my MXT500 is not.To each there own but I've found that Windows can't do much more than Linux can. Can't have everything.
I run Fedora and Ubuntu in VMWare, honestly I don't care much for the UI of either of them and I don't feel like spending days/weeks to customize the UI to make it look Windows-like when I could just use Windows. The cartoonish dock at the bottom of the screen reminds me of Apple products.
As I said above, and, FWIW, I run Win11 Pro and Arch on separate 250 GB NVME drives, using F8 to select which I boot to, with a 1TB SSD for storage, accessible to both OSs and a third formatted Nvme I want to use to learn Kali. It was much faster to setup Arch than it was to strip down Windows. Windows still takes much longer to boot.
