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How feasable is it for a guy who is pretty handy (used to do my own installs before things got complicated) to upgrade my dish 1000 to a dish 1000 plus. The tech put a dish 1000 on my roof three weeks ago and said I would get my Pittsburgh locals. Obviously he and Dish tech support was wrong. So now I have a dish 1000 that picks up 119, 110, 129 and an old voom Dish tied in that picks up 61.5.
Can I just plop a Dish 1000+ on the stem and try to point it and put the wires in the Dish 1000+ just like they are in the 1000? And does the dish have different LNBs than the Dish 1000?
And where can I get a dish 1000+ if so? Will dish sell me one?
Thanks I know that's a lot of questions.
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Can I just plop a Dish 1000+ on the stem and try to point it and put the wires in the Dish 1000+ just like they are in the 1000? And does the dish have different LNBs than the Dish 1000?
And where can I get a dish 1000+ if so? Will dish sell me one?
Thanks I know that's a lot of questions.
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Good luck. Unless you drop it about 30 feet and bust it all up, it's not likely you will mess it up. Worst case, it takes you a little longer to peak, and re-peak, and re-peak, and etc..., but this stuff is easier than medicine.
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That's funny! Thursdays the big day!
Good luck. Unless you drop it about 30 feet and bust it all up, it's not likely you will mess it up. Worst case, it takes you a little longer to peak, and re-peak, and re-peak, and etc..., but this stuff is easier than medicine.
That's funny! Thursdays the big day!
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Although the dish pan on the Dish 1000+ is bigger, the intended arch, i.e., 110 degrees through 129 degrees, is the same, so I would suspect the settings would be pretty close.
Yes, those marks would of come in handy if you had quit and had your wife go back and re-install the Dish 1000!
Glad you received it and got it installed with no problems.
Signal Strengths:
Your signal strengths on 110 and 119 are okay even though they are not above 93. But remember some transponder are stronger than others, and when in the targeted zone of a spotbeam, you might even hit 125/125. So you may want to select a satellite and then skip through each Transponder, waiting a few seconds between each change.
I can not tell you what 118.7 should look like, 119 and 110 is more than okay.
Basics to Peaking:
1. Plumb mast in all directions. This is the most critical part. If you can not use a level, you should not be a carpenter or a dish installer.
2. Set the skew for your location, and then do not ever touch it again.
3. Then you will adjust the AZIMUTH and ELEVATION. Adjust one, than the other, then recheck the first.
I don't know what the Dish 500+/1000+ instructions say, but I suspect it will tell you to peak the 118.7, then peak the others without making adjustment more than 1 degree (1/16" +/-).
Yes, those marks would of come in handy if you had quit and had your wife go back and re-install the Dish 1000!
Glad you received it and got it installed with no problems.
Signal Strengths:
Your signal strengths on 110 and 119 are okay even though they are not above 93. But remember some transponder are stronger than others, and when in the targeted zone of a spotbeam, you might even hit 125/125. So you may want to select a satellite and then skip through each Transponder, waiting a few seconds between each change.
I can not tell you what 118.7 should look like, 119 and 110 is more than okay.
Basics to Peaking:
1. Plumb mast in all directions. This is the most critical part. If you can not use a level, you should not be a carpenter or a dish installer.
2. Set the skew for your location, and then do not ever touch it again.
3. Then you will adjust the AZIMUTH and ELEVATION. Adjust one, than the other, then recheck the first.
I don't know what the Dish 500+/1000+ instructions say, but I suspect it will tell you to peak the 118.7, then peak the others without making adjustment more than 1 degree (1/16" +/-).
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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!
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The last song was added by Bobby who posted...
One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters
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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....
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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No problem here (in central Europe) with a 10-footer. Do note that 9.4 dB required for the lock.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.
The mod is DVB-S2 8PSK with FEC 5/6.
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Just curious here.....then why is diesel so much higher out there than it is elsewhere. Bobby just posted $7.59/gal, locally it is $5.59.....that's two bucks difference.
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