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cdh1000

Last reply Jan 5, 2007 · posted in DISH Network Support Forum

use of extra dish for weekend home, one subscription?

Hi all,
can someone explain if i can do this. I'm trying to get Dish at my weekend home, without buying an extra subscription.

have Dish 500 with an 811 receiver and a 311 receiver in the bedroom. the 311 receiver has one of the yellow smart cards.

thinking about buying a used Dish 500 and maybe a 311 box to take to a weekend vacation house. If i do this, and set it up myself, can i just take the smart card out of my bedrrom 311 receiver, and place it in the reciever at the weekend house, and everything work?

and, if anyone could enlighten me, why some boxes use the smart cards and why some dont'...

thanks!!!

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walworth69

Jan 2, 2007

"You were ok til you got to the card switch..Not necessary..Buy the dish and receiver and add the reciver to your existing account. You'll incur a $4.99 per month additional outlet fee....
Install the dish at the weekender and connect the reciver..Done..Easy simple voila.."

We have a weekend house also. We are only there 5-6 times a year. We had dish up there, but we canceled it because it was just too expensive for the amount of time we were there. We still have our receiver connected and we know it works because we still get the religious channels and the option for PPV. Are you saying we could bring that receiver home, call and add it to our home account, then take it back up to our weekend home and it would work??

dishcomm

Jan 2, 2007

walworth69 said:
"You were ok til you got to the card switch..Not necessary..Buy the dish and receiver and add the reciver to your existing account. You'll incur a $4.99 per month additional outlet fee....
Install the dish at the weekender and connect the reciver..Done..Easy simple voila.."

We have a weekend house also. We are only there 5-6 times a year. We had dish up there, but we canceled it because it was just too expensive for the amount of time we were there. We still have our receiver connected and we know it works because we still get the religious channels and the option for PPV. Are you saying we could bring that receiver home, call and add it to our home account, then take it back up to our weekend home and it would work??

I asume by "religious programming you meant Sky Angel?...
If that is the programming you got at the weekender, the dish is pointed at the 61.5 sat which is in the Southeastern sky...You have to adjust the dish at to point at 110 and 119 defree orbital slots....Provide your zip and we will tell you where to point the dish

Mr Tony

Jan 2, 2007

dishcomm said:
I asume by "religious programming you meant Sky Angel?...
If that is the programming you got at the weekender, the dish is pointed at the 61.5 sat which is in the Southeastern sky...You have to adjust the dish at to point at 110 and 119 defree orbital slots....Provide your zip and we will tell you where to point the dish

dishcomm

an previous subscribed box will get the following
Dish 101 (101, 480, 490)
NASA (213)
Angel One (262)
PPV Previews (103 & 500)
option for PPV or porn
Sirius preview (156 & 919)
CCTV9 (265)

a box with an old blue card will only get 101, 103, 213 & 262 (I know because I use an old 5000 to aim dishes and it still has a blue card in it)

Mr Tony

Jan 3, 2007

just tried it tonight

101,103,156**,213,262,265**,455-end of PPV**(option to order), 500, 919**,884**,9900

The stuff with ** my 5000 picks up but nothing shows up since the card is a blue one.

TheKrell

Jan 4, 2007

Iceberg,

That's very interesting. Suppose we have (as I do) a surplus no-longer-subscribed receiver with a yellow card. Can we use it for PPV? If the account is still active for other receivers, it seems to me that this might just work.

But if one no longer has an active account for Dish to charge, then what happens?

Mr Tony

Jan 4, 2007

TheKrell said:
Iceberg,

That's very interesting. Suppose we have (as I do) a surplus no-longer-subscribed receiver with a yellow card. Can we use it for PPV? If the account is still active for other receivers, it seems to me that this might just work.

But if one no longer has an active account for Dish to charge, then what happens?

the account would need to be active and hooked to the phone. When you hit "buy" it tries to dial out but cant

kstuart

Jan 5, 2007

Iceberg said:
an previous subscribed box will get the following
Dish 101 (101, 480, 490)
NASA (213)
...

My car mechanic loves the NASA channel, and he watches OTA only, but he has an old DiSH receiver just so he can watch NASA.

Mr Tony

Jan 5, 2007

kstuart said:
My car mechanic loves the NASA channel, and he watches OTA only, but he has an old DiSH receiver just so he can watch NASA.

I've got a religious friend who I gave an old box to for Angel One. Set up an old Directv dish and hooked up the old box (I think it was a 2700 or something like that)

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cp2k said:
Honestly, I would rather see an expanded bracketed playoff system than the current Conference Championship Game + playoff model we're using right now. The Conference Championships essentially allow two teams to beat up on each other, and then both typically are going to end up in the playoffs anyway unless it is one of the weaker or smaller conferences. Let them play it out on the field against others.

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They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

The biggest issue with the Conference Now is the Number of TEAMS .... WAY to Many.
It would take 2-3 YEARS to do a round robin where everyone would play one another ... How do you know how good a team is when teams don't play the same teams ?

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Yesterday at 4:38 PM

Jimbo said:
They finally changed that, to a single conference ... but yes, in most cases, both teams will get in ... now, its a certain both will get in ...

Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.

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cp2k said:
I like the move to campus sites for the early games. That adds a fun new dimension for fans, and cuts down on some of the travel expenses that would come with having to follow a team all the way through the playoffs at neutral sites.

Agree ... they started doing that a few years ago.

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Surprised you haven't made this claim yet.

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