Adding 61.5 to 1000.2 / Problem....

[scsttrooper]

Hello everyone.. This is my first post here so please forgive me if I make a mistake and post this in the wrong place or if the topic has already been covered but I have done the research and can't find my specific problem so here goes...

I was using a dish 500 with a Duo 322 and everything was working great! (I installed the system myself) Then I decided to upgrade to HD and installed a 1000.2 (I live in S. Carolina) and a VIP222k. Again everything worked great until I realized that I was not receiving my local channels in HD. After some research I found that my locals were only offered in HD on 61.5. So.... I decided to use my old Dish 500 with a Dish Pro Plus Twin LNB as a wing dish to receive 61.5. Sounded easy enough!!!!

The first thing that I did after mounting and aiming the old 500 at 61.5 was to hook that dish directly to the vip222k and peak it on 61.5. I didn't get as much signal as I would have liked but it was there and I was able to watch programming. Next I ran a cox from one of the ports on the 500 LNB to the 1000.2 LNB IN and hooked the 1000.2's feed back to the vip222k, did a check switch, test, and..... nothing shows up on #4. I can go back and hook the 500 directly to the receiver and do a check switch and it finds 61.5 with no problems. It just doesn't seem to be passing through the 1000.2 LNB.

Any ideas????

Thank you again...

 

[jawxx]

Dpp twin will not work for that. You will need a dish pro single or dual and feed that into the 1000.2. You can not feed a dpp lnb into another dpp lnb

 

[scsttrooper]

Thank you for the quick reply. Any idea where to find the correct LNB at a good price? Will one of those LNBs work with my dish 500 and its arm?

 

[TimberWolf]

Since you have the 1K.2 dish already, just get a eastern arc lnb for it
You will get everything off 1 dish from 72 and 61.5

 

[TheKrell]

The 1000.2EA LNB is going to be more costly than a DP dual. I see Buy It Now prices on Ebay are around $15.

 

[scsttrooper]

Will I be able to put the DP dual on on the y adapter of the 500 or will I need a different adapter?

 

[njk986]

Yes. It will fit on either side of the Y Bracket. Looks like the twin LNBF, but only half size.

 

[garys]

It will fit on one side, you don't need any type of adaptors.

 

[truckracer]

I saw some 1000.2 EA lnbf assemblies for 20.00 on eBay the other day

 

[Brian Fuller]

I want to note that for the low signal you mentioned on the 61.5

the EA in my area will regularly only pull upper 40's to mid 50's (minimum 44). A lot of areas it is still 10-20 points or more below the levels you get on the WA. Long story short a lower signal compared to the western arc is expected

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[navigates]

I didn't know the EA LNB with 77 would work on a 1000.2. I believe they are designed to work with a 1000.4. I use the EA 1000.4 in LosAngeles from the past year with no issues. Pick locals out of 77 with a DMA out of there.

 

[TheKrell]

I didn't know the EA LNB with 77 would work on a 1000.2.

There is a newish 2-sat EA LNB/DPP switch for a 1000.2. That wouldn't work for you since it leaves off 77.

 

[scsttrooper]

Thanks everyone... I put a Dish Pro Dual LNB on my old Dish 500 and everything came right up. I only need transponder 13 on 61.5 for my locals in HD so that's where I peaked it to. It is a spot beam and according to the map I am -10db from the center of the beam. I was able to get the signal up to 55~56 but that was the best that I could do.

Thank you again