adding a swing dish for 77w

[NewstarBC]

I live in Little Rock, Arkansas and two of my HD locals are avaiable on 77w. I have an old 18" Direct TV dish and LNB and am currently on a Dish 1000.2 with a VIP622. Will this work for 77w, or do I need to upgrade to the eastern arc, even though Dish is telling me that I have to be a new customer to do this or wait until February? If it will work, what is the proper installation for this?

Thanks for the help!
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[whatchel1]

EA

I live in Little Rock, Arkansas and two of my HD locals are avaiable on 77w. I have an old 18" Direct TV dish and LNB and am currently on a Dish 1000.2 with a VIP622. Will this work for 77w, or do I need to upgrade to the eastern arc, even though Dish is telling me that I have to be a new customer to do this or wait until February? If it will work, what is the proper installation for this?

Thanks for the help!
B-)

Need for EA. The D* dish won't work w/ your existing equipment. It is a legacy style LNB and so not compatible with the DPP stuff that is on the 1000.2.

 

[NewstarBC]

That is what I thought, but I just wanted a second opinion on my thinking before I went through the trouble of starting the testing process... I will keep haggling them to get me the eastern arc dish. If I buy one out right, how difficult is it to install?

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[NewstarBC]

That is what I thought, but I just wanted a second opinion on my thinking before I went through the trouble of starting the installation process... I will keep haggling them to get me the eastern arc dish. If I buy one out right, how difficult is it to install?

 

[Laddyboy]

E* usually installs the wing dish for free with an extended commitment or $59 without the commitment. Did they not offer that? Otherwise, the 1000.4 is around $90-$100 and installation is not that difficult especially if you've installed a Dish 500 before. If I were you and wanted a single dish solution, I'd wait until they open up the eastern arc to existing subs and see if they'll set you up with the locals for an extended commitment.

 

[NewstarBC]

They did not offer that, but I could barely understand the person I was talking to and I was kind of in a rush to get off the phone. I will call back later tonight and ask them about that. Thanks much for the help!

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[NewstarBC]

I just used the chat feature on their website. Pretty cool! The agent said that yes, I can upgrade for a $59.95 fee or a 24 month commitment. Thanks again for the info and advice!

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[hptsguy]

the 77 dish isnt hard to install.pretty much its just like installing a 61.5 dish. the only tricky part, unless u have a superbuddy, is that the 77 and 72 satellites are so close together it might take a few tries to get it right

 

[hptsguy]

i would advise against the eastern arc dish stick with the 1000.2 we have had nothing but problems withe the 1000.4's since we've been installing them. also u will only get 3 HD channels in HD dish doesn't have CBS in HD as of now