At my wits end.....

[SPower]

Hi,

I have a king VQ4550 satellite dish with a Wally receiver. According to the Sat Finder app I have the dish pointed in the right direction. It is clear of any obstacles. It is automatic so I just need to point it in the right direction and it does the rest. Problem is I can't seem to get satellite 129! I have had it before at this location. Any ideas why I'm not getting 129? The receiver is HD, so without 129 I am missing a bunch of HD channels.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I am currently located here 89406

Is it possible to force 129 by selecting it in the settings?

 

[Tampa8]

Too many variables to pin down what the problem is. Have you unplugged the receiver, waited a few minutes and plugged back in to make it find the satellites?

Is there any settings to check for the auto part of finding the satellites?

 

[Bobby]

Something else to try, remove the coax from the Wally and do a Check Switch. Reconnect the coax and let the Wally go through its thing.

 

[JSheridan]

Have any trees grown up in the way or are there any other obstructions?

 

[SPower]

Too many variables to pin down what the problem is. Have you unplugged the receiver, waited a few minutes and plugged back in to make it find the satellites?

Is there any settings to check for the auto part of finding the satellites?

I have tried everything I can think of, especially the obvious stuff, reboot, unplug, move dish.....no settings for the dish itself

 

[SPower]

Have any trees grown up in the way or are there any other obstructions?

No, like I mentioned above, no obstructions.....ready to pull my hair out

 

[Tampa8]

I have tried everything I can think of, especially the obvious stuff, reboot, unplug, move dish.....no settings for the dish itself

If you have not yet try Bobby's suggestion above.

 

[SPower]

Something else to try, remove the coax from the Wally and do a Check Switch. Reconnect the coax and let the Wally go through its thing.

Tried this with my fingers crossed, didn't work :-(

 

[SPower]

If you have not yet try Bobby's suggestion above.

Just did, didn't work

 

[rvvaquero]

I feel your pain. Sounds like the same kind of problems I had with every King Controls product I ever bought, including two automatic dome dishes. Finally gave up and bought a decent Winegard dish and no more problems.

 

[Joe h]

Kings can be very finicky with level ness. Also the back handle has to be perfectly pointed true North. Another thing to try is in the initial setup menu try telling it you live one state to the west. Third thing to try is to force an update, earlier this summer they had an update relating to travel dishes.

 

[SPower]

Kings can be very finicky with level ness. Also the back handle has to be perfectly pointed true North. Another thing to try is in the initial setup menu try telling it you live one state to the west. Third thing to try is to force an update, earlier this summer they had an update relating to travel dishes.

Finicky is right I guess, I just kept moving it to different spots. Did this for hours! Must have walked 5 miles moving it then going inside to try it. I finally got it to work last night. Don't really like where the dish is sitting to make it work, but what are you gonna do....

Question, what will telling it I'm one state over to the west do? I'm very curious about this idea! Thanks!!

 

[SPower]

I feel your pain. Sounds like the same kind of problems I had with every King Controls product I ever bought, including two automatic dome dishes. Finally gave up and bought a decent Winegard dish and no more problems.

Which Winegard dish did you get? Thanks!

 

[JSheridan]

Which Winegard dish did you get? Thanks!

IMHO the Pathway X2 is the best. It can be used on either eastern or western arc.

 

[rvvaquero]

Which Winegard dish did you get? Thanks!

Pathway X2. Bigger dish, better software/firmware.

 

[Joe h]

Finicky is right I guess, I just kept moving it to different spots. Did this for hours! Must have walked 5 miles moving it then going inside to try it. I finally got it to work last night. Don't really like where the dish is sitting to make it work, but what are you gonna do....

Question, what will telling it I'm one state over to the west do? I'm very curious about this idea! Thanks!!

Couple years ago I was camping in central North Dakota, and it was only picking up 110. After an hour of repositioning I was about to give up, so one last try I started entering different states, and Montana is the one that worked. Software bug, antenna pointing too far west, I have no idea.

 

[navychop]

Camping. In North Dakota.

Have you seen a doctor about that?




Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys App. For now.

 

[glynnp]

Camping. In North Dakota.

Have you seen a doctor about that?




Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys App. For now.

Still no Hopper 3.

Have you seen a DISH doctor about that ?

 

[TheKrell]

Still no Hopper 3.

Have you seen a DISH doctor about that ?

Indeed. If you're going to suffer the CUI, you might as well do so with an H3.

 

[navychop]

They seem busy right now. I can wait.


Sent from my iPhone using SatelliteGuys App. For now.