Dish 500 for D****

[shocker510]

My friend of mine bought a house and the previous owners had cable but had a Dish 500 mounted to a pipe from when they had e****. My friend wants to subscibe to D**** and had a couple of questions.
1. With the right LNB's can he use the Dish 500 for the 101 bird?
2. can you use d*** LNB's with the dish 500?
3. Would the bigger dish help with rain fade?
I did a search on this and still a little confussed. Thanks

 

[dfergie]

It will work if the lnbs are not dishpro, set the skew to zero. (need legecy Lnbs) It should help signal a little, I have done before camping, but did not pay attention to signal strength as I was happy to get a signal(did not mess with skew either) .

 

[boba]

It will work if the lnbs are not dishpro, set the skew to zero. (need legecy Lnbs) It should help signal a little, I have done before camping, but did not pay attention to signal strength as I was happy to get a signal(did not mess with skew either) .

It has to be Legacy single or DUALS. Legacy Twin or Quads have a switch built in that Directv receivers can't operate.

 

[shocker510]

Will the legacy lnb fit directly into the lnb arm or he need the Y adapter?

 

[dfergie]

Will the legacy lnb fit directly into the lnb arm or he need the Y adapter?

Use the Y adapter as the focal point for the lnb is set for that I believe.

 

[deezoneezo]

Why not use a directv dish?

 

[shocker510]

He thought since it was there why not use it. Thought it might help with rain fade. I told him he should try e-bay for d* dishes.

 

[deezoneezo]

Depending on how clear los is if the dish is installed right you don't need to worry about rain fade. I live in Washington state, about 30-40 South of Seattle. My directv service has NEVER been interrupted.

 

[shocker510]

i really didn't think it would make that much differance deez, after all the dish 500's are only just a little bigger than the 18" d* dishes.