Extending the range of a Joey remote...?

[356B]

Anyone ever figure out how to get more range out of Joey Remote? Last I read it was move it closer....

 

[3HaloODST]

Other than soldering? No. There are ways to extend the range of the Hopper remote, though...

 

[356B]

Other than soldering? No. There are ways to extend the range of the Hopper remote, though...

Thank you, I know about Hopper but can you tell me about soldering....?

 

[3HaloODST]

Well, I don't know the details... I just know that the Joey antenna is internal and you'd have to solder on an external antenna, much like people do to wireless routers with internal antennas.

 

[osumike]

Tell me how you extend the range of the hopper remote...

 

[Scherrman]

Tell me how you extend the range of the hopper remote...

Dish sells an accessory that allows you to extend the antenna on the back of the Hopper. It's the same way you extend the antenna on the 722 receivers.

 

[osumike]

Oh it's just like the 922 extension kit then...

 

[Scherrman]

Oh it's just like the 922 extension kit then...

Exactly

 

[harshness]

Tell me how you extend the range of the hopper remote...

It isn't extending the range of the remote so much as extending the range of the Hopper's remote receiver.

 

[charlesrshell]

Hopper UHF antenna extender DISH P/N 169178.

 

[Bobby]

and keep in mind that the Hopper extender is a bit different than the other receiver extenders. The threads are a bit different...

 

[darrengs]

Hopper UHF antenna extender DISH P/N 169178.

How do you order this? And can this be split and run to 2 antennas?

 

[charlesrshell]

How do you order this? And can this be split and run to 2 antennas?

I ordered three each long time ago by phone from DISH. I don't think you can find them in mydish.com site unless you have a VIP922 DVR, then the antenna extender would be listed in the Order From Store section. The Hopper UHF antenna works better than past VIP receivers. I only have a little issue with one Hopper using the remote control in my garage. So I only installed one extender on the Hopper that I have trouble with. It helps a little bit. I am not sure about splitting to 2 antennas. The threads are different and it would be a big headache to rig up.

 

[3HaloODST]

You can actually order the aforementioned extension cable, cut off one end and affix a standard F connector to it. Then you can extend the antenna as far as you want, just like with the 722.

 

[darrengs]

Thanks

 

[charlesrshell]

You can actually order the aforementioned extension cable, cut off one end and affix a standard F connector to it. Then you can extend the antenna as far as you want, just like with the 722.

One time when I was experimenting with a powered UHF antenna to extend the Hopper signal, I used a coax F push-on adapter on the Hopper UHF extend cable funny threaded connector. If what ever the project you are working on performs ok, then cut off the one end and affix a standard F connector for a good permanent connection.