OK, for about a week or so my satellite signal went from 80 or so; down to 25-30. It was causing the picture to distort in and out.
We have had a lot of strong wind lately, so I figured it must have knocked the dish out of alignment with the satellite.
Using Dishpointer dot com I found that for DISH 500+(110W,118.7W, 119W) I should be using:
Elevation: 47.8
Azimuth: 217.7
Skew: 121.8
When I went out to the DISH, it wasn't even set CLOSE to those settings. Elevation was around 30 or so, Skew was maybe 50 or so and Az was about 45 degrees to the SE of
Looking at all my neighbors dishes, mine was the only one pointed in that direction.
The problem lies in when I set my DISH at the recommended settings (47.8, 217.7 and 121.8) I'm not reading any signal at all on 110 or 119.When I test switch I am getting CONN on Ports 1,2,3 for Satellite "X" on Ports 1,2,3 for Transponder Status "Reception Verified" Switch DPP 1K.4
There is nothing blocking 'line of sight' for the above settings.
Am I picking the right satellite to point to? When I go to Dishpointer, there is a huge list to choose from.
I have a DISH Vip622 DVR-sd. My satellite dish says "DISH TurboHD" "DP Plus" "A21ca2-wc100r91f" on it. I believe it is a duel LNB as we can get different things on two sep TV's and the dish has two 'modules' pointing into the dish.
I can't get it back to where it was when I first started, so we are essentially are without any signal/tv. In a house with 6 kids, that is devastating. lol
A DISH tech is coming on Saturday, but I was hoping get this fixed myself and 'save the day'
Can someone steer me in the right direction? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!!!!
70669 Zip code
Exact address given upon request if needed
We have had a lot of strong wind lately, so I figured it must have knocked the dish out of alignment with the satellite.
Using Dishpointer dot com I found that for DISH 500+(110W,118.7W, 119W) I should be using:
Elevation: 47.8
Azimuth: 217.7
Skew: 121.8
When I went out to the DISH, it wasn't even set CLOSE to those settings. Elevation was around 30 or so, Skew was maybe 50 or so and Az was about 45 degrees to the SE of
Looking at all my neighbors dishes, mine was the only one pointed in that direction.
The problem lies in when I set my DISH at the recommended settings (47.8, 217.7 and 121.8) I'm not reading any signal at all on 110 or 119.When I test switch I am getting CONN on Ports 1,2,3 for Satellite "X" on Ports 1,2,3 for Transponder Status "Reception Verified" Switch DPP 1K.4
There is nothing blocking 'line of sight' for the above settings.
Am I picking the right satellite to point to? When I go to Dishpointer, there is a huge list to choose from.
I have a DISH Vip622 DVR-sd. My satellite dish says "DISH TurboHD" "DP Plus" "A21ca2-wc100r91f" on it. I believe it is a duel LNB as we can get different things on two sep TV's and the dish has two 'modules' pointing into the dish.
I can't get it back to where it was when I first started, so we are essentially are without any signal/tv. In a house with 6 kids, that is devastating. lol
A DISH tech is coming on Saturday, but I was hoping get this fixed myself and 'save the day'
Can someone steer me in the right direction? What am I doing wrong?
Thanks!!!!
70669 Zip code
Exact address given upon request if needed