Help With 921

DarrellP

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Nov 6, 2003

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Salem, OR

• Jun 1, 2006

• #1

I just bought a 921 and it will not see my dishes. I have a legacy Dish 500 pointed at 110/119 and another at 61.5. The two are tied together through a SW21. I tried running a dedicated line to each input from each dish and I get nothing. Do I need DishPro gear? If so, what exactly do I need?

I did try a search, but I don't have time to dig through a lot of stuff, thank you for your patience.

Thanks,

Darrell

 

Dirtydan

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Dec 5, 2004

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Susanville,Ca.

• Jun 1, 2006

• #2

DarrellP said:

I just bought a 921 and it will not see my dishes. I have a legacy Dish 500 pointed at 110/119 and another at 61.5. The two are tied together through a SW21. I tried running a dedicated line to each input from each dish and I get nothing. Do I need DishPro gear? If so, what exactly do I need?

I did try a search, but I don't have time to dig through a lot of stuff, thank you for your patience.

Thanks,

Darrell

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Try clearing the matrix and then hook up the dedicated runs, then run another switch check.

 

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Smith P.

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Oct 4, 2003

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Bay Area, CA

• Jun 1, 2006

• #3

Any LNBF will works: legacy, DP or DPP; one feed will works too for intial setup if you need update software; then use both feeds.

 

Mark_AR

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Nov 17, 2003

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North Arkansas

• Jun 1, 2006

• #4

As Dan suggests....

Unhook your feeds, do a check switch.

Hook up the feeds

Do a check switch.

Everything should work after that.

I've used my 921 with a single Dish 300 pointed at 61.5 in a pinch. As long as I cleared the switches and repointed the dish, did another check switch, everything worked fine.

 

DarrellP

I Think, therefore, I am.

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Nov 6, 2003

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Salem, OR

• Jun 1, 2006

• #5

I called Dish Tech Support and he said I have to have both Inputs connected. I get 110/119 now but no 61,5. When I do a check switch I get a Matrix error for legacy gear. I think I need a switch 34.

 

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garys

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Sep 29, 2005

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Greentown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Jun 1, 2006

• #6

You can't mix legacy with DP or DPP, you can't also mix DP switches with DPP lnb's. But you can use DP lnb's with DPP switches. Sounds like you may have a mix of technology here.