old 3000 receivers

[BigJohn2]

HI all,

Just a quick question. My mom and step dad have a Dish300 and with there locals moving to 110 will there old 3000 receivers still work? Plus will dish upgrade them to Dish500 for free?

I know when I swithced over to the Superdish, Dish told me that my 7100 wouldn't pick up my locals off of 105. So I know I had a old 3000 with my dish500 and it work.

Thanks,

BigJohn2

 

[boba]

Yes the 3000 will work, DISH should offer a free upgrade to the 500 seeing they are moving the channels. With the age of the 3000 I would suggest requesting a DIU upgrade to a newer receiver you will probably find the system even more enjoyable with newer equipment.

 

[BigJohn2]

Yes the 3000 will work, DISH should offer a free upgrade to the 500 seeing they are moving the channels. With the age of the 3000 I would suggest requesting a DIU upgrade to a newer receiver you will probably find the system even more enjoyable with newer equipment.

Thanks Boba. That is what I keep telling them about the receivers but they are farmers and don't like to spent to much money.

Later,

BigJohn2

 

[bmxcookie]

FYI................ Any Lagacy receiver that ends in 000 will not get locals on SuperDish because even with a DP Adapter, it will not see the FSS feed. A legacy that only ends in 00 will be able to see the FSS feed, ie: 2700, 3700, 3900, etc. A straight 1000, 2000, 3000, or 4000, 7100 and 7200 will not see the FSS feed.

 

[scrabbler]

Hey, that 3000 system would be an "upgrade" for me, I only have a 1000!!

Since my locals moved, they came out and installed an upgrade, but only the DISH!!! Think I can call and request a new receiver too? Jeez, I've been with them forever.

 

[boba]

Hey, that 3000 system would be an "upgrade" for me, I only have a 1000!!

Since my locals moved, they came out and installed an upgrade, but only the DISH!!! Think I can call and request a new receiver too? Jeez, I've been with them forever.

Actually the 3000 is older than your 1000 but seeing they forgot to put buttons on your 1000 you are right.

 

[chadzx11]

I had a service call today on a 3000. They were "missing channels". According to the CSR, these folks had subscribed to the top 180 and locals for a solid YEAR, yet one thing escaped E*. The fact that they had a dish 300.

Thats kind of important, no? Man, was I surprised when I saw the dish 300 looking at me. Luckily, for the customer, I had an extra dish 500 (normally, I do not have an extra dish on my truck, unless there has been a storm and physical damage to the dish may be an issue). The CSR gave them a free Dish 500 upgrade, in light of the fact that they have been paying for that which they could not possibly recieve for a year.

Your mileage may vary, but I was told the customer was recieving a $59.99 credit for the upgrade. This customer has been active since 2-19-1998. So far as I know, this is the ONLY Dish 500 upgrade (that I have done), that was FREE to the customer. Everybody else paid, and I kind of thought that is why we don't do many of them.

I installed a dish 500 and a dish pro plus twin (I had one of the uber rare Legacy twins, but, apparently, it doesn't function, so I had to bust out the new hotness). You don't need no stinking adapter for a DPP, just hook that sh!t up, and run a check. The 3000 will see it as a SW64, with no signal on the input.