Ignoring the obvious, which would be calling a Dish service tech to do it, what are the alternatives for pointing a new dish for hopper 3?
I have been unable to find any technical information showing which aftermarket signal meters are compatible with hopper 3. The only one that I've seen testimony about is the Super whatever 29. I see nightmare stories about folks trying various digital meters and having no luck. All the literature I can find on the internet is limited to directtv or Dish Pro Plus LNB's and older dish stuff. Oh the good old days....
Assuming no powered peaking meter, can an antenna be manually pointed with sufficient accuracy to pass the check switch step??
If a 1000.2 antenna unit is already pointed and maxed out using dpp lnb and legacy receiver (such as 722) , is it reasonable to assume that swapping the lnb out for a dph will allow the hooper 3 to pass the check switch step? I would assume the alignment would not change much when swapping lnb's. The reason I'm asking this is because, if I must, I may resort to installing a $25 DPP lnb and using an old legacy receiver to point the antenna.
Is the new hopper 3 compatible pro hybrid western arc lnb a 21v or 29v unit? I can't find any specs on it.
Has anyone tried using a simple signal level meter to adjust dph lnb to 119 by using a cheapo directtv-compatible coax dc power supply with foil covering the outer two horns on the lnb?
thanks for any ideas
I have been unable to find any technical information showing which aftermarket signal meters are compatible with hopper 3. The only one that I've seen testimony about is the Super whatever 29. I see nightmare stories about folks trying various digital meters and having no luck. All the literature I can find on the internet is limited to directtv or Dish Pro Plus LNB's and older dish stuff. Oh the good old days....
Assuming no powered peaking meter, can an antenna be manually pointed with sufficient accuracy to pass the check switch step??
If a 1000.2 antenna unit is already pointed and maxed out using dpp lnb and legacy receiver (such as 722) , is it reasonable to assume that swapping the lnb out for a dph will allow the hooper 3 to pass the check switch step? I would assume the alignment would not change much when swapping lnb's. The reason I'm asking this is because, if I must, I may resort to installing a $25 DPP lnb and using an old legacy receiver to point the antenna.
Is the new hopper 3 compatible pro hybrid western arc lnb a 21v or 29v unit? I can't find any specs on it.
Has anyone tried using a simple signal level meter to adjust dph lnb to 119 by using a cheapo directtv-compatible coax dc power supply with foil covering the outer two horns on the lnb?
thanks for any ideas