hi, I have tried to set up a slimline dish with hd and its impossible to find the satellites. With this dish being SD is it a very simple task?
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I don't know that I'd call it "simple," but from what I've experienced has to be far less frustrating than an HD slimline. I find that keeping a cool head and using the compass and especially the "beeper" helps tremendously. It also helps having someone to watch the TV signal strength for you while you fine tune the dish. It takes me (us) about 10 to 15 minutes to complete the job - far less if you've done it a time or two.
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If that is the old style dish it is not compatible with any of the new receivers. We found that out the hard way and had to buy the new dish for our tailgating needs. And it is not compatible with HD TV
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I don't know for a fact, but I know when I set up my satellite, in the drop-down box, I'm told to select slim3, and it works.
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Yes. We have Directv service and it works great. It is a dream come true when it comes to finding the satellites without any trouble.
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Your best bet, Is to contact Dish. You'll have to contact them anyway to get a HD card to program your box anyway. Hope this helps.
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This is a pain with Dish. With that being said, I had to find a Dish Network dish that was already set up on a satellite, some say you can go to a local dealer, I don't know about that. Then I had to set it up with an active internet connection, after that point it was able to update the receiver and worked. If you hold down the * (star key) you can bypass the initial setup screen. Do a google search for "dish network bypass setup screen", you will find some good info. Good luck, hope this helps..
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This isn't a dish, it is only the LNB attached to a dish. Mine is a standard definition, and I BELIEVE that a quad LNB is needed on a HD Dish for the use you are talking about.
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I don't recommend trying to mix Dish equipment with anything else. If it works, you got really lucky. They are even touchy about what splitters/combiners used with specific equipment. If you don't have solid advice from someone who understands satellite gear pretty well, don't bother. Equipment specific to Dish Network can be a mystery.
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Yes, it can from a VIP622 or VIP722. SD Content only, no HD. You'll need the dish network plugin which is downloadable from Archos's website:http://www.archos.com/store_us/family_b.html?country=us〈=en&fam;_id=0000000013&gen=5
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Robert,Were you able to get this setup? If not, I live in Nassau and install these setups for satellite 97w. Were you able to setup for Dishnetwork or DirecTv as well?
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I have never used a satellite finder with my system (Rm-dm 46 With elevation sensor). The elevation sensor is accurate. I use a compass to set the indicator to as close to North as possible and then rotate the dish back and forth a few degrees until I get a signal. This satellite dish performs great and as advertised, but you cannot get hd with Direct Tv with this dish. Hope this helps.
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Call dish network and they will walk you throught the initial set up. Also if you don't use the receiver at least once a month you will have to go through set up each time you use it. So be sure to turn it on and let it aquire satalite signal at least one time every month
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That is a good question. A satellite dish can only accomodate so many receivers. That number of receivers is going to depend on how many LNB's the dish has. You are going to have to be independently attached to an LNB. My overall answer would be YES you need your own dish to enjoy programming!
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Yes, my receiver came with the DL100 already installed, and it works very well. I will add that the tuner is very sensitive, so the dish needs to be intercepting a strong signal from the satellite.
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Yes. it's a different dish and transducer for HD. Not only that, but the DISH HD satellite is in a different orbit, so the dish would need to be realigned to the HD satellite.
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You need an external hard drive and then hook up with dish network to install, of course there's gonna be a small fee to complete the procedure. It's just a small pinch, and after all it might be worth the cost to accomplish your wishes, we all hate our wallets a little bit.
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For what it's worth, the instruction manual and the box both say Dish. I seem to remember from my own research into satellites that is only Dish. However, it is really complicated and I found somewhat hard to set up because I wanted it to be temporarily mounted.