richz
06-13-05, 12:11 AM
About two weeks ago I received my 942 (for $250!). I now have a 942 and a 721 with one dish aimed at 61.5 and one aimed at 110/119. TThe installer that was sent was a subcontractor to a contractor to Dish. He did not have a signal strength meter and needed to borrow tools. In the process of installing he managed to misalign my 110/119 dish and leave other non-dish cabling hanging if front of doors. The 942 was installed in the location where the 721 had been and the 721 moved to the location of an old 301 which I am no longer using. I had two cables from my DP-34 going to the location where the 942 was installed and one to the location where the 301 had been installed. He removed my DP-34 switch and installed a Dish Pro Plus Twin LNB in its place, as this was easier than pulling a new cable to the location where the 721 was now going to reside. He removed the second cable to the 942 location as he wanted to reuse the cable and this made his life a little bit easier. Each receiver now has one cable and a seperator.
Since the install date, the 942 has worked quite well unless there was any breeze at all. This was a new problem. The 721 however, has spent most of its time with message #678 up which says that it is acquirng satellite data, to please wait. I had Dish send out another person who realigned the 110/119 dish, which had indeed been grossly misaligned by the first Dish installer. However, this only changed the problem at the 721. It still spends most of its time with the #678 message up, but sometimes, when I turn it on, it just works fine! I have used three different receivers (two 721,s and one 301 at that location, all with the same problem. In speaking with the advanced support guys at Dish I have been told that both the LNB and the seperator will not work with the Dish Pro Plus Twin LNB and that everything should work just fine the way it is installed. :confused:
So, interestingly enough, my 942 has been working just fine, and I am enjoying it, but my old receiver, which worked fine, is now having problems. Does anyone know if my setup should be able to work, or have any idea why it does not? Thanks
Since the install date, the 942 has worked quite well unless there was any breeze at all. This was a new problem. The 721 however, has spent most of its time with message #678 up which says that it is acquirng satellite data, to please wait. I had Dish send out another person who realigned the 110/119 dish, which had indeed been grossly misaligned by the first Dish installer. However, this only changed the problem at the 721. It still spends most of its time with the #678 message up, but sometimes, when I turn it on, it just works fine! I have used three different receivers (two 721,s and one 301 at that location, all with the same problem. In speaking with the advanced support guys at Dish I have been told that both the LNB and the seperator will not work with the Dish Pro Plus Twin LNB and that everything should work just fine the way it is installed. :confused:
So, interestingly enough, my 942 has been working just fine, and I am enjoying it, but my old receiver, which worked fine, is now having problems. Does anyone know if my setup should be able to work, or have any idea why it does not? Thanks