Installing ViP222k

well, before do anything with the dish and STB, grab a phone and call dish CSR, ask for a status of the receiver - could you use it on your new account ?

 

Ok - With a Dish 1000 dish, you should have a multi LNB. In order to get this work correctly, you need to aim at 110, 119, and 129 slots in the sky. At the VIP222K end you need either a DPP separator OR a DPP triplexer. With the DPP separator, one cable goes to each sat Dish input. The single end is connected to the DPP LNB. The triplexer is just a DPP separator with a diplexor, so you would connect the 2 sat inputs to the receiver inputs.

I also have a VIP222K with an OTA module.

 

Just to clarify, the satellites mentioned above are the Western satellite arc (1000.2 antenna). If you live on or near the east coast, you might do better with the Eastern satellite arc (61.5, 72.7 and 77) and the 1000.4 antenna. I think I have the antenna id correct, but not sure.....

 

Well - if you REALLY want the antenna specifics -

Eastern arc (this is what I use) - 61.5, 72.7 and 77 on a 1000.4 dish/ LNBF

Eastern arc dual - 61.5 , 72.7 on a 1000.2 dish / LNBF

Western Arc - 110, 119, and 129 on a 1000.2 dish / LNBF . There is also supposed to be a 1000.4 Western arc LNBF

We really need to know what Dish / LNBF the OP has to give him further advice.
As for aimiing - check out www.dishpointer.com.

I have (in the past) managed to hit 61.5 and 72.7 on a Dish500 (this was originally designed for an SD setup on 119 and 110). Disadvantage for this was the signal strength isn't quite as good

 

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