Hi,
I tried to upgrade to a VIP622 from a 522 and they told me I would need a Dish 1000 dish. So they sent an installer out who refused to swap my old 500 dish with the 1000 as he claims the support was not strong enough. The support is a brand new solid 8 x 8 inch beam!
Anyway, I am fed up and want to simply install my own dish 1000 dish.
I have the dish 1000 dish but need to know what other components I will need.
Here is what I have.
1 DP-301 receiver
1 DVR 510 receiver
1 VIP622 receiver (dual tuner)
So I have four sat inputs that need to be fed from the dish 1000.
My problem is that I do not think I can receive the 129 sat location.
I'm in an apartment and mounting the dish higher to clear the roof to the west direction would be impossible.
So, I need to use a separate dish (I already have mounted) with a single dual lnbf aimed at 61.5 sat.
If I understand correctly, the 61.5 duplicates what is on 129 so I think I will get all my programming.
Oh yeah, I have selected the highest price HD package which will give me my HD locals as well as all other HD offerings.
My HD locals are stated to be on the 118.7 sat.
Will my stock dish 1000 pickup the 118.7 sat as it is or do I need to modify something?
I also need to know what type of switch and other items I will need to tie all this together and be able to feed my four inputs.
I already have 4 cables going inside from the old Switch 64 but I think I now need a Switch Pro 44 for the dish 1000 correct?
I think the 44 gives me the ability to use the 61.5 sat correct?
Any other combiners or splitters needed to make this work?
Thanks for any help and sorry for so many questions!
I tried to upgrade to a VIP622 from a 522 and they told me I would need a Dish 1000 dish. So they sent an installer out who refused to swap my old 500 dish with the 1000 as he claims the support was not strong enough. The support is a brand new solid 8 x 8 inch beam!
Anyway, I am fed up and want to simply install my own dish 1000 dish.
I have the dish 1000 dish but need to know what other components I will need.
Here is what I have.
1 DP-301 receiver
1 DVR 510 receiver
1 VIP622 receiver (dual tuner)
So I have four sat inputs that need to be fed from the dish 1000.
My problem is that I do not think I can receive the 129 sat location.
I'm in an apartment and mounting the dish higher to clear the roof to the west direction would be impossible.
So, I need to use a separate dish (I already have mounted) with a single dual lnbf aimed at 61.5 sat.
If I understand correctly, the 61.5 duplicates what is on 129 so I think I will get all my programming.
Oh yeah, I have selected the highest price HD package which will give me my HD locals as well as all other HD offerings.
My HD locals are stated to be on the 118.7 sat.
Will my stock dish 1000 pickup the 118.7 sat as it is or do I need to modify something?
I also need to know what type of switch and other items I will need to tie all this together and be able to feed my four inputs.
I already have 4 cables going inside from the old Switch 64 but I think I now need a Switch Pro 44 for the dish 1000 correct?
I think the 44 gives me the ability to use the 61.5 sat correct?
Any other combiners or splitters needed to make this work?
Thanks for any help and sorry for so many questions!