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If you don not have a satellite dish capable of receiving orbital slot [103] and you currently receive West Coast HD Distant Network Service, then you will lose access to this service soon.
From DIRECTV:
There are some folks that still have MPEG-2 equipment (HR10-250, etc.) and/or an older dish (not Ka capable) and have West Coast HD DNS. If you fall into this category, then your HD DNS channels will go dark when the switch happens.
Newer receivers such as the HR2x HD DVRs or the H2x standalone receivers can decode MPEG-4. Those receivers will continue to work as expected.[/STRIKE] You can check to see if your box is ready or not by tuning to channel 480. If you see the message:
EDIT: After getting some new information, I have updated this post to reflect the correct information.
From DIRECTV:
[STRIKE]Very soon, the HD Distant Network Service (DNS) for the West Coast will only be in MPEG-4. As of today, both MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD DNS broadcasts are available. However, soon only MPEG-4 HD DNS will be available.The channels are only in MPEG4 now. The upcoming change is moving from Triplesat orbital slot [119] to 5 LNB orbital slot [103] so people still on 3 LNB would lose the channels
There are some folks that still have MPEG-2 equipment (HR10-250, etc.) and/or an older dish (not Ka capable) and have West Coast HD DNS. If you fall into this category, then your HD DNS channels will go dark when the switch happens.
Newer receivers such as the HR2x HD DVRs or the H2x standalone receivers can decode MPEG-4. Those receivers will continue to work as expected.[/STRIKE] You can check to see if your box is ready or not by tuning to channel 480. If you see the message:
then you are in good shape. If you do not see this, please first verify your dish configuration in the Satellite setup screens and then check channel 480 again. If you still do not see the message above, then you will need to call DIRECTV to get the problem corrected.Correct HD Dish setup. 103 B-Band Odd (13V).
EDIT: After getting some new information, I have updated this post to reflect the correct information.