Do you know if and or when the Birddog peepz will start to get on the ball
with their meter and uprade with a compatible battery for us Dishnet tekies
that tweek with the power hogs of the industry
I know the "LNB IN" port on the DISH 1000 can be used for a feed from a 300 or 500
dedicated to 129 [by disconecting the pigtail from the onboard 129 LNB].
Any way to do this with a 1000.2? Thanks.
Unfortunately, no.
The 129 is integrated with the current D1000.2 LNB. So if there is another dish...D300 or D500...using the 129, it's just merely going to confuse the bejeebers out of the receivers software.
That is correct,I use my dish 1000.2 for 110/119/129 and the side sat dish for 61.5 fits right into the triple lnb and I get it too. The dish 1000.2 is like the dish pro plus twin except you can get 4 sats instead of 3.
The Birdog USB ( 3.0 new version) will only work with a DishPro Plus lnbf if a receiver is connected and supplying power to the second port of the LNBF.
The only meter that will work with a DishPro Plus lnbf w/o a receiver being connected is the new Sathawk 4000 meter ( see www.sathawk.tv ). This meter has a longer charge and can handle 600mA fine.
That is correct,
I have a feeling that the 1000.2 dish is going to be replacing the 500 dish pro plus twin eventually.
Making it the primary dish on future installs
As some other users mentioned, the Applied Instruments Super Buddy meter will power the Dish 1000.2 and handles the 600mA, too. Therefore, the SatHawk 4000 isn't the only meter that will work with a Dish Pro Plus lnbf w/o a receiver being connected. Just wanted to clarify. Many of the Dish Network techs have begun using the Super Buddy and this is one of the reasons why.
Thanks.