For a few years, I have been using an old primestar superdish to receive FTA channels on 97W with a SV-360 elite receiver. Well the receiver died about 6 months ago and I have been dragging my feet on upgrading but am ready to upgrade at this point. I am considering getting the package deal from glorystar which comes with a 36" dish, LNB, and HDVR1200 receiver.
What I would like to do is continue to use my old primestar dish and re-aim to pickup PBS channels on 125W. I will then use the new golorystar dish to receive the 97W channels. I will use a 4x1 DiSEqC switch to combine to two dishes into the receiver. I realize that I don't need a 4x1 switch but have one laying around so this is what I will use. I verified with glorystar that the HDVR1200 receiver has two operating modes. The main operating mode has the preprogrammed glory star channels and this can't be manually changed. The other operating mode allows for full FTA programming so I will be able to scan for non 97W channels. I also verified with glorystar that the HDVR1200 receiver has AC3 decoding for the PBS channels on 125W.
So with all that said, am I overlooking something or should the setup as described work for what I am looking to do? The primestar dish works ok for FTA but is a little difficult to aim. Also, is it possible/better to use the 36" with multiple LNBs to pickup 97W and 125W with a special bracket or are the satellites spaced too far apart?
What I would like to do is continue to use my old primestar dish and re-aim to pickup PBS channels on 125W. I will then use the new golorystar dish to receive the 97W channels. I will use a 4x1 DiSEqC switch to combine to two dishes into the receiver. I realize that I don't need a 4x1 switch but have one laying around so this is what I will use. I verified with glorystar that the HDVR1200 receiver has two operating modes. The main operating mode has the preprogrammed glory star channels and this can't be manually changed. The other operating mode allows for full FTA programming so I will be able to scan for non 97W channels. I also verified with glorystar that the HDVR1200 receiver has AC3 decoding for the PBS channels on 125W.
So with all that said, am I overlooking something or should the setup as described work for what I am looking to do? The primestar dish works ok for FTA but is a little difficult to aim. Also, is it possible/better to use the 36" with multiple LNBs to pickup 97W and 125W with a special bracket or are the satellites spaced too far apart?
