Can I use....

[maxmoto]

Can I use an old D* dish to recieve 61.5 connected to my 1000.2? I though I read somewhere that this was possible. The dish is probably 5 or 6 years old.

 

[digiblur]

Can I use an old D* dish to recieve 61.5 connected to my 1000.2? I though I read somewhere that this was possible. The dish is probably 5 or 6 years old.

The dish is fine but you'll need a new LNB as that one is probably a legacy one.

 

[maxmoto]

I guess I could just hook it up and find out. Or would that hurt something?

 

[WiCkeDuDe]

The dish will work fine but the LNB must be Dish Pro. It will have a black DP on the outer side of the LNB. The legacy LNB will not work with the 1000.2 and you will get a error message when doing a check switch.

 

[Liquidforce88]

An old Direct TV dish will not work. It has a square hole for the LNB a Dishpro LNB or any Dish LNB for that matter has a D shape to it so they wont fit into the arm. The old D* is equivilent to the Legacy LNB that Dish uses. You need to use a DP LNB with the 1000.2 to work.

 

[pulltab]

An "old old" DirecTV dish WILL work....if it is one of the "Hughes Network" "D" Style dishes and some older origional "Dish" dishes had that setup..... probably 4-6 years old....it is not square and can point to the 61.5 location....

There is....or was.... a "square" converter to a "D" style adaptor to convert from a square end dish to a Dual 300 (current D style (single satellite) LNB)...but I haven't seen one in awhile....May want to contact a reputable retailer.

You can just point to the 61.5 with a "legacy" (non DP LNB) direct, but you won't get anything else....and you could use an old "SW64" switch, lots more cables, a second Dish 500 antenna, optional SW21 switches, etc, with the legacy LNB's....blah blah blah....

There are a lot of Sky Angel broadcast setups still using this equipment.