freeview on unactive receiver

[Randamin]

I have a friend with an old 322 receiver that is unactivated and would like to know if an unactive dish receiver is able to view those channels for testing purposes?

 

[MattG@DISH]

I'm not 100% sure about the channels on free preview, but I know that he will be able to channels like 101 for testing.

 

[Mr Tony]

as long as it has a purple card it **should** get a few channels

I know after I cancelled my account the 211 still had a few channels like 101, Nasa, the knockoff shopping channels and the channels that were in freeview. Even after Dee_ Ann got it set up (after I sold it to her) she mentioned seeing those channels in free preview too

edit: from her thread
I have the dishes installed and tested. I get 110/119/129 with crazy strong signals so there is no installation to be done. Everything is installed and functioning just fine. I can see the info channels, NASA, free previews, etc. I also see the channel that congratulates me for having a dish pointed at 129 west.

 

[Randamin]

as long as it has a purple card it **should** get a few channels

I had forgot to check if it has an access card and sure enough the slot is empty. How does this affect being able to watch the freeview channels?

 

[Mr Tony]

if its empty you should be OK. Most newer receivers the card is built on the motherboard

If you go to system info and check card. If it starts S19 it **should** be OK (S19 means purple card)