How do I point Dish 1000 to get 3 satellites?

[cabezen]

I am somewhat new at this. I just bought a Dish 1000 with 3 individual dual LNBS. I would like to point the dish to Echostar satellites at 110, 119 and 129 (for HD TV) degrees.

How do I do it? What are the elevation, azimuth and skew that I should use?

I currently have a dish 500 working perfectly picking up 110 and 119. I bought the dish 1000 so I didn't have to install a separate dish in order to pickup HD channels from satellite 129. I was told that I could pick all 3 satellites with one dish. Is this true?

I live in Melbourne Florida, near Orlando.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[mdonnelly]

First,

Second, that Dish 1000 may not work out for you in Florida, because the 129 satellite footprint doesn't go down that far. But you can use that Dish 1000, by letting it get the 110/119 satellites, and you can then point the other one at 61.5, and feed that output into the DPP Twin on the Dish 1000.

Yeah, it's a two dish solution, but that's what Dish subs are stuck with in Florida.

 

[bruin95]

Yeah, it's a two dish solution, but that's what Dish subs are stuck with in Florida.

I don't know why, but I got a funny feeling this guy isn't "subbing".

 

[RickDee]

Point Dish 1000 to get 3 satellites

I am somewhat new at this. I just bought a Dish 1000 with 3 individual dual LNBS. I would like to point the dish to Echostar satellites at 110, 119 and 129 (for HD TV) degrees.

How do I do it? What are the elevation, azimuth and skew that I should use?

Didn't you get a little instruction booklet with your 1000? There was one with mine. The booklet has a matrix with AZ EL & SKEW by ZIP code. I made sure I read it carefully before attempting to install my 1000 and I was successful in getting all three satellites and good signal strength.

If you didn't get one, you can go to the Dish Network web site and download one. It's a handy little reference!

 

[cabezen]

What does "subbing" mean?

 

[cabezen]

First,

Second, that Dish 1000 may not work out for you in Florida, because the 129 satellite footprint doesn't go down that far. But you can use that Dish 1000, by letting it get the 110/119 satellites, and you can then point the other one at 61.5, and feed that output into the DPP Twin on the Dish 1000.

Yeah, it's a two dish solution, but that's what Dish subs are stuck with in Florida.

Does satellite 61.5 has HD TV?

 

[mdonnelly]

Does satellite 61.5 has HD TV?

Yes, that's the satellite that provides most of the Dish HD for Florida and New England.

 

[highdefjeff]

Help with dish pointing, channels etc.

Super Signal!