I want to install my dish at new location. What equipment do I need?

[psnarula]

In a few weeks I am going to the beach for a vacation and my wife wants to take our dish with us. I want to install the dish at the beach house and then reinstall it back here in Maryland when the vacation is over.

I've never moved the dish before but I think this could actually improve our signal strengths in the long run. There was a heavy thunderstorm a few weeks ago that appears to have knocked the dish out of alignment a bit.

So what tools and/or equipment do i need to peak this thing properly at each location? I know there are installers and do-it-yourself type people on here. what tips and tricks do you have for a newbie?

 

[Kru83]

what kind of dish and equipment you have ???

 

[srs913]

The most important piece of advice I can give to you after installing for the last four years is that you MUST have the mast that holds the dish perfectly level. Not only up and down like the hinge allows for but you also must be level from side to side. The biggest reason for bad signal is from the mast not being level. Other then that, you probally have the right scews already set on the dish so don't undo those bolts, just undo the two back screws holding the dish on the mast. To reinstall, just put dish on the LEVEL mast and hook up to receiver to dish. At this point tighten down the top screw on the back of the dish (the one securing the dish to the mast). Get that one snug and tighten down the bottom snug. At this point all you need to do is move the dish from right to left and watch the signal on the tv from the receiver (menu 6, 1, 1 will put you in the signal point screen). All of which I have just stated will only work with a clear line of site for the sats. Once you have a high signal from the 119 sat lock it down on the dish and watch tv.

 

[psnarula]

what kind of dish and equipment you have ???

sorry. i should have included this in the original post.

i have a 105 superdish (baltimore locals used to be on 105), a 625 dual tuner dvr receiver, and a dpp44 switch. i used to have a 322 receiver for upstairs but when our second son was born this past october we took the tv out of the spare bedroom and turned it into a nursery. so i sent the 322 back to dish network. the dpp44 switch probably isn't necessary anymore but it's still here.

 

[psnarula]

Once you have a high signal from the 119 sat lock it down on the dish and watch tv.

is there a particular transponder that you try and peak for each of the satellites? ie, do you say to yourself, "if i get transponder x from the satellite at location y then i know the rest of the transponders from satellite y will probably be okay"?

 

[hokiecb]

If I were you, I'd just get a dsh 500 with a dpp twin and set it up at the vacation spot. Then just take the receiver back and forth. way easier than setting up a super dish and a switch.

 

[psnarula]

i'm not buying another dish and switch just for a week at the beach. we're just renting the house -- i can't leave the dish up when we leave.

don't i need some sort of azimuth chart based on zip codes? i've seen that around here somewhere.

and what about a compass of some sort? the installers have something like this, right?

 

[Claude Greiner]

Why don't you add DHPP on your account, Do a Dishmover and let Dish install a new system for FREE at the beach home

 

[2x10]

i'm not buying another dish and switch just for a week at the beach. we're just renting the house -- i can't leave the dish up when we leave.

don't i need some sort of azimuth chart based on zip codes? i've seen that around here somewhere.

and what about a compass of some sort? the installers have something like this, right?

You would be surprised how easy and how cheap it is to just go with the Dish 500 and the DPP. This way you can take it anywhere, camping, other vacations etc...

I drag race and go on vacations every year and I take my 500 with me. Azimuths and angles are given in your menu when you type in the zip code. If you don't have good pointers, just point that puppy southwest and have the TV close by to watch the signal go up and down till its atleast in the 60's. I am going on 7 years doing this. It's worth it

 

[2x10]

Ebay is the way to go!!!!!

Dish 500 with a SW21 switch.

Good Luck!!

 

[dishcomm]

sorry. i should have included this in the original post.

i have a 105 superdish (baltimore locals used to be on 105), a 625 dual tuner dvr receiver, and a dpp44 switch. i used to have a 322 receiver for upstairs but when our second son was born this past october we took the tv out of the spare bedroom and turned it into a nursery. so i sent the 322 back to dish network. the dpp44 switch probably isn't necessary anymore but it's still here.

Ok...A word of advice...DO NOT REMOVE THAT SD 105 antenna....Professionals only please...Go on line and buy a dish 500 antenna and the appropriate LNB....It's inexpesive and you'll save ayourself a lot of stress and swearing in strange tongues while you beat your head against the wall trying to figure out how to line up a Super Dish

 

[dishcomm]

i'm not buying another dish and switch just for a week at the beach. we're just renting the house -- i can't leave the dish up when we leave.

don't i need some sort of azimuth chart based on zip codes? i've seen that around here somewhere.

and what about a compass of some sort? the installers have something like this, right?

Just a week at the beach?!!! Oh come on now..Must you have tv while you're on a weeks vacation?....Look I have the perfect solution..Leave the damn dish behind and spend the extra time not spent in front of the tv with your family/ spouse/ friends/ whatever....

 

[papalittle]

find a local retailer and buy a used 500 dish with a dishpro lnb. Superdishes are a real pain to setup and align. 500's are a snap.

 

[KAB]

Just a week at the beach?!!! Oh come on now..Must you have tv while you're on a weeks vacation?....Look I have the perfect solution..Leave the damn dish behind and spend the extra time not spent in front of the tv with your family/ spouse/ friends/ whatever....

I have to chime in and agree 100%!!!!