LNB.. which one?

[aamert]

I have a Dish 500 dish right now..
and i was wondering which LNB should work with it(since it doesnt have one)..
will the dish pro dual lnb be fine with it? or a different one??
the pic of the above one is attached

Thanks,

 

[gbjbany]

I think you might get a more complete answer if you provided a little more info.
How many dishes will you have ? Will you have more than just the d500, How many receivers will you be connecting to, and what type. Dual tuner or single tuner. Im sure there's more questions.

 

[aamert]

details

alright lets get into details

Currently i have ONE dish 500 connected to my dvr 625 (with 2 input coming from the satellite both going into the DVR-dual tuner)
this works fine..

BUT i am going to add a FTA system, so i have a another dish 500 which has a defective lnb (i think) and i would need to buy a LNB for it(as stated above)..

In the end what i plan to do is.. Have 2 connections coming out from each of my dish 500, one from each going to the DVR and the other one from each going into the FTA reciever?

OR
Should i just leave my current setup alone and instead buy a motorized or separate dish for my FTA system?

Thanks,

 

[RandallA]

I always thought that you needed a bigger dish and different type of LNBs for FTA, unless you're doing something illegal.

 

[aamert]

i was told that i can connect my fta reciever to an existing 18"dish with the same lnb?
Unless i was mislead

 

[RandallA]

Iceberg is the expert in FTA so you may want to post the question in the FTA section. As far as I know, you can only use the 18'' and 24'' dishes for Dish Network receivers only. Unless you're hacking the system with an FTA receiver.

This is from the FTA forum:

http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=34131

 

[aamert]

no i am not.

Well according to the above post..
I can still recive some channels, although they might be lame.
I guess i need to do more research about fta then..

But my actualy question about lnbs got sorta lost..

 

[RandallA]

That's the same link that I posted. There is not much free to air to watch from the Dish Network satellites.