New set up problems

[srtowner]

Ok I'm a long time Dishnetwork subscriber. I'm upgrading my system and I like to do all the stuff myself rather than have and installer come out. I'm having a little bit of a problem with my new set up. Here goes- I live in Alabama zip 36804. I have a 1000.2 dish peaked on 119 @ 70ish signal strength on a vip222k reciever. When I do a check switch test the only Sat. that showes up is the 119 sat. I wanted to make sure everything was hooked correctly and had good signal on all three sats before calling to activate my new reciever. Now my question is Do I have to activate the reciever before the other two sattelites will show up?

Thanks in advance for any help I may get.

 

[bross]

No, you should see a signal on all three satellites before activating. You need to align the dish better.

 

[garys]

Your skew may be off, you should also make sure you are getting 119 via the center lnb. You should get all the sats before activating, the receiver may need a software download before being ready to activate.

 

[Laddyboy]

Even though the 119 LNB is the center one, it will be Port 1 on the receiver's Check Switch screen. If 119 isn't on Port 1, you are misaligned not only w/r to azimuth (east and west) but likely also on elevation. Foil over the outer LNBs and find 119 with the center unfoiled LNB.

 

[srtowner]

Alright thanks guys I'll try these tips out. I thought I should be seeing all three sat's but I wanted to make sure.

 

[j8.]

you should see all sats

 

[srtowner]

I still can not get it to show anything but sat 119. And if I cover the 2 outer pick ups nothing showes. Sat 119 is being picked up my the 3rd one, closest to the extra dish input. After a check switch the other 2 show up as connected but no signal. This is the first time I've set up one of these 1000.2 but I have done a couple 500's and several 300's for friends. This one is just giving me fits.

 

[srtowner]

Take that back, I just got 129 to show up. But the signal is very weak. I have ~55 for 119 and about 20 for 129.

 

[j8.]

im not real firmular with this dish, but maybe these guides will help..

 

[garys]

I still can not get it to show anything but sat 119. And if I cover the 2 outer pick ups nothing showes. Sat 119 is being picked up my the 3rd one, closest to the extra dish input. After a check switch the other 2 show up as connected but no signal. This is the first time I've set up one of these 1000.2 but I have done a couple 500's and several 300's for friends. This one is just giving me fits.

Make sure mast is level. Leave the two outer ones covered and use the center one to get 119, sounds like you are about 9 degrees too far right, then check outer ones. If they are not in properly, it should be a slight adjustment on the skew.