What about the 111? I put it on the EKB chart IIRC on the assumption that all the x11 and x22 receivers had 8PSK. I was about to remove it based on a test result in a Pub thread of the 111 failing to see 8PSK transponders. Anyone else able to check?Iceberg said:
will the 301 receiver work with local channels
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The post I put above with the receivers that cant see 8PSK came from a reliable source 
http://www.satelliteguys.us/1939895-post10.html
http://www.satelliteguys.us/1939895-post10.html
Iceberg that's circular reasoning!
I'll dig mine out and try again, this time waiting a long long time before declaring it incapable of 8PSK.
BB you are vindicated. I plugged mine in for the 1st time in at least a year, ran the obligatory check switch, waited for the program download, and tested on various transponders on 61.5 using the Point Dish screen. No 8PSK transponder showed any signal whatsoever.
So, leaving no bases uncovered this time, I turned it off and waited for the firmware update. It downloaded the new firmware stating that I need a new smart card, but still let me get to the Point Dish screen, and voila. 8PSK transponders were there.
You may recognize the quote in my question came from the very same post #10.The post I put above with the receivers that cant see 8PSK came from a reliable source
http://www.satelliteguys.us/1939895-post10.html
Didn't know if maybe, given the earlier (now invalid) test result, we were seeing an error of omission of a rather forgettable receiver.But is it LH or RH?
Woohoo! It would have been an easy fix but it's one less thing to deal with.
Hey! It was not invalid, merely misleading because of gratuitously handicapped firmware. (In the same era, my 311 and 625 were doing just fine demodulating 8psk, so why did Dish disable that feature of the 111?) Anyhow, it has since been enabled; the hardware is obviously competent.
BTW - if anybody cares, the old and new 111 firmware uses the old signal strength meter. So much for standardization across all Dish receivers.
THey are not in HD...they are SD only
actually they arent even in 8PSK but Dish has it set up in their systems that you need a 8PSK receiver for down the road
the 311 or 211 will work fine but any HD receiver except the 811 & 6000 (old models) will do 8PSK
actually they arent even in 8PSK but Dish has it set up in their systems that you need a 8PSK receiver for down the road
the 311 or 211 will work fine but any HD receiver except the 811 & 6000 (old models) will do 8PSK
"Invalid" was not at all meant to be judgmental. Do you happen to know what software version your 111 had at the time of the first test, or maybe recall when you disconnected it?
All of the x11 receivers do 8PSK. The 811 was retired from HD duty because it doesn't do MPEG-4. The 811 rebadged as a 381 would be a good choice because the ATSC tuner still works.
Sorry; I didn't check it since I really didn't expect a firmware update to enable 8PSK. I do remember when I disconnected it the last time. It was when E12 was going spotbeam and Digiblur was asking everybody for SS readings.
Yep verified today that the 311 will do 8PSK....or at least show a signal on a HD TP
the 301 will not...my dad has both at his house
the 301 will not...my dad has both at his house
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