I have not noticed if what we have recorded was on same or different SAT's.
All I can say. Is that before I made these changes. I used to get a message "Looking for SAT 2" Now I do not get it anymore.
For us DirecTv has more on 101 than 119. also a lot of what we record is late at night while we sleep or out running around.
Use the single SAT rec. for short week long trips.
Tom & Bonnie
Crossville, TN.
Aspect 29H 2008
Class C passed Class A owner
Pontiac G6 There is NO such Thing as a B+
Update: The upgrade arrived today. The tech on the phone last week said I should apply the software update first, then switch out the tuner box. Applying the software update involves plugging a serial cable from the tuner to the special upgrade device, and the upgrade is applied in about 7 minutes.
I did what was instructed, the dome display panel showed "loading, please wait" as expected, and then changed to "ant comm error." Uh-oh. I gave it more than 10 minutes, just in case it was actually loading, and finally gave up.
I then tried swapping out the old tuner box and putting in the new one. Then I tried the upgrade again. This time it went smoothly, with no issues. Cool.
Scrolling through the set satellite list, there are a bunch of new entries, including Dish 110/119, Dish 1000 (110/119/129) and Dish 1000a (110/119/129.) I selected Dish 1000a, and tried a check dish, as instructed.
It automatically switched quite quickly between 110 and 119, but could not lock onto 61.5. It's raining right now, and I have been having problems locking on 61.5 when raining, so that is nothing new. So while I'm not home free, it looks like I'm on the right track, and the upgrade is working.
I will wait until it stops raining, clean the dome (I know it's rather dirty, which is probably not helping) and then try again. I'm close, I can feel it...
2007 Holiday Rambler Endeavor 40PDQ 400 ISL Cummins/Allison
2002 Chevy Avalanche toad
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ShapeShifter wrote: I will wait until it stops raining, clean the dome (I know it's rather dirty, which is probably not helping) and then try again. I'm close, I can feel it...
Another update: Well, it had finally stopped raining, but I had too much other work to do to be able to get back to it right away. Then we went on a trip, and the site had a wonderful clear view of the entire sky, except to the South: there was a solid line of tall trees that completely blocked all satellites except one ExpressVu bird that does me no good. The day after getting back from that trip, the rig went in for service.
I finally got the rig home today, and had a chance to play with the dome again. I plugged in the sat receiver, turned on the TV, and it just plain worked. Every time I changed to a channel on a different bird, the dome switched to the correct satellite, and the picture came in. I could easily access all three required satellites.
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