is there any difference between dishs.i want satelite for my camper but refuse to pay them 50 bucks a month when i only need it 4-5 months a year.well a co-worker has dishnetwork and has an extra box.i said i would pay them the monthly rental on that extra box to use it for said 4-5 months.i have since picked up an rca dish(singal cable) and a dss dish(double cable) but can't seem to get a signal from the satelitte.i guess my questions are just how precise do i have to have my satelitte dish to recieve signals and do i need a dishnetwork dish to recieve said signal.i found a website which gave me coordinates for my location and i figure i'm pretty damn close,but still nothing.any help would be appreciated.

What model Dish Net receiver do you have? Any more you need a Dish 500 system antenna (dish) to work. I need to know the receiver number to give more info.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Oh don't get me started on C/Ku-Band

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Make sure its LEVEL and PLUMB, then move it to the desired azimuth and angle in very small increments. The fist few I did i wanted to jump off the roof but after doing a few and starting out LEVEL and PLUMB its a piece of cake.

i'll try that.i just figured it looks pretty level and plumb,but my eyes aren't what they used to be.

If you don't have a matched receiver and dish it'll never work. Modern dish network receivers look at 2 satellites and require skew, elevation and azimuth. If you give me the receiver and dish models I can tell you if they're matched.

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

well howitzer.you da man.i leveled it,but it still didn't work so i looked at my neighbors dish and it was pointing more southward then mine but not by much,so i turned it ever so slightly to the south and bingo.i got channels.internet forums rock.

These help also:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SATELLITE-FINDER-SIGNAL-METER-sat-fta-lnb-satelite_W0QQitemZ380052645111QQihZ025QQcategoryZ67882QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

well if it gave me anymore trouble.i had thoughts of one of those.