Dish Tailgater

dpkimmel2001 wrote:
I've been using the Dish Tailgater with the VIP receiver since late last year. When we aren't using the Tailgater I plug the receiver into our dish at home. I keep it active all the time so I've never really had to have them ping it. If you are worried about arriving at a remote location with an unauthorized receiver just take the 10 minutes at home any day prior to departure and have it authorized. It shouldn't be an issue then when you get there. As far as boondocking goes..... I hear ya. I guess we are all somewhat spoiled when we have to wait the 10 minutes for our HD TV? I hate it too but it's worth the wait.

dplimmel2001
Do you have the Dish Hopper system at home, or and older Dish system? The reason I ask is I tried hooking up my Vip211k receiver to my home antenna which supports my Dish Hopper with sling and it would not work. When I called Dish they told me the two were not compatible.

I have been having issues with my Tailgater and Vip211k not finding satellites. It was working just fine last winter and then about April I couldn't get it to work. Had to send the Tailgater back to King Controls (Manufacture of the Tailgater) (at a cost of $75 to me) and they found a bad motor. King Controls replaced the bad motor, check all system, and sent it back to me. When I hook the Tailgater up to my Vip211k it still couldn't find satellites. Called Dish and they said it was the Tailgater, and when I called King Controls they said it was Dish's 211k receiver. Dish is sending me a new 211k to rule out the receiver as the problem.

Anyone else have a similar problem?

Up-Date: King Controls had me send the original Tailgater back and they sent me a new unit. New unit works fine. So it was the Tailgater the entire time and not the Dish 211k. Once again have a working system...just don't know how long it will remain working.