Advice on Dish HD receiver(s)
We are new to satellite TV. Our new roof mounted antenna is a Winegard Road Trip Mission(stationary). We are looking for others' experience with receivers for our two HDTVs. Those we are considerin...
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If you want HD don't be too concerned about the difference between the K and the Z. You are likely going to connect the receiver to the TV with an HDMI cable anyway and both have these. The lack of an OTA tuner is a mistake in my opinion but there is an optional USB OTA tuner as well. The Z has a smaller footprint but if you have the room, personally, I would get the K but you should not have any issues with the Z.
Either will work fine with your dome but you will need to run a check switch routine on each receiver while connected to the "Main" coax cable. You will have to figure out which coax is the main but it is supposed to be where the primary receiver should be located. You then connect the second receiver to this connection and run the check switch exactly following the directions in your Winegard owners manual. When complete you need to move that out and install the primary receiver and start over again with this receiver. Once you have a successful SW64 on both receivers you will be in business. The second receiver will be a slave to the first and you will be able to watch a variety of channels but they must be channels coming from the same satellite selected by the primary receiver. The second receiver can never move you from one satellite to another (but that's usually OK).
Either will work fine with your dome but you will need to run a check switch routine on each receiver while connected to the "Main" coax cable. You will have to figure out which coax is the main but it is supposed to be where the primary receiver should be located. You then connect the second receiver to this connection and run the check switch exactly following the directions in your Winegard owners manual. When complete you need to move that out and install the primary receiver and start over again with this receiver. Once you have a successful SW64 on both receivers you will be in business. The second receiver will be a slave to the first and you will be able to watch a variety of channels but they must be channels coming from the same satellite selected by the primary receiver. The second receiver can never move you from one satellite to another (but that's usually OK).
