We recently purchased a motorhome that has a Winegard Minimax RT8035T satellite on it and I am trying to get my HR23 receiver to work with it but not having any luck. The receiver is activated and works fine in the house. I guess my question are these two compatible and if so what do I need to do. I keep getting errors saying it cannot find signal.I am very new to this whole satellite tv thing and don't know very much,so any help with what would work would be appreciated ...Thanks!

Your receiver is not listed as being compatible with your dish.Directtv compatibility

The HR23 should work. You must first go into the receiver setup menu and set the antenna type to oval 3-LNB and the switch type to multiswitch. Once this is done, go to signal strength and signal meter before turning on the antenna. Now turn on the antenna and let it lock to 101. Once complete you can click the continue buttons all the way to the end.Just be sure that you go into the receiver setup menu and click on Display>Preferences and then Hide HD channels so your SD channels become available.

I just got a new dish today from Al's RV in Az. $400 less than the same one from another dealer on Grand ave. A lot of money for the same one installed.

I have done everything suggested in above posts & still having same problem..Checking signal strength I get all zero's?I have verified dish is powering up & moving & proper cable is going from "main" from Minimax dish to the receiver "satellite in 1".... Any other suggestions?

Make sure the cable goes directly from the dish to the receiver with no devices in the line.Bill.Winegard: why does website say his receiver is not compatible?

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MX955
Explorer
May 03, 2013
I have done everything suggested in above posts & still having same problem..

Checking signal strength I get all zero's?

I have verified dish is powering up & moving & proper cable is going from "main" from Minimax dish to the receiver "satellite in 1".... Any other suggestions?
Supercharged
Explorer
May 03, 2013
I just got a new dish today from Al's RV in Az. $400 less than the same one from another dealer on Grand ave. A lot of money for the same one installed.
Bill_Satellite
Explorer II
May 03, 2013
The HR23 should work. You must first go into the receiver setup menu and set the antenna type to oval 3-LNB and the switch type to multiswitch. Once this is done, go to signal strength and signal meter before turning on the antenna. Now turn on the antenna and let it lock to 101. Once complete you can click the continue buttons all the way to the end.
Just be sure that you go into the receiver setup menu and click on Display>Preferences and then Hide HD channels so your SD channels become available.
enblethen
Nomad
May 03, 2013
Your receiver is not listed as being compatible with your dish.

Directtv compatibility

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