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murphy38
Explorer
Feb 23, 2014

Dish Network

I have Dish in my and home and want to have a receiver that I can take in the motor home while traveling. Do not want to have to use the main receiver, would like to order a 2nd receiver to move to motor home went needed. Will the 2nd receiver have to be setup by installer or can I just order the receiver from dish and setup over the phone? The other problem I may have is the receiver will be mounted in a over head cabinet and not line of site for IF remote. Is there a way around this?
  • Get the real simple VIP211K or Z model and you will be... happy, happy, happy.

    Amazon has them both real cheap... fast shipping too.
  • Check Dishformyrv.com.
    I did not want to have to disconnect and reconnect a receiver from home every time we traveled. So I bought a vip211k receiver and a Tailgater for the RV and added it to the home account for $7/mo.
    Only difficulty may be connecting the dish antenna to the receiver. Depends on how your RV is wired. Dish antenna needs to be connected directly to the receiver, not going thru any intermediate devices. OK to use RV outside sat connection as long as you can connect directly to that on the inside.
    Once properly connected, setup and initialization is a do it yourself deal.
  • I have a second receiver a VP211 I take from the house and use in the motor home. I do have to set it up for the Winegard dome in MH. Winegard has the instructions. Not a big deal. A Dish VP211 is about $100.00 and costs $7.00 per month to activate, you can also get Dish per month only when you want. My biggest problem is being sure I set up where the signal is not blocked. My dome is on the roof of MH. I am looking at Winegards Pathway X2 which is a carry out for dish only, it will support 2 receivers, its on sale for $399 at PPL or $424 with a receiver. Dish customer service is excellent as is winegards.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    I think I read somewhere the DISH NETWORK has a SAT RCVR and REMOTE CONTROL unit that uses both the IR and UHF modes to control the SAT RCVR from the handheld remote unit.

    Might want to check with DISH before buying the additional SAT RCVR for that available option.

    There is also a new thing on the forums recently about something being dropped with the DISH NETWORK that has to do with the NATL BROADCAST signals not being transmitted to the DISH SAT RCVRs anymore. Don't know if this may be an issue with you buying another SAT RCVR or not. Something to check on...

    Roy Ken

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