Dish VIP 211 Can't Access Menu
I got a VIP 211 to use in the RV if I can get a signal where we go. I tried to setup the dish with the new 211 but as soon as it is powered up it goes thru a check sequence and stops at step 4 and tel...
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az99 wrote:
Actually it got me nowhere. Entering the * gets you to the signal screen but the signal meters are so poor they are worthless. They don't change when adjusting the dish unless you go back and change transponders.
Even after I connected it to another dish that was already aimed, the best it would do is "call dish to authorize the receiver".
I was not about to authorize it and start paying when I do not even know if I can get a signal where I want to use it.
Before I activated my 211k, I aligned my 1000.4 eastern arc dish with the three satellites using a $10 signal meter. The only thing the 211k provided at that point was the power for the meter and LNBF. Once the dish was dialed in, the 211k went through all the steps including updating the software until it stopped to wait for activation. I initially activated it using the cheapest package available ($20 Welcome Pack) until I was satisfied everything was working as it should. I now use a $65 SF-500 meter I bought on eBay to align the dish much faster. The receiver signal strength indicators work, but the response is slow and using them is not easy when the dish is strung out on 150' of cable.
