King Dome in motion satelite dish

That is NOT correct. Dish made changes to their system but DirecTV did not. The problem would be real if you were a Dish customer. Nice excuse, just not correct.

What model King dome? Do you have a box that lets you select which of 10 areas of the country you are in?

Bill is correct. However, my KingDome stopped finding the DirecTV satellites no matter what I did. KingDome did help me set some of the transponders manually and that worked for a while, but eventually quit. I recently replaced it with a Winegard Trav'ler and couldn't be happier. It does not work underway but that's OK with us. Chuck

Yes it has the monitor that you pick the section you are at.

I tried for an hour or more trying to get a signal. I did everything the same since the last time I used it with great reception. So your saying the tech is incorrect? How do you know this?

What receiver are you using. The Genie or a Genie Client and the H25 will not work. If it is a receiver from your home you will need to change the receiver setup (Repeat Satellite Setup) and change it from a SWM switch type to Multiswitch. Set the antenna type to #1 (18" round) as well. With the SWM setting the receiver will not send the required voltage to the antenna LNB.

iguana07 wrote:
I have a 2009 Tiffin with the original on roof mounted King Dome. Went to use it a couple weeks ago and was having trouble connecting to satellites I have a DTV system. I called King Dome and the tech told me this King Dome system no longer works with Direct TV as of March this year. . He said that DTV has done something to their satellites and they have no fix. Have to buy new system. Has any one had this problem with their King Dome? I believe it still works with Dish Network.

what I understand it will not work with dish at all and Direct only 101

Why would anyone need more than DirecTV 101? I assume you just meant to say that it won't work with Dish but should work perfectly with DirecTV.

iguana07 wrote:
Yes it has the monitor that you pick the section you are at.

I tried for an hour or more trying to get a signal. I did everything the same since the last time I used it with great reception. So your saying the tech is incorrect? How do you know this?

I had a number of discussions with KingDome and the techs told me on more than one occasion that the issues are with Dish and NOT DirecTV. They did say however that at some point even DirecTV will be affected. Any additional changes made on the satellites will change how all this works. The Kingdome can be programed, as I said, to look for and lock on to certain transponders which help with the constant searching issue. But this was only a temporary fix for us. Sometimes it would lock on and the next time it would not. We finally gave up on the KingDome and moved on. Chuck

I've got a newer King dome and use it with Dish. I am able to get Dish HD, but you need a 211 receiver. Newer receivers, like the Hopper, will not work. Currently, my understanding is that with DirecTV and domes, you can only get SD. To get HD you have to go to a manually pointed dish.

WayneLee wrote:
I've got a newer King dome and use it with Dish. I am able to get Dish HD, but you need a 211 receiver.

Newer KingDomes yes. Older models, depending on the model, no. So you would need to contact KingDome to check and see if your model is compatible and even if it can be updated. Chuck