Shaw Direct/Winegard
Have any of you Canadians had trouble with your Winegard automatic dish not being able to locate and hone in on the Shaw Direct satellites?
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I'm not particularly happy with Winegard's explanation regarding their satellite dish locating the Shaw Direct satellites but here's what I was told. Go into your Shaw Direct "Options" menu on the TV screen and bring up the page showing the satellite signals. Deploy the satellite dish and wait for the satellite signals to read green and in the 90s. At this point, your Winegard controller should read "Satellite ID: 111". Immediately push the "Select" and "Power" buttons simultaneously on the controller which will lock in the satellite signal. We have used this method for weeks now and it works fine. Winegard says "With the changes Shaw made, services in the states will be hit or miss. If you can get it to work in manual, then that is your best option."
