Dish TV trouble

[Licreek]

I just finished installing a Wineguard x2 dish and 2 Wally recievers. So here's the rub. The dish supports 2 recievers but BOTH recievers have to be tuned to a channel that the dish is pointed at. So if the main tv is on a channel that is being broadcast by say the eastern satalight then the bedroom tv can only recieve channels that are being sent from the east satalight. So I guess this would be ok except DISH can't tell me which channels are broadcast by which satalights? Now here's the problem that's got my DW going crazy. If I change the channel in the living room and the dish has to move to a different satalight it will knock the bedroom tv off and the only way to get a signal again it to reboot the reciever in the bedroom and that takes about 10 to 20 minutes. Yesterday I changed the channel 3 times and every time it changes satalights. I'm sure you all know there are three different satalights. So how is everyone dealing with this. Is there a channel and satalight list out there for DISH TV or do I buy another dish forc the other tv??? Thanks for any help, Lee

[wildmanbaker]

The carryout, and carryout 2 both use the SW64 setting on the receivers and are compatible with each other. Using other single LNBA antennas may require you to go through the set-up each time you reapply power. As Triker mentioned, a Traveler or a free standing 3 LNA antenna will solve the problem. The Traveler is fast and easy, but expensive, and if you are in the trees, it will not work. The Free standing dish, requires some place to store it and setup each time you need it. Back in the early 2000s we used the roof mounted single LNA dish, and it worked fairly good, but in wind, it had enough slop to loose the signal. We got tired of that, and got a 3 LNA dish and tri-pod. Used a compass and the directions from the receiver to set the dish. Later got a Dish Aimer that attached to the dish with a periscope to see if you had a clear view of the sky, to get the signals. This worked great, even in heavy timber, to find a place to get all 3 sats. This worked great, but it needed someplace to store, and setup was time consuming. We progressed to a Carryout, what a difference. Just hookup and let it find the signals. This last year, we got a Carryout 2 and mounted on the roof in place of the old single LNA crank-up dish. We still use the carryout when we are in the trees. We looked at other auto dishes that were less money, but they were not compatible with the carryout we already had. It was obvious that to save setup time, we spent more money for the carryout 2.

[Triker33]

You can fix the problem by putting a Trav'ler on the roof.

[Bill_Satellite]

ford truck guy wrote:
When you first set up the dish, you NEED to choose 2 receivers... this will put them in sync with each other.. instead if finding all 3 satellites, it will focus on 1, this will allow you to use to different revivers.

This will work if you are in the Eastern 3/4 of the US but can be very problematic in the Western US due to the extreme Eastern location of the 72 satellite. There are 2 additional caveats. 1) There is NO Network programming available on the 72.7 satellite. 2) Dish has moved some of the programming off the 72,7 and back to 61.5.
The best options my be using the setup that he is using, being sure to do the check switch routine on both receivers as mentioned above, and understanding that both receivers must be watching programming coming from the same satellite.

[hpdrver]

You need to place each receiver in the master feed location and run a check switch on each receiver. Once each receiver has the sw64 switch on it,the receivers will be in sync and rebooting will not be necessary

[ford_truck_guy]

When you first set up the dish, you NEED to choose 2 receivers... this will put them in sync with each other.. instead if finding all 3 satellites, it will focus on 1, this will allow you to use to different revivers.

[Dutch_12078]

Here's the most up to date listing I know of. For channels with multiple location listings, use the "Commercial Acct HD" listing unless you happen to be in one of the regional spot beam locations like Alaska, Hawaii, etc.

DISH Network Channel/Satellite List

[wildmanbaker]

Either a separate dish for the second TV, or a main dish that will track all 3 sats at same time, like a Traveler.