DirecTV Winegard Travler to DISH Conversion
Just completed a DirecTV Slimline Travler (SK-3005) to a DISH Travler (SK-1000) conversion for a neighbor. Took a couple of hours, but it was fairly straightforward and it worked . . . Here are the de...
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TechWriter wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
The Winegard Trav'ler which is not currently compatible with a Hopper 3 . . .
The stock Winegard DISH Travler can be easily modifed to work with a Hopper 3 -- here's how.Bill.Satellite wrote:
Does anyone think they would really ever need the option to record 16 (or 32) channels.
Maybe not, but at least you have the option. BTW, the drawing above just let's you record 16 tuners on each Hopper 3, not 32 total . . . although you might be able to get 32 with the "cross the streams" trick used in previous versions of Hoppers. TBD.
Anyway, it's handy having 2 Hoppers because if one fails, you have a backup.
You are likely one of only a few folks who have modified a Trav'ler. The last I saw reported you still had somewhat of a hack to get it to lock on. But that's also why I stated the Winegard is not currently compatible with the Hopper 3. I don't want someone buying one and hooking up a Hopper 3. It simply won't currently work that way.
