Dish & Wally Receiver
I have the King VQ4550 with the Wally Dish receiver. I have had this setup for a few months now with no problems. Just recently if I turn the TV on in the morning the Wally goes into Starting Up mode....
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Range Maggot Bob wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:Range Maggot Bob wrote:
I don't think it's the receiver; like I said, I've done that also. I think it's the tiny little reflector inside the unit that makes it so hard to hit all the satellites. I can hit them, but that's when there is NOTHING in the sky in the way. The guys with the bigger dishes seem to have a much easier time. But it sounds like you're getting there! Slowly but surely. Believe me, I know.....
The reflector inside a dome can NEVER hit all of the satellites at the same time like the larger open face antennas do. The reflector points to only 1 satellite at a time and the software moves the reflector between the satellites as requested by the receiver.
Bill-makes sense to me. But do the larger carry-out type dish receivers make it any easier? I seem to still have a hard time getting all 3 satellites, like Campermama. So it's the software, huh?
Not really. The Winegard Pathway X2 is really the only one with a larger antenna, is DISH only and still has to move between 3 satellites. However, software in the Winegard X2 and Playmaker works very well but my personal choice is the X2 for performance. Of course the Trav'ler is the gold standard for antennas but it's expensive and not portable.
