More Dish network problems

georgelesley wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:

Bill.Satellite wrote:
Let us know. There is nothing that the antenna would do to cause the Hopper to shut down while watching recorded programming. The Hopper 3 does not work properly with the Trav'ler's standard LNB so I assume you have changed the LNB and you are using the required setup modified steps to get a proper lock.

Updated info, Bill... A stock Trav'ler with the standard Dish western arc LNB can be used with a Hopper 3 by adding the new DPH42 switch. The DPH42 also works well for using a standard western or eastern arc triple LNB with a Hopper 3 on a manually aimed 1000.4 dish.

We have this system. The DPH42 works perfectly with our winegard traveler no need to change lnb. I just leave the hopper 3 power and DPH42 power cords unplugged until the sat finds all three sats. I do hook up the hdmi and coax and any audio cables I want. Then plug in both the hopper three and DPH42. Works every time. I then turn off the sat box so we do not have to have the led glowing all the time. Just push power and select at the same time so the box goes off without stowing. We just completed a 2200 mile trip and used this system many times without problems.

BTW, I have a local dish guy that has an rv, and can do this, he did mine, and also is good at other audio/video stuff in the rv if anyone needs help.

One minor additional note. I only had two cables from the sat thru the roof. Three are necessary. I also had a solo node installed under the sat turrent that had to come out. While the local guy had the turrent off, he installed the cables under the dish turrent, so no new hole in exposed roof needed and the two old cables are no longer used but are there if needed in the future.

I wanted everything, nodes, splitters, switches, etc, all inside so if problems develop they can be fixed without trips up on the roof needed. So all the electronics and wiring are inside in the same compartment as the winegard box..