satellite

[fishingbob61]

I have a travler antenna on my mhome and I would like if could be changed to work on Direct tv instead of Dish??Thank you in advance.

[az99]

edbehnke wrote:
why don't you contact wingard,

Because he was looking for the correct answer.
You have about a 50/50 chance getting that when you call Winegard tech support.

[thestoloffs]

edbehnke wrote:
why don't you contact wingard, seems like there is a differing opinion here.

Because Bill.Satellite is too modest to defend his comments, Ed, you may not be aware that up until a few months ago, he was employed by Winegard as a regional trainer of dealers/installers.

So, in essence, he was relating the official Winegard information.

[Bill_Satellite]

There is not a differing opinion. You CAN change from Dish to DirecTV NON-HD ONLY. You CAN change from a DirecTV Trav'ler to full HD Dish Service. You CANNOT change from Dish Trav'ler to DirecTV and receive ANY HD programming.
There it is in a nutshell.

[edbehnke]

why don't you contact wingard, seems like there is a differing opinion here.


but here is a wingard answer: 'Depending on your previous and new service providers, it may be possible to convert your TRAV’LER antenna to be compatible with your new service provider. The following conversions are possible: SK-SWM3 to SK-1000, SK-3005 to SK-1000, and SK-1000 to SK-3003.'

[Bill_Satellite]

Not sure why you quoted me. I believe I make it pretty clear what you can and cannot do. Maybe you did not read the whole post.

[TechWriter]

Bill.Satellite wrote:

The DirecTV Trav'ler can be changed over to Dish but it does not work the other way.

The DISH Travler SK-1000 can be changed to a DIrecTV Travler SK-3003.

I think the kits are RP-SK63 and RP-SK33 (about $350).

However, you'll end up with a a DirecTV SD -- not HD -- dish.

Why bother.

[Bill_Satellite]

If you actually have a Winegard Trav'ler there are no dip switches and it cannot be changed from Dish to DirecTV and receive the DirecTV HD programming. It can be setup for DirecTV SD programming receiving only the programming from the 101 satellite is that's OK.
The DirecTV Trav'ler can be changed over to Dish but it does not work the other way.

[Ranger_Smith]

There are some dip switches inside that just need to be changed