HD Dish Network DVR not working with Kingdome in-motion satellite dish ?

[Harry B]

I just switched from Directv to Dish Network because of Directv's HD being mostly on or going to the KA band. I have a Kingdome in-motion satellite dish with a dual LNB for which I have ordered a software upgrade and a new control box. According to Kingdome tech support this what I would need for Dish Network HD compatibility. This upgrade allows the dome to switch satellite automatically between the 110 119 129 or the 61.5 satellite.

I did not want to incur the expense at the moment of replacing the Kingdome with one of the MotoSat or Winegard HD satellite dishes yet. The other thing I don't like at the moment is that I now have to make a permanent choice of satellite dishes as HD capable dishes are not interchangeable anymore between Directv and Dish Network.

Now the Dish Network installer told me that the 722 DVR from Dish Network will probably not work with the Kingdome satellite disk. I called Kingdome tech support to verify this and they say that most likely it would not work with a dual receiver. It will work with a single HD receiver (not DVR) that has only a single tuner (single input)
Does anyone have a Dish Network 622 or 722 DVR working on a Kingdome satellite dish and receives HD channels? I Know we discussed this in the past but not with the dual receiver DVRs in the mix

My coach is out for repairs at the moment and I can't verify if the Kingdome Satellite dish will work with a Dish Network 622 or 722 DVR on HD or not or if it will work at all with just SD.

Any help or info would be appreciated.

[Harry B]

I just switched from Directv to Dish Network because of Directv's HD being mostly on or going to the KA band. I have a Kingdome in-motion satellite dish with a dual LNB for which I have ordered a software upgrade and a new control box. According to Kingdome tech support this what I would need for Dish Network HD compatibility. This upgrade allows the dome to switch satellite automatically between the 110 119 129 or the 61.5 satellite.

I did not want to incur the expense at the moment of replacing the Kingdome with one of the MotoSat or Winegard HD satellite dishes yet. The other thing I don't like at the moment is that I now have to make a permanent choice of satellite dishes as HD capable dishes are not interchangeable anymore between Directv and Dish Network.

Now the Dish Network installer told me that the 722 DVR from Dish Network will probably not work with the Kingdome satellite disk. I called Kingdome tech support to verify this and they say that most likely it would not work with a dual receiver. It will work with a single HD receiver (not DVR) that has only a single tuner (single input)
Does anyone have a Dish Network 622 or 722 DVR working on a Kingdome satellite dish and receives HD channels? I Know we discussed this in the past but not with the dual receiver DVRs in the mix

My coach is out for repairs at the moment and I can't verify if the Kingdome Satellite dish will work with a Dish Network 622 or 722 DVR on HD or not or if it will work at all with just SD.

Any help or info would be appreciated.

[FlyingDiver]

Did you have a DVR before? It's possible that they problem they're anticipating is that you won't be able to use both tuners with a single-output in-motion dome. In that case, you would have to use the setup menus in the DVR to tell it there's only one feed from the "dish".

joe

[Harry B]

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Joe,
Yes, I had a Directv DVR prior to this. My Kingdome satellite dish has a dual LNB with two feeds coming from it and I had two different model DVRs working at different times. They however were standard definition DVRs. They were the UlimateTV DVR (TIVO) and an R15.

[FlyingDiver]

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Joe,
Yes, I had a Directv DVR prior to this. My Kingdome satellite dish has a dual LNB with two feeds coming from it and I had two different model DVRs working at different times. They however were standard definition DVRs. They were the UlimateTV DVR (TIVO) and an R15. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hmm. Sounds odd to me. I'd sure like to hear what specifically is the problem that Kingdome and/or Dish is concerned with. My best guess is that your previous setup never actually switched between sats, even though DirecTV had some SD programming on 119. 110 has always been just HD. To get HD on Dish, you need to be able to switch between 110 and 119. I bet it would work fine if you only connected one input, because then it could switch as that one tuner requests, with no other tuner loosing signal.

joe

[tom&berni]

Harry B,
I am experiencing the same problem. I have just upgraded the software in my King Dome and the tuner seem to find the satellites. The VIP722 DVR expects two dish inputs and it cannot set the proper switch setting. I am getting a VIP211 HD receiver that King Controls recommends. I sure will miss the record feature. The King Controls tech said that the 722 might be able to work but he was not sure. Good luck.

[Harry B]

So far, I have not been able to try out the 722 DVR to see what it will or will not do as I am having problems upgrading the Kingdome dish. King Control however confirmed after I caled them back that the dome will not work with dual tuner (DVR) receivers from Dish Network. King Controls send me the software upgrade box and a new tuner for $300 without the serial cable, so I wait for them to send me the cable. The cable finally arrives and now it turns out that the upgrade box is bad and no other box is available as they are all out in the field or at rallies nor can they tell me when one will be available.

So after spending the $300 for a new tuner for the Kingdome Satellite Dome which I can't utilize without the software upgrade, it looks like I will be leaving for 3 months without the Kingdome satellite working with Dish Network. I should have just gone with a Motosat dish stayed with DirecTV and move on and forget about the Kingdome Dish. Talk about being P.O.

[tom&berni]

Harry,
If it is any consolation, I just took the upgrade box that I used to upgrade to HD satellite settings (Dish 1000) to the post office yesterday. So that is one less in the field.

Tom

[Harry B]

Thanks Tom for the feedback. Have you tried operating the DVR in split mode. I believe that it would work that way on just on the #1 receiver. You would have to connect the coax cable that controls the Kingdome to the input of the #1 receiver. It might not make all the scheduled recordings as they do use both receivers to record at times. As I understand the operation of the 722 DVR after digging into how it works is that receiver #1 works at the normal(standard) frequency but hat the #2 receiver gets it's signal from the LNB at a higher frequency which is unique to Dish Network called Dish Pro Plus. It allows them to feed both receivers from the LNB through a single RG6 coax cable. If I get an update box in time I will let you know how it works out in split mode.

I like your Cavalier by the way . We have one as well (tri color). Her name is Sadie. Absolutely great dogs. We have had several kinds of dogs but never enjoyed one as much as Sadie our Cavalier KC.

[Harry B]

Just to update this post, I finally got the software update for the Kingdome satellite dome installed. After installing the software I tried to get the 722 DVR from Dish Network to work and after many tries and changes I was finally successful but I am limited to one receiver. I now have the #1 receiver working on all three satellites (61.5, 110 and 119) and I am getting all my channels.

The #2 receiver will not work with the Kingdome dome, as it operates at a higher non standard frequency that the Kingdome satellite does not produce. At least I have a half functioning DVR and HD reception, which is more than either the Kingdome techs or dish Network techs indicated I would get.

You have to put the 722 in split mode and limit the recording to the #1 receiver via one of the menu settings. It does not try to record via the second receiver anymore when it sees there is no input signal from the dish. You also have to make sure that the coax controls and runs via the Kingdome receiver box in case of a dual LNB is connected to receiver input #1 and it will change the satellite dish to any of the three satellites automatically as needed.

The bottom line is that I can record via only one receiver, record the OTA channels and concurrently watch previously made recordings while it is recording new programs, so I am satisfied. I did not have to resort to just a receiver with no DVR features.