Will Trac-Star Satelite work with Dish?

[rustydoghoff]

We have a Trac-Star Satelite on our Country Coach. The previous owners used Direct TV. We on the other hand have always had Dish Network in our home and previous Motorhome. Our problem is how do we get a Trac-Star satelite to work with Dish. We have been told it can not be done.

Has anyone been able to work through this and solve the problem so we can stay with Dish Network. Thank you for your help.

[openpro]

I've got a Tracstar with a Dish VIP211 receiver and it works great for even HD. Auto tunes to the 3 different satellites, 119, 110 and 129. Also, you can plug in an external hard drive and the receiver becomes a full DVR. Most people think you can't have a DVR with in motion but I've had it for years.

[PandK]

Look http://www.cobham.com/media/84150/tracstar%20sv360.pdf for the data sheet.

[littledawg]

openpro: If you could PM me or email me, I have the same setup but have not been able to get it to work yet.
Thanks

[wa8yxm]

If that is a dome, and I believe it is, then as the one poster said, depending on the model, it should work very well with ONE receiver.

With two receivers, or a dual-DVR.. it may still work (Depending again on the model) but you will likely be less happy with the results.

The reason being simple: IF receiver/input #1 wants a show that's airing on say 119, and Receiver/input 2 wants one on 110,,, One receiver is going to be very unhappy.

Recommendation/cure: I have a dome, with Dish, I'd use the dome. in-motion, locked on 119, to record my-lady's daytime dramas as we travel (All the distant network channels are on 119) then once we get parked I'd hook up a ground mount, slide teh A/B switches I put in (They only coat a dollar at the Google store, RCA VH-71, I paid more elsewhere bit still very reasonable) from "A" for "ABOVE" to "B" for "BELOW" Aim and check switch to sync "em up>

Then the ground mount.... Well, it's not limited like the domes.