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I need to change from Dish Western arc to Eastern arc because of line of sight problems with the 129 sat. I am going to change to a 1000.2-- 2 lnb eastern arc dish from a 1000.2-- 3 lnb western arc dish. I have the print outs giving all aiming coordinates for the different zip codes of western arc but I can't find the comparable printout for the 2 lnb eastern arc sats. Also when setting up western I located the 119 sat first then minor adjustments for the other two. Now with only 2 sats which one gets peaked first? Any help would be appreciated.

 

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Dave

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Depending where you are, you can switch from WA to EA but you might lose Locals in HD.

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Or you could lose the locals completely. The Roanoke, VA market area is one example of that.

 

For the most accurate settings, I prefer to use the multi-LNB Dish 1000.4 (EA) or 1000.2 (WA) listings at DishPointer.com.

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Yep, you're good to go in the Cleveland market, Dave. HD locals on 129 and 61.5, SD locals on 110 and 61.5.

 

http://www.satelliteguys.us/thelist/index.php?search=dnall⊂=true&market=Cleveland,%20OH

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Aren't there two different dishes or LNBs for EA and WA.

 

Yes and Yes.

 

The 1000.2 dish ships as a Western Arc (sats 110, 119, 129) dish, but can be modified to an Eastern Arc (sats 61.5 and 72) dish.

 

The 1000.4 dish ships as an Eastern Arc (sats 61.5, 72, and 77) dish, but can be modified to a Western Arc (sats 110, 119, 129) dish.

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Hello,

All said and done I decided to buy a 1000.4EA, 3lnb setup. So I have a couple more questions I didn't realize before that I have.

Which two ports do the two coax attach to on the lnb head?

Does it matter which cable attaches to #1 and #2 connectors ports on the solo node?

Thanks Again

Dave

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Ports 1 & 2 are fine, Dave. Actually any two of the first three ports will work in any order. The fourth port is an input, so of course that one won't work.

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I decided to buy a 1000.4EA, 3lnb setup. Which two ports do the two coax attach to on the lnb head?

Does it matter which cable attaches to #1 and #2 connectors ports on the solo node?

 

It doesn't matter for the Solo node, but when you're aligning the dish you should peak on sat 72.7 as some sat meters can't "cycle" through all 3 sats by just connecting to a single port.

 

So mark the 72.7 coax in case you need it for peaking:

 

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You may have a problem getting satellite 129 depending on the horizon clutter (trees).

 

If you are into Locals, many of the East Coast Locals are HD on the EA and SD on the WA. So you should get the Locals in SD.

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