dbrandon Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 We just setup a new 1000.2 West dish, and we were unable to tune in 129. Called Dish, they say that 129 has been deactivated and channels moved to 110 & 119. New software is pending to remove the 129 from the config. Playmaker says the same thing.. Red X for 129. True for anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms60ocb Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 Dish did the same for the Eastern arc. 61.5 and 72 are used. 79 has been deleted. I was told ecomonics I have no idea who owsn what or uses what. At one time Dish was leasing from Direct. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Heiser Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 I noticed 129 was missing when I set up at my last location. I was a bit concerned a ran a check switch a few times thinking there was an issue. Seems that what dish told you was correct though. I only had two satellites, but had all my channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
001952119 Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 Dish informed me that satellite 129 has been eliminated. They now utilize two satellites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second Chance Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 43 minutes ago, 001952119 said: Dish informed me that satellite 129 has been eliminated. They now utilize two satellites. This is true - and has been for a while. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durangodon Posted August 15 Report Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, Second Chance said: This is true - and has been for a while. Rob July 20, 2023 is when 129 went down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrandon Posted August 16 Author Report Share Posted August 16 At least I am not alone! I spent hours on the ladder trying to get 129 to work. Changed LNBs everything. Thx to everyone for checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted August 16 Report Share Posted August 16 For a couple of months, Dish had been doing a planned upgrade of the western arc sats at 110 and 119 as they transitioned from MPEG2 to MPEG4 protocols. The upgrade also included moving all HD programming from the CIEL-2 sat at 129 to Dish's 110 and 119 sats in preparation for the end of lease/end of service life of the CIEL-2 sat owned by the Canadian Ciel Satellite Group. CIEL-2 was launched in 2008 with a 16 year design life and its entire capacity was leased by Dish since launch. The Dish sats at 110 and 119 are owned by soon to be merged Dish sister company Echostar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D&J Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 We just moved back into our trailer so we are using our X2 portable dish with a 211K receiver and it still wants to find 129 and of coarse it can so it won't finish it's setup unless I manually tell it view tv. That also means if the power gets interrupted when we are gone it will not automatically set itself up. Will a new Wally eliminate this problem or will I have to contact Winegard for updated software. Denny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Second Chance Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 32 minutes ago, D&J said: We just moved back into our trailer so we are using our X2 portable dish with a 211K receiver and it still wants to find 129 and of coarse it can so it won't finish it's setup unless I manually tell it view tv. That also means if the power gets interrupted when we are gone it will not automatically set itself up. Will a new Wally eliminate this problem or will I have to contact Winegard for updated software. Denny The Wallys will update themselves via satellite when firmware is available. I'm guessing that Dish hasn't gotten around to - or hasn't bothered - to update the firmware for the Wallys, yet. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D&J Posted September 16 Report Share Posted September 16 38 minutes ago, Second Chance said: The Wallys will update themselves via satellite when firmware is available. I'm guessing that Dish hasn't gotten around to - or hasn't bothered - to update the firmware for the Wallys, yet. Rob We don't have a Wally we had a 211K. If someone with a Wally I would like to know if it has updated. Denny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 For those of you with VIP's, has any one tried clearing the satellite list by disconnecting the coax to the dish and running a check switch? Accept the message that says you have fewer satellites, and then reconnect the coax and run the test again. It should only find the 110 and 119 sats this time of course, and hopefully stop looking for the dark 129 sat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D&J Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 I will try that when we stop tomorrow for the night. Denny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D&J Posted September 17 Report Share Posted September 17 22 hours ago, Dutch_12078 said: For those of you with VIP's, has any one tried clearing the satellite list by disconnecting the coax to the dish and running a check switch? Accept the message that says you have fewer satellites, and then reconnect the coax and run the test again. It should only find the 110 and 119 sats this time of course, and hopefully stop looking for the dark 129 sat. I tried it and if made no difference 😒 Denny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_12078 Posted September 18 Report Share Posted September 18 43 minutes ago, D&J said: I tried it and if made no difference 😒 Denny Thanks for the report, Denny. It was worth a try, but I'm sorry it didn't help. I haven't owned a VIP211K for a number of years now, so I couldn't try it first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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