SImple installation question..

JeffreyCooper · #1 (**permalink**) 08-17-2004, 08:37 PM

Greetings!

At home I have a six rcvr installation....but that's not the problem. :-)

I just bought a SeaTel 1898 "Marine Stabilized Dish" for my boat. It's basically a dish with servo motors and logic to stabilize reception on a boat that's moving around.

My question is two-part:

1. I did a dry hook-up on the boat this past weekend, and notice that the dish has two coax outputs...I'm guess Sat A = 110, Sat B = 119 (Which I set up the system to track)...but the reciever has one input. Do I need some kind of switch (like an SW21, SMS-4), or just a simple splitter/y-cord to end up with ONE input for my (single) receiver?

1.a - I have a 4-way multi-switch called a "Regal SMS-4". It has three inputs and lines for four receives. Inputs are labelled "LHCP 13V", "VHF/UHF 40-860mhz", and "RHCP 18V". Would I run the coax's from the dish to the LHCP and RHCP inputs then connect "Rcvr1" to my single receiver? Am I over-complicating this?

2. I did hook up one of the coax's (just one) to the receiver. I was able to get one satellite to show a nice strong signal...Then when I watched the TV, I got the "Welcome to DISH" station (ya know, the one that says how to do PPV's, how to use the remote, etc...), but when I tried to watch something simple, like CNN, I got a "Smart Card is not programmed for this channel - press channel up/down" (or something to that effect. Did I do something wrong? This WAS a receiver that was working at home, so I don't get it. DISH Tech Support said I had to wait 24 hours or something.

Can someone help me out? I'm kind've freaked out that I spend a butt-load of dough on this SeaTel Dish and it didn't work right out of the box. I'm hoping someone will say "put a simple splitter on the two COAX's from the dish, and connect the other end to the receiver, turn it on and wait for some code to download" - OR - "Hook up your SMS-4 Multi-Switch, connect receiver one to the output and RELAX". ...but it's kind hard when the boat is 60 miles from my house. :-)

Can someone fix me up?

Thanks,
Jeff

bobkat · #2 (**permalink**) 08-18-2004, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffreyCooper

Would I run the coax's from the dish to the LHCP and RHCP inputs then connect "Rcvr1" to my single receiver? Am I over-complicating this?

Hi Jeffrey:

Without actually seeing your dish assembly its hard to tell how to connect it. However I suspect your hunch is correct. The two coax outputs from the dish go to the two inputs on the multiswitch. Then connect your receiver to any one of the outputs (RCVR 1, etc.) As to how to get the dish to track the satellites while the boat (I guess "yacht" is more appropriate... :wink: ) is underway, this you must read the instructions for it because I have never worked with one of these devices.

I'm not sure why your receiver from home won't pull in the same channels on the boat. If its authorized, its authorized. Location should be irrelevant.

kat