Switching To DISH

[JEBar]

Dish's Wally receiver is the one they have for use in an RV and should not be confused with their much more advanced Hopper which is designed for home use .... my hope is the info in this post might help anyone who on this forum who happens to have a Wally receiver .... as noted, we've had the same problem with two different Wally receivers in our camper ..... specifically, if they aren't turned on for several days, the Guide has locked up and will not update the date, time, and program listing .... both times customer support hasn't been able to correct the problem and both times we have been sent replacement Wally receivers .... in communicating with 2 friends on another forum who have had the same issue with Wally receivers in their campers .... one 3 times, the other 1 time .... as we did, they both contacted Dish and in the end, each time received a replacement Wally receiver .... one of those friends told me that the third time his locked up he got to messing around and found the following :


try getting there this way ===> on the remote, tap the HOME button 3 times, doing so will take you directly to the Diagnostics screen ===> scroll down and select Tools ===> select RESET TO FACTORY DEFAULTS ===> on next screen select PARTIAL RESET


ours hasn't locked up since getting the above info so I can't personally attest to how well it works .... if / when ours does, I will most certainly give it a try

[JEBar]

Dish program comment : when we signed up for television service from Dish, it came with 3 months of free Show Time, Encore and Starz .... we do watch a number of programs on Encore / Starz but none on Show Time .... a little while ago my wife called and cancelled Show Time .... when she asked about a trial period or the cost of replacing it with HBO, she was informed that Dish doesn't offer HBO .... that's not a problem for us but it did come as a bit of a surprise

[markiver54]

Dish program comment : when we signed up for television service from Dish, it came with 3 months of free Show Time, Encore and Starz .... we do watch a number of programs on Encore / Starz but none on Show Time .... a little while ago my wife called and cancelled Show Time .... when she asked about a trial period or the cost of replacing it with HBO, she was informed that Dish doesn't offer HBO .... that's not a problem for us but it did come as a bit of a surprise

Yes Jim, and like others, at the end of that trial period, they will start charging you.
You probably know that already, but it is aggravating how often they call me with that whole spiel about being a great customer for so long that they're giving me such and such free for three months.
It's hard for them to understand, NO! so I have to just hang up.
( I have to confess though; I still have Direct TV ).
I'll bet that it works the same with Dish.

[JEBar]

Yes Jim, and like others, at the end of that trial period, they will start charging.

yep, in this case it really doesn't bother me .... we knew exactly what the terms called for and we agreed to them up front .... the fact is, the free three month trial period did us a good turn because we have been able to decide against taking out the service without costing us anything .... as noted the only surprise has been finding out that they don't offer HBO .... that part is my fault because over the time we were making decisions we got several list of their programing and HBO isn't on the list .... I simply didn't pay close enough attention

[markiver54]

Yes Jim, and like others, at the end of that trial period, they will start charging.

yep, in this case it really doesn't bother me .... we knew exactly what the terms called for and we agreed to them up front .... the fact is, the free three month trial period did us a good turn because we have been able to decide against taking out the service without costing us anything .... as noted the only surprise has been finding out that they don't offer HBO .... that part is my fault because over the time we were making decisions we got several list of their programing and HBO isn't on the list .... I simply didn't pay close enough attention

Yep, guess there is no problem testing the waters per say. If Ya like it, keep it, if not then simply cancel at the end of three months. Ya might spend an hour on the phone to do so, but, that's just the world we live in now.

[JEBar]

UPDATE : in the much relieved column ===> one of my sister-in-laws downloaded the DISH Satellite Finder onto her Iphone .... she drove over to the site in the Estelline City Campground where we spend our summer and took the picture below .... the house is directly across street and all three of the western arc satellites can be seen in the sky .... based on that, our camper's system shouldn't have any problem locking onto a good signal ....

[JEBar]

used the Dish once again today I suspected that a large tree would prevent our roof satellite dish from being able to lock onto a signal .... after parking turned on the app and it indicated that the tree was in fact blocking the signal .... after setting up, turned on the roof dish, didn't take long to confirm that it wasn't locking on to a signal .... used the app again and found that if I placed our portable dish only a few feet from our camper (shown below) it should work well ... it quickly confirmed that once again the app was accurate .... we are now settled in for the evening watching the Western Channel ..

[JEBar]

another first in our association with Dish .... we are setup in Willis, TX and will be here for 20 days .... on top of that we will be in this general area until late March .... we were told that Dish would change our service to get local channels when we are too far from our home area to receive them .... the call literally took a couple of minutes .... just checked and the Houston local stations are there .... I have no clue what is what but should be able to figure it out .... must admit I'm impressed with how everything worked so smoothly

[BigAl52]

That campground you are currently in a person needs to be a member to camp there is that correct Jim.

[JEBar]

That campground you are currently in a person needs to be a member to camp there is that correct Jim.

not any more .... non members can reserve a site .... don't know what the charge is but suspect it will be on par with a KOA

[BigAl52]

ok thanks when I looked online it gave me the impression a membership of 599.00 was to be paid then you could camp there.

[JEBar]

we've been members since '02 and they do have a number of plans to pick from ..... should anyone be interested and want more info, send me a PM

[cooperhawk]

That's a mighty nice looking rig there JE. Will be leaving here on Feb. 14 and plan a swing through Texas.

[JEBar]

That's a mighty nice looking rig there JE. Will be leaving here on Feb. 14 and plan a swing through Texas.

our itinerary for this trip to Texas can be seen in the first post in this thread ===> http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=7608 .... if y'all will be anywhere close, we'd enjoy the opportunity to link up in person

[cooperhawk]

Will consider it.

[JEBar]

hope something can be worked out

[JEBar]

another first .... two weeks ago when we setup at our current campground, I used the app mentioned above and found that from our camper's roof antenna the signal path to Dish's satellites passed through the top branches of a very large pecan tree .... with no leaves on the tree I figured our roof dish should be able to lock onto a signal and that proved to be the case .... for the last couple of days a front fairly strong/steady wind has slowly moved through .... corresponding movement of the limbs through which our signal had to pass has play havoc with our satellite reception .... this morning (actually before breakfast ) I setup our portable dish antenna .... it took only a few seconds to locate a place with a clear view of the Dish satellites .... in less than 10 minutes I was back inside with strong, steady reception ..

[JEBar]

pictures related to above post .... the signal passes through the right side branches of the tallest tree behind the camper ... the path of the signal to our portable dish passes to the right of those branches so it isn't interrupted in any way

[BigAl52]

That's a mighty nice looking rig there JE. Will be leaving here on Feb. 14 and plan a swing through Texas.

our itinerary for this trip to Texas can be seen in the first post in this thread ===> http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=7608 .... if y'all will be anywhere close, we'd enjoy the opportunity to link up in person

I bet you could lure ole Coop in there with some fresh baked cookies Jim

[BigAl52]

Will consider it.

Aint that right Coop Cookies might lure you into JEBars spot