Dish Pro Plus with BEV 4100

[terribleturk]

At present I have only a BEV 4100 receiver. A friend gave me two bev dishes, one with a DPP LNB and the other has two legacy LNBs and a SW44 multi switch. Which would be the better choice to use with the 4100. I want to change the dish while the weather is good and there is still lots of daylight. I will be adding an HD (jynxbox or dreamlink) in the very near future. Thanks in advance for any advice.

[ftabox]

use the dishpro plus LNB,
it doesnt require an external switches,
it can feed 2 rcvrs, and accept a 3rd dp lnb for a 3rd sat,
the legacy, just throw them away they are junk, along with that switch, its not a real dish switch,
so the 4100 wont work it,
any fta can use dishpro,
and the 4100 loves it

[terribleturk]

Thanks for the quick response ftabox. One more quick question if you dont mind. Do I just run one line from each connection on the
LNB so that when I buy the HD box I dont hve to climb the ladder again?

[dishuser]

use the dishpro plus LNB,
it doesnt require an external switches,
it can feed 2 rcvrs, and accept a 3rd dp lnb for a 3rd sat,
the legacy, just throw them away they are junk, along with that switch, its not a real dish switch,
so the 4100 wont work it,
any fta can use dishpro,
and the 4100 loves it
you obviously know nothing bev ird's
the 4100 worx just fine with legacy lnb's and switches

[terribleturk]

Thanks dishuser. I have already hooked the DPP to the 4100 and it is working great. I want to add an FTA reciever to this set-up on both providers. Will the Bev dish work with Dreamlink or Jynxbox? I realize i need another dish for the other provider.

[timster]

use the dishpro plus LNB,
it doesnt require an external switches,
it can feed 2 rcvrs, and accept a 3rd dp lnb for a 3rd sat,
the legacy, just throw them away they are junk, along with that switch, its not a real dish switch,
so the 4100 wont work it,
any fta can use dishpro,
and the 4100 loves it

the SW44 is a real dish switch for legacy lnbs and can feed up to 4 satellite tuners

[ftabox]

Thanks for the quick response ftabox. One more quick question if you dont mind. Do I just run one line from each connection on the
LNB so that when I buy the HD box I dont hve to climb the ladder again?

yes that would be an excelent idea!
good luck, and be carefull up there,
i like to mount all antenna on the ground :)

[ftabox]

you obviously know nothing bev ird's
the 4100 worx just fine with legacy lnb's and switches

yah, ok,
first, i misread the post, i thought it said 33,
and thers no sw33, from dish, theres junk DiSEqC switches like sw33,
that the ird will not use,

never said it wouldnt use legacy lnb, i said there junk,

2nd, i believe that i know quite a bit about irds, prolly more then youd think,

[ftabox]

the SW44 is a real dish switch for legacy lnbs and can feed up to 4 satellite tuners

yes i know what a sw44 is :)
it has 8 lnb ports in, 2 for each orbital location,
you must have dual output lnbs to use it,
the one port, sends constant 13v to force holding of LH polarity,.
while the other port to that orbital sends 18v to hold RH polarity
repeat this 3 more times for each location,
then yo have 4 outs for irds, all using legacy switching cmds, over a 22khz tone pulse,
now wen the ird requests a sat and transponder of one polarity o the other, the switch then has to decide witch port to hit,
since it knows what each port holds, it now can map were what it needs is at,

[dishuser]

yah, ok,
first, i misread the post, i thought it said 33,
and thers no sw33, from dish, theres junk DiSEqC switches like sw33,
that the ird will not use,

never said it wouldnt use legacy lnb, i said there junk,

2nd, i believe that i know quite a bit about irds, prolly more then youd think,
you sure did
you said it wouldn't use it

[dishuser]

yes i know what a sw44 is :)
it has 8 lnb ports in, 2 for each orbital location,
you must have dual output lnbs to use it,
the one port, sends constant 13v to force holding of LH polarity,.
while the other port to that orbital sends 18v to hold RH polarity
repeat this 3 more times for each location,
then yo have 4 outs for irds, all using legacy switching cmds, over a 22khz tone pulse,
now wen the ird requests a sat and transponder of one polarity o the other, the switch then has to decide witch port to hit,
since it knows what each port holds, it now can map were what it needs is at,
no it doesn't have 8 ports in
man quit now before you look really foolish
I can take a pic of the dozens I have sitting here to prove you wrong
it's 2 in to 4 out
which means 2 sats to 4 ird's

[paoul]

no it doesn't have 8 ports in
man quit now before you look really foolish
I can take a pic of the dozens I have sitting here to prove you wrong
it's 2 in to 4 out
which means 2 sats to 4 ird's

that's correct want a few more for your pile?

[dishuser]

that's correct want a few more for your pile?

nah
I've started collecting dpp's recently...lol