Dreamlink HD and Dish 1000.2 Questions

[geronimo69]

Hello Everyone :D

I've been doing a lot of research on FTA, and I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer for me.

I'm looking to pick up birds 110, 119, and 129. I found this dish, 1000.2 with the LNB
http://www.amazon.com/Dish-Network-1000-2-Satellites-Definition/dp/B000Q3WFFO

It looks like that should work from what I have been reading. I will need to get a DPP44 to power the LNB, so that the receiver doesn't fall prey to a shortened life.

I was also looking at the Dreamlink HD V4. This seems to be a good fit, but I have been seeing things about Turbo HD boards and such, and I was thinking...does the Dreamlink HD not do HD out of the box? I'm not understanding why you need a Turbo HD board, but then I also read that V4 comes with the Turbo HD board.

Can anyone enlighten me on these details?

Thanks!

Jack

P.S Great site for knowledge, have learned a lot!

[torpainter]

Please do not use live links when posting Thanks
You can use a power inserter to help power the receiver or if you have a sub box hook it up and leave it on
The dreamlink does not come with a turbo hd board unless the seller installs it for you

[pollywog1]

I'm using an old BEV sub box to power the dish and have never had problems.

[aidejr]

The receiver will power that lnb by it's self so you don't have to use a power inserterter, but does not hurt. I know of a guy that is using a 1000.2 and no extra power other then whats the HD puts out, he has no problems since they release the first HD.

[geronimo69]

Awesome! Thanks for the responses guys.

Also found out about leesatt. So, I should be good to go :)

Thanks for the replies!

[ftanewbie]

Hello Everyone :D

I've been doing a lot of research on FTA, and I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer for me.

I'm looking to pick up birds 110, 119, and 129. I found this dish, 1000.2 with the LNB
http://www.amazon.com/Dish-Network-1000-2-Satellites-Definition/dp/B000Q3WFFO

It looks like that should work from what I have been reading. I will need to get a DPP44 to power the LNB, so that the receiver doesn't fall prey to a shortened life.

I was also looking at the Dreamlink HD V4. This seems to be a good fit, but I have been seeing things about Turbo HD boards and such, and I was thinking...does the Dreamlink HD not do HD out of the box? I'm not understanding why you need a Turbo HD board, but then I also read that V4 comes with the Turbo HD board.

Can anyone enlighten me on these details?

Thanks!

Jack

P.S Great site for knowledge, have learned a lot!



well if u buy it from e-bay like i did most of the so call V4 come with the turbo module install....save u a lot of time.....go and check it out.

[Terryl]

The receiver will power that lnb by it's self so you don't have to use a power inserterter, but does not hurt. I know of a guy that is using a 1000.2 and no extra power other then whats the HD puts out, he has no problems since they release the first HD.


Sorry to disagree........The spec's for the LNB power on the Dreamlink HD receiver is 500 mA MAX...........The Dish 1000 LNB takes approximately 650 mA to run correctly, some may take a little less, some may take a bit more, if your friends unit is working then he got lucky.

Not everyone will be as lucky, running a device that takes more DC current then the specified current output will over time cause damage to the units power supply, I have bench tested 20 of the Dish 1000 LNB's and came up with an average DC current draw of 670 mA under a full load receiveing 3 satellites, it goes up a bit more when a second or third receiver is attached, it goes up even more if a second LNB is attached to the LNB input on the D1000 LNB.

So please do not tell everyone that this receiver will run the D1000 LNB without problems, not everyone has the exact same setup, length of coax or type of coax, all installations are different.

And I would tell your friend to keep an eye on the receivers power supply, over time it may fail due to bulging caps caused by an overload.