DTV beeps are back! UPDATE: No update YES

[2oldman]

Today when aiming my dish I got some very fast loud beeping from the older HD receiver when I got the signal! Wow.. anybody else get that?

[Belgique]

2oldman wrote:
I don't think a whole lot of people set up Slimline dishes anymore.

I do when my Trav'ler is in trees. Used the beeps last week.

[2oldman]

I don't think a whole lot of people set up Slimline dishes anymore.

I wrote to an RV online magazine, and he had no clue what I was talking about. Also tv4rv wasn't sure what I meant.

Very strange.

[2oldman]

Still there! Woo hoo

[2oldman]

buc1980 wrote:
I got it too today when I set the dish.

Great! This is really good news- saves me (and the rest of us) a whole lotta trouble messing around with gadgets.

I chatted with them and passed along my sincerest compliments. Way to go DTV!

[buc1980]

I got it too today when I set the dish.

[2oldman]

It's official: beeps are back. Still getting them today.

[2oldman]

Had to reset my dish a couple times.. and still have beeps! This is pretty cool.

[2oldman]

Beeped again yesterday. Very strange.

[filrupmark]

Darn !!!!!!!!!

[2oldman]

Well, set up dish yesterday and all is quiet. Guess it was a fluke.

[2oldman]

Sandia Man wrote:
Did this feature all of a sudden materialize or is this another receiver? Either way it sure makes setting up the sat antenna that much easier. Tried portable signal meter, waste of time IMO, nothing trumps receiver's signal meter.

Yes, it just appeared today - and I've been doing this for years.

It would be nice to dispense with my Swift Hitch camera technique of viewing the screen from outside, but it sure has worked well. And you're right, nothing beats that signal meter (the horizontal bars, not the individual xponder screen).

Yay! I hope it stays.

[Sandia_Man]

It's been almost 3 years since we switched to Dish as we routinely switch services every few years, the Directv HD receiver we had then had the beeping tone although I can't remember the model number off hand.

I have heard that Directv did not have this feature on some receivers, thankfully the Dish VIP receivers have this feature as it is the only thing I use besides a basic compass to point our HD sat antenna while RVing.

Did this feature all of a sudden materialize or is this another receiver? Either way it sure makes setting up the sat antenna that much easier. Tried portable signal meter, waste of time IMO, nothing trumps receiver's signal meter.