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re: Tailgate question. DirecTV setup?
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:33 pm to buford4LSU
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:33 pm to buford4LSU
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Just ordered an extra SWM power cord and B-band converter.
you won't need both, you need to find out if your dish is swm or old-style
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Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:47 pm to ForeLSU
It is SWM dish. oh well b-band thing was only $4.
Posted on 8/7/12 at 8:53 pm to evil cockroach
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here is what we use, the "Sat Go"
do you tailgate around the batting cages?.....
Posted on 8/7/12 at 9:02 pm to Spankum
i work in satellite industry and sell both DTV and Dish.
The hottest product on the market is the Tailgater by Dish. We cant keep them in stock. Its a plastic shell that weights 10 lbs and it has a mini dish inside that all you have to do is hook it up to an HD reciever and it autotunes itself.
setup takes 5 minutes and it doesnt even have a power source, powered by the HD reciever. Thing is bad arse.
we took one out to the Nascar races in Ft Worth back in April and sold about 12 once people came over and played with it.
Dish Tailgater
The hottest product on the market is the Tailgater by Dish. We cant keep them in stock. Its a plastic shell that weights 10 lbs and it has a mini dish inside that all you have to do is hook it up to an HD reciever and it autotunes itself.
setup takes 5 minutes and it doesnt even have a power source, powered by the HD reciever. Thing is bad arse.
we took one out to the Nascar races in Ft Worth back in April and sold about 12 once people came over and played with it.
Dish Tailgater
Posted on 8/7/12 at 10:54 pm to Spankum
quote:lot A right next to Cathy Miles
do you tailgate around the batting cages?.....
Posted on 8/7/12 at 10:57 pm to dallastiger55
That Tailgater looks neat, wish DirecTV would do that. SWM dishes are really hard to setup and get a good signal. Easiest thing would be to get a Slimline 5 LNB rush off of eBay IMO.
Posted on 8/8/12 at 12:04 am to ruger35
i saw a guy last year that had a portable unit by direct tv that was in some kind of briefcase,it was pretty cool,he said he had it for a couple of years so its not new like that dish set up.
Posted on 8/8/12 at 7:03 am to tigerswin03
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i saw a guy last year that had a portable unit by direct tv that was in some kind of briefcase,it was pretty cool,he said he had it for a couple of years so its not new like that dish set up.
yes its been out and is a far inferior product when you actually see both in person.
DirecTvs unit retails for $599, Dish's is $350. DirecTvs is a 17 inch TV screen, with Dish's you connect to any size HDTV. Good luck with a group of tailgaters in your tent all huddled around a 17 inch screen.
Trust me i sell both and Dishs is hands down better. DTV doesnt even push theirs anymore
Posted on 8/8/12 at 7:27 am to dallastiger55
The 17 inch screen has a "video out" port. We connect it up to a 35" LCD. No huddling 
Posted on 8/8/12 at 8:05 am to evil cockroach
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The 17 inch screen has a "video out" port. We connect it up to a 35" LCD. No huddling
This. Sorry but those little bitty tailgating units looked nice, but sorry, I will stay with my 32". Again, SWM systems are very hard to set up. I am so glad I have a Slimline 5LNB(4 connections from LNB). Hook up my HD box to 1 of the lines and bingo, ready for football!
Posted on 9/5/12 at 6:28 pm to buford4LSU
Can anybody who uses the older Multi-satellite(see pic) to tailgate tell me what they have the elevation and tilt set at? We had no issues with the dish until the last game of last season. I thought it might be the dish/switch since it was old and beat up, so I swapped it out with an identical dish. I'm using a receiver that I know works, but I can't get it above a 0% signal on the receiver's meter. I ordered a cheap signal meter that should be here before saturday, but it's pissing me off not being able to get it to work. 
ETA: Never mind, I swapped the coax around on the multiswitch and it's seems to be getting a signal now. Just have to fine tune it.
ETA: Never mind, I swapped the coax around on the multiswitch and it's seems to be getting a signal now. Just have to fine tune it.
This post was edited on 9/5/12 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 9/6/12 at 6:39 pm to STBTigerr
What satellite and transponder do you use?
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