VuQube questions and answers..

I bought a Dish way back in 1999 as a gift for someone, but they did not want it. So I brought it out of storage, brand new, with the receiver and everything to the truck. Set it up when I had some time and called Dish TV. Long story short she said it wouldn't work, would I hold on while they tried to sell me some other crap.
My question is, why wouldn't it work? Just point it at the sky and have a live account it should work right?

 

it will work, they DO NOT want to know that you plan to use it like that/......dur. My dad uses a dish with his truck, no issues




American Trucker

 

The dish would work, but the receiver might be out of date with the current satellites. A lot has changed and been upgraded since 1999. The DirecTV receivers I had in 99 won't work today.

 

Hackers are why you can't activate that old system. I was in the electronics business back in the day, and a hacker could reprogram your card to get all of the channels for free. The dish companies fought back over the years, which is why most everything is leased now, not owned. I bet probably a quarter of the systems we sold were never legally activated in the late 90's.

 

OK that makes sense. I guess I will just wrap it up and save it for my son to take to the Antiques Roadshow in 48 more years lol.

 

VuQube 30..... stuck in tech heck. First I lost Sat 129 so no HD. About a month ago I lost Sat 119. All I could get was 110. I noticed I lost the SW64 when I ran the switch check. I called VuQube and they told me to call Dish. I called Dish and they told me to call VuQube. I am now stuck with waiting until I get back home to get to my tech since I have no idea if the VuQube is the problem or the receiver is the problem. Pain in the arse......

 

mine did something like that. I lost most all HD channels. It turned out to be the 211K box. I got back home and had the DISH peeps send some fixes and it finally started working. Not sure what fix did the trick but the girl from DISH was clearly reading some manual or following a set of instructions but it's all good now!

 

IMO the vuqube is a waste of money, there are always so many complaints about the 1000 series being hard to sight in, ill be honest with you, many people who add a dish to the catwalk on a pole they can raise up and down are killing themselves, I dont know how they tune it in, but here is my easiest solution. I work smart not hard.

I have a standard Directv receiver, and a tv in my truck, I use the old standard 18 in dish; that i put up everytime I stop; onto a 1 1/2 in PVC pipe, that is u-bolted to my passenger mirror. When I stop, i turn on the receiver and go to programming, enter the zip code to where i am located (most receipts or a Google search will give you info) and it will show me the elevation and azimuth. Set these. Then turn on the tuner program channel where it will beep. I then place my dish on the PVC pole, and rotate it around to the general SW skies and listen for the 85-100% beeps (faster beeps better signal) Then I am locked on, complete the programming, it downloads and I am watching TV. I can be up and going in 5 mins, and no headache, and after parts and labor i still have at least $350 bucks in my pocket because I didn't get a vucube.

The picture was from the old truck at the pumpkin, but you get the idea. Any questions feel free to message me.

 

Great info, thanks

Do you have Direct Tv at home and just use the extra receiver on the road ?
Any interference when trucks drive by ?

Thanks

 

Yes I have D* at home, and I use and extra receiver, it cost me about 5 bucks, I dont have anything special like HD or DVR, just good old tv. As far as interference, no no issues, and my dish is high enough on the pole, that i can usually get a line of sight no matter what direction i am parked.