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    King Tailgater for Dish question

    I bought a King Tailgater for Dish which included a Wally Receiver. It was a great deal, $286 from Walmart.com. But, I can't get it to work. I hook it up, go through the steps of selecting the state, letting it lock on to the Satellites, but it freezes up where it's suppose to download software. Supposably after all that happens, I'm to call Dish to Activate the service. But I can't get that far.

    I called the regular Dish Customer Service and they said I have to activate it first --- but that's not what the instructions say. Any suggestions out there? Thanks
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    First hook the antenna coax directly to Wally, with the Wally unplugged, make sure the antenna has a clear site of the southern sky. I use the DishforMyRV app to locate the satellites (great tool). Don't use the RV coax wiring, it is not up to Dish specs. It should lock on and download/activate. You may have to call Dish before its all done.
    I ran a quad shielded RG6 coax from my Wally... behind the TV/fireplace and drilled a hole in the floor of the slide in my 303, I installed a connection point (use 3 GHZ barrel connector & a Furrion inlet) in the aluminum skirt https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    Too bad we have to reengineer and install new equipment to make it work!

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    Thanks Chuck, I'll try that.


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    X2 on what Chuck said. The first time, or if you haven't used it in a few weeks, you may need to call dish to activate.

    Chuck, I just received the parts from the list you recently supplied for the new connection. I'll be doing it next week. I'm assuming you took care that the new connector under the slide didn't interfere with the slide glides?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve7 View Post
    X2 on what Chuck said. The first time, or if you haven't used it in a few weeks, you may need to call dish to activate.

    Chuck, I just received the parts from the list you recently supplied for the new connection. I'll be doing it next week. I'm assuming you took care that the new connector under the slide didn't interfere with the slide glides?
    Affirmative....it's one of those measure/look 4X then drill. I had plenty of clearance on my 303. I drilled through the floor behind the fireplace as far outboard as I could.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clsfly View Post
    Affirmative....it's one of those measure/look 4X then drill. I had plenty of clearance on my 303. I drilled through the floor behind the fireplace as far outboard as I could.
    That's what I figured. Thanks Chuck.
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    dish hookup

    I also had that problem, and I called dish and they said I had to activate my service before it would download any updates or programming.

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