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Review on πŸ“Ί Experience the Ultimate TV Entertainment: KING DTP4950 DISH Tailgater Pro Bundle – Unrivaled Portable/Roof Mountable Satellite TV Antenna and DISH Wally HD Receiver by David Dortch

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Dishes are good. If you can find out, install the software

. I bought my Dish Tailgater Pro in October 2019 and unfortunately couldn't use it so it sat in my cupboard until March 28th 2020. Setup consisted of calling and activating two Wally receivers I bought - $2 to $7 per month (pay as you go?) - on my home dish account. I wanted to know what they were doing before I went camping. I hooked up the first one to the TailgaterPro and my home TV and everything seemed fine with the setup BEFORE restarting and checking when it tried to re-download the software which then seemed to hang. 20 minutes later (it shouldn't take more than 20 minutes as I said) I hit the power button and it started up again and the same bad process started again (another 20 wasted minutes)! Then I turned the device off and on again and when it wanted me to enter its state I chose another option instead of scanning (sorry I can't remember the name of the button) and finally I was able to it kind of go to the Dish Diagnostics page and after playing around with the settings I chose a satellite that I believe was at 0 and made it a '1'. I then tuned it down to 129 and it produced a deep, constant, monotonous barrage. By doing this with both receivers, I was eventually able to manipulate the software's screens to make it work. In the end I was also able to download the (more waiting) channel guide in 2 days. My overall impression is: it's just me, but if you get into my situation, it wasn't great and I spent over three and a half hours activating the receiver and then trying to figure out how to get a picture. Luckily I understood enough to know what to do on my own. I believe the option to scan after reboot should have picked the satellite for my condition, but that's just not the case. With a bit of luck, logic, and common sense, I was able to get it working, but that contributed to my 2-star "Easy to Install" rating, and that's just for getting it to work. Revain did a great job with ordering and shipping, Dish actually did a great job with image quality, but the software's easy installation requires a lot of correction. I shouldn't have done what I did and I understand the frustration and complaints these people have about these reviews. I could have also called and asked for tech support but the person I spoke to about activating the receivers had a heavy foreign accent and I could barely understand him so I figured trying to get tech support would be a nightmare. Fortunately, after much frustration, I figured it out.

Pros
  • AUTO LOCK; This smart satellite dish automatically locks onto the signal, taking the guesswork out of setting up your RV satellite system. Simply point the rear satellite dish at the sky and follow the on-screen instructions; Please note that the package also includes a DISH satellite receiver
Cons
  • . Ugly packaging