How to Set Up Dish 500 on a Viewsat Ultra

You can use just about any satellite dish with a Viewsat Ultra receiver.

The Dish 500 is a satellite dish commonly used with the pay-to-use Dish Network. However, a satellite dish need not be used exclusively with its original provider, and it is possible to set up your dish with a Viewsat Ultra receiver. This Viewsat receiver is an FTA (free-to-air) receiver that obtains unscrambled signals, and does not require a monthly service fee. Because it is the receiver that adjusts the programming information, and the satellite dish just captures the television signal, you are able to use any satellite dish with a Viewsat Ultra receiver.

Things You'll Need

• Component video cables
• RCA audio cables

Instructions

1. Connect the coaxial cable running from the Dish 500 to the "In" port on the rear of the Viewsat Ultra satellite receiver.

2. Connect the component video cables into the "Component Out" ports on the Viewesat Ultra receiver. These connection ports are green, blue and red. Plug the opposite ends of the cables into the "Component In" ports on the television.

3. Plug the RCA audio cables into the "Audio Out" ports on the Viewsat Ultra receiver. These connection cables have red and white ends. Attach the free ends of these cables to the "Audio In" ports on the television.

4. Power on the Viewsat Ultra receiver and the connected TV. Choose the "Input" option on the TV, then select "Component Video." The satellite programming is now seen on the television screen.

References

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