Plus Dish

The Dish Network User's Resource

The Plus Dish is designed to pick up the 110°, 118.75° and 119° orbital slots with an option to add 129°.

Dish 500+:	110°, 118.75°, 119°
Dish 1000+:	110°, 118.75°, 119° and 129°

Information

Special dual-band LNB for 119°/118.75°
The 500+ also gets 110°; the 1000+ adds another LNB to bring in 129°.
Measures 30.9"W x 23.8"H
Requires an external switch
Plus Dish 500+ on the TechPortal
Pointing Angles(PDF)
Channels available at 118.75°

Limitations

The following Legacy receivers will not have 118.75° software support: Models 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, JVC-DVHS and DISHPlayer 7100/7200.

Photos

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More shots like the above

L: Dish 1000+ LNBs as viewed from the dish. R: 2 outputs of the dual band 118.75°/119° Plus LNB, viewed from below

The Plus LNB assembly should be held by the center, not by the outer LNBs or brackets.

1000+ closeup (DBSTalk)
Plus Dish next to Dish 500 (JamesLong.name)

Integrated LNB/switch

This is a prototype integrated LNB for the Dish 500+/1000+, similar to the Dish 1000.2/1000.4, shown at Team Summit 2009. The DishPro Plus head has the dual-band LNB for 118.75°/119°, a 110° LNB, a DPP switch with outputs for 3 dual-tuner receivers, and an LNB input. The 129° slot is still from a separate DP Dual or Single.

The integrated head became available in February 2011.

DPP500+ integrated LNB/switch

DPP500+ information card

Alternatives

Mad Scientist strikes again! Poor Man's DISH500+/1000+ (SatelliteGuys.US)
Dish has a SuperDISH Repoint Kit to get 118.75° (SatelliteGuys.US)

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