King KOP4800 One Pro Premium Satellite TV Antenna - Works with Dish, DIRECTV, or Bell (Canada), Western Arc Satellites, Clear (Smoke)

I was running a SWM dish on Direct tv. I wanted to upgrade to a SWM dish for the top of the RV. This option was 1600 dollars that I did not want to spend. After a lot of research i ordered this. I was a little worried about the conversion from the SWM, but I just eliminated the SWM power supply and followed the Direct TV dish setup screen and I was good to go. I mounted this on top of my motorhome. Get to your new location and push the button and start your receiver...viola TV and did not have to even go outside other than to plug in the RV to electricity. I am really impressed and for 400-500 dollar range it works great. I save a thousand bucks, but no HD programming... oh well that's part of roughing it. This is the one to get if you want an easy conversion.

We had been using a manual set up when we RV'd and had been wanting to get an antenna that could locate the satellite for DIRECTV. The first time we tried using it, it located the satellite but it wouldn't bring in the local channels. So we took it home and set it up there, and it worked. Again, we tried it and all we could get was the guide for watching. We started trouble shooting and discovered the problem was not with the antenna but a loose connection in the RV. Then we had a great picture with all channels. We took it back on our last camping trip, and we were watching tv within 10 minutes of set up. For us, it worked as advertised and locates the satellite every time. We were taking the back up antenna with us but now we know this works great. We have only used it on local trips so it will be interesting to see how it works when we leave the current satellite area. I would recommend that the stand and case be bought at the same time as it is cheaper. Plus, we are looking at buying an alarm for it if we ever camp in an unsecure area. Great product for the price.

It came well packed in factory packaging. The unit was lighter than I expected and it should be handled and packed carefully, that said, I just followed the quick start instructions, set it on the ground with a clear view of the southern sky and in about 8 minutes it had a good signal. You do have to have the correct Direct TV receiver. If in doubt, give them a call. That's what I did and I found them very helpful. Also you can not get HD TV with this dish. Since it is designed to sit on just about anything and can be permanently mounted on the roof of your RV I know it is weather proof, but if you set it on the ground I don't think it would survive rising water. (more than 3 inches.) For that reason I wish they offered a short tripod as an option. Overall a good experience if your tired of manually aiming a manual dish. Update: 11/02/2015. Still working well. No problems.

I bought this to replace the dish that I had to struggle to set up each time when I took out the RV. Thought it would be so much easier. Received it and tested it. The test was a quick on and seemed to work ok. Since it was for the RV it sat there until our next trip. Sadly this trip is 2 days past the return window for Amazon and it doesn't work. It finds satellites, just usually not the right one. When it does find 101 it doesnt communicate with my D12 reciever. The strenght of the signal never gets above 74%. The reciever keeps searching for a satellite signal but doesn't ever find it. It worked somewhat one night, but would only get about 1/4 of the channels I should get. I tried customer service. All I could ever get was a recording that said they were getting a lot of calls (I bet so if this is how their equpment is) and it would be anywhere from 24 to 72 hours for a return call. Still waiting. I am so disappointed with this. I have wasted a lot of money I could have well used elsewhere. I am going back to my old metal dish and hope that some day I will be able to get some trouble shooting help and figure out what to do with this. It is not heavy enough to make a good anchor and it is a poor yard ornament. I would not waste your money on this. If things change I will update this review, but don't hold your breath the way things are going.

Great product. The instructions for setup leave out a key programming instruction. (Set receiver to single tuner) Took 2 days to talk with tech support. 5 minutes to fix issue.

AWESOME!! I was so tired of setting up my tripod dish and then putting everything away while camping. So I decided to get the King Quest to make my set ups a breeze. With this dish I receive all of my programming including my local channels. Set up is a breeze now. Just put the Portable dish outside with a view to the satellites, turn everything on and BAM! you will have TV within a few minutes. Granted I have lost HD programming, but while in my RV I can live with it. It is not the manufactures of these dishes fault for the loss of HD, but it it the way DirecTV delivers their signal. If you must have HD with DirectTV you must purchase a Winegard Traveler which will cost more then a grand more then this dish and it will have to be permanently mounted on the roof of your RV. There are a lot of trees were I camp, and being limited to a permanently mounted dish was something I was not willing to do. You can use this model with dish network, but you will need to by the King UC1000 universal controller for less then a hundred dollars. I would like to explain something about local channels to help you understand why some people are getting them and some people are not. If you get on your google machine and search the internet, you will find listing of the local channels that are on the 101 satellite and the locals that are on the 119 Satellite. It appears that most of the larger markets are one the 101 while smaller markets are on 119. So it would be very important for you to check ahead of time to see what satellite your locals are on. If you locals are on the 101 satellite, there is nothing you have to buy, if they are on the 119, you will need to buy the King UC1000 universal controller to get your locals. The UC1000 allows the dish to use both the 101 and 119 satellites. I hope this helps you understand the local programming and maybe you will not have to spend the hours of research I did before I bought the King Quest. In addition to the locals of larger markets, the 101 satellite provides channels 100 thru 400 and 500 thru 800. This includes the premium movie channels such as HBO and Showtime. The 119 has the locals from smaller markets and channels in the 400's and some others. So if your like me, you will have no need for any of the channels in the 400's. So basically since my locals are on the 101 satellite, I have absolutely no need to have the ability to get the 119 satellite. If you want to change you provider to Dish Network, you will need to get the UC1000. However, if you do go with Dish, you will also get all of their HD programming! One of the main reason I chose the the King Quest is I now have the flexibility to change from DirecTV to the Dish Network if I ever choose to change my satellite providers. I couldn't be more pleased with my purchase!

This was very easy to set up once I got the RV configured correctly. I wanted to hook the cable from the antenna through the cable connection on the outside of the RV so it was not going through a window. Once I got that figured out, everything worked great. Before I did the modification to the RV, I did run the cable from the antenna through the door to make sure everything worked. It doesn't take that long to lock on to the satellite. A friend told me just to set the antenna on top of the RV which is a great idea. I'm sure every RV configuration is different so you will have to figure that one out. I have no plans to permanently mount this antenna and like the portability. Very light and easy to handle.

After 20 years of living in our RV 6 months out of the year and tuning in my dish every time we move I decided to treat myself. Most of the time in less than 30 minutes (though there were times I'd spend hours) I could lock onto a signal, imagine my surprise when this thing found it in 4 minutes! It's been wonderful so far,especially when the wind knocked down our neighbors dish in a storm and all I did was press the button inside to search for a new signal and had signal back in minutes whereas I would have been swapping wires (to obtain the "beep" from an old receiver) and out in the rain trying to get tv back. A note for anyone wanting to do so, I have it set up with a swm and am running three receivers all utilizing dual tuners. The instructions show how to do this. You will need an 8 channel swm, a swm power inserter, and a splitter. Works awesome. If you're like me and have resisted spending the money, do yourself a favor and don't wait, just do it!