45STV Gen 1 or 2

[Chris - Raymarine - Moderator]

Hello ocgrant,

Up until recently your Gen 1 system could only receive sd programming from DirecTV. Your antenna is a KU band antenna which will only track DirecTVs satellite DTV101. DirecTV has decommissioned some of its satellites along with its sd service. To accomplish this it has moved programming to DTV101 and removed some programming. We do have a part # for the receiver (H24) that can be ordered through Raymarine dealers that will give you DirecTV programming. The part # is A42218.

As this is currently a running change I can say you can get programming through DTV, some channels may be HD. I do not have a channel list from them and would recommend contacting their support for an exact channel list.

A DirecTV H24 reciever retails for around $199 US.

A new 45 STV system with MIM box will be around $4729 US not including the required Dish network receivers.

Gen 2 boxes will not work with the Gen 1 antennas. The Gen 1 is limited to DirecTV only. To get Dish service the entire satellite TV system will need to be replaced.

Chris,