45STV Gen 1 or 2

[Chris - Raymarine - Moderator]

Hello ocgrant,

The Gen 1 was our first Satellite TV system on the market. You can tell a Gen 1 by its ACU. The ACU is gray with a black front and three buttons. The Gen 2 has a all black ACU with 5 buttons on the front. For the US market the Gen 1 is Direct TV service only. The Gen 2 had the added compatiblity for the Dish MIM which alowed you to also have Dish network as a second option.

The other way to tell the difference is the part #. There were two versions of the Gen 1 The E93002 and the E93013.
The gen 2 part number has a -2 at the end (E93013-2).

To sum this up Gen 1 is Direct TV only. Gen 2 is Direct TV or Dish with the optional MIM box (A42195).

Chris,