Brand Name | KING |
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Item Weight | 8 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 17 x 18.75 x 13.5 inches |
Country of Origin | USA |
Item model number | VQ4550 |
Batteries | 4 AA batteries required. (included) |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Color Name | Gray |
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KING VQ4550 Tailgater Bundle - Portable Satellite TV Antenna and DISH Wally HD Receiver
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Brand | KING |
Color | Gray |
Connectivity Technology | Wi-Fi, USB |
Item Weight | 8 Pounds |
Total USB Ports | 2 |
About this item
- Portable satellite TV antenna for dish service with included Wally HD receiver. Ideal with DISH Pay As You Go HD programming
- Use as either portable antenna or roof mounted (mounting feet included)
- The Wally HD receiver has Wi-Fi capability (USB Wi-Fi adapter sold separately) that allows you to connect to a wireless network to enjoy streaming videos and other web apps
- Supports multiple TV viewing with the built-in dual coaxial outputs (programming must be on the same satellite); fully automatic satellite acquisition of Western Arc Satellites 110/119/129
- Powered through receiver with no separate remote or power source.Can be used as pay-as-you-go or added to home DISH service.Supports multiple TV viewing.Color may vary slightly from image.
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KING Tailgater Portable Satellite TV Antenna System for use with DISH
No-Hassle Satellite TV Anywhere
Enjoy live DISH HD TV wherever the fun takes you with the KING Tailgater Portable Satellite TV Antenna. Designed for sporting and outdoor enthusiasts, the KING Tailgater for DISH is ideal for watching the big game, news, weather or movies at tailgating parties, second homes, campsites, RV's and even backyards and garages. The automatic-aiming antenna is easy to set up and works right out of the box. Payment is simple, too. With no contracts and no extra fees, the pay-as-you-go plan from DISH only bills you for the months you use. When the season ends, simply cancel the satellite service at any time without penalty. Already have DISH at home? Just add the new Solo DISH HD receiver (required, sold separately) to your account for one bill. You'll never have to be without TV again. Call DISH to see if local channels are available in your area.
- Exclusive for DISH service--both SD and HD programming
- Use as either a carry-anywhere portable or as a roof mount--mounting feet included
- Supports multiple TV viewing
- Automatic satellite acquisition and switching
- Powered through receiver with no separate remote or power source
- Includes 50 feet of coax cable, 7' HDMI cable and DISH Wally Receiver with RF remote control
- Sign up for pay-as-you-go or add to your home DISH service
How It Works
Weighing just 8 pounds, the portable and lightweight KING Tailgater for DISH is easy to carry and easy to set up. Simply plug the Tailgater antenna into the DISH receiver with the included 50' coax cable and connect the satellite receiver to your TV with the included 7' HDMI cable.
The Tailgater will automatically locate DISH satellites and deliver live HD TV in just minutes. If you own an RV, the Tailgater can be mounted to most roofs without any additional brackets.
DISH Pay-As-You-Go Rate Plan
From the campsite to the stadium parking lot, you can watch HD TV wherever you go and only pay for the months you use with the DISH pay-as-you-go plan. Choose from several packages, and stop service any time without penalties, commitments, contracts or credit checks required. Just call DISH to restart your account.
Already have DISH at home? Enjoy the same English or DISH LATINO programming package you enjoy at home when you're on the go. Simply add your Solo HD receiver to your existing account. (Some restrictions may apply. Also, some channels may not be available, depending on your physical location.)
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PortableAt only 8 pounds, the small, light and sleek form factor includes a built-in handle to make it easy to carry. Simply place Tailgater on any flat surface (ground, picnic table, truck bed) with a clear, unobstructed view of the southern sky for best reception. |
ReceiverThe KING Tailgater Bundle includes the DISH Wally HD Receiver, with HDMI (HD) video output, RCA composite (SD) video output, and an RF remote control. An optional Wi-Fi USB adapter allows you to connect to a wireless network to enjoy streaming videos and other web apps. |
Dual OutputThe KING Tailgater supports up to 2 receivers with the built-in dual coaxial outputs. (Programming must be on the same satellite.) |
MountingOptionally, you can permanently mount the KING Tailgater on the roof of an RV or other vehicle without any additional brackets. For over-the-road trucks, you may want to consider the KING MB160 mounting bracket (sold separately). |
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Antenna Works With | DIRECTV | DISH | DISH | DIRECTV, DISH, Bell | DISH | DISH |
Antenna Works in 48 States | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Nationwide coverage, western and eastern satellites | - | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - |
Included Satellite Receiver | - | - | - | - | Wally | Wally |
Included Remote Control | - | - | - | - | RF | RF |
HD or SD Capable | SD Only | HD and SD | HD and SD | SD & HD (DISH & Bell), SD Only (DIRECTV) | HD and SD | HD and SD |
Number of Receiver Outputs (for Multiple TV Viewing) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Portable Carry Handle | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Permanent Roof Mountable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Stationary Use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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ASIN | B01KJXJQC0 |
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Customer Reviews |
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Best Sellers Rank | #1,279 in TV Antennas |
Date First Available | August 16, 2016 |
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Enjoy live dish HD TV wherever the fun takes you with the KING Tailgater portable satellite TV antenna and DISH Wally HD satellite receiver. Designed for sporting and outdoor enthusiasts, the Tailgater for dish is ideal for watching the big game in parking lots, campsites and more. The included Wally HD receiver can be used with a Wi-Fi USB Adapter(not included) that allows you to connect to a wireless network to enjoy streaming video and web apps. The automatic-aiming antenna is easy to set up and works right out of the box. Payment is simple, too. With no contracts and no extra fees, the DISH Pay As You Go HD programming plan only bills you for the months you use. When the season ends, simply cancel the satellite service at any time without penalty. Already have dish at home? Just add the included Wally receiver to your account for one bill. You'll never have to be without TV again. Call DISH to see if local channels are available in your area.
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Customers like the performance, picture quality, and ease of installation of the antenna. They mention that it works well if you have clear skies, and receives reliable reception. Some are happy with the value, and portability. That said, some customers dislike channel options. Opinions are mixed on antenna, and quality.
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Customers like the performance of the antenna. They say it works well if you have clear skies, has few issues, and reliable reception. Some customers also like the new cover.
"I've had this for at least 4 yrs. Beat up, banged cracked dome. Works like brand new!" Read more
"works great, set up easy....had DISH walk me through the final set up... I use it with my motorhome... I have Dish at home and only cost me an..." Read more
"Works much better than my older dish and quiet! which is important when placed on the roof of my motorhome." Read more
"Product is great doing its job" Read more
Customers find the installation process of the antenna to be easy. They mention that the setup is surprising, and it creates a more enjoyable setup to watch their favorite channels. The antenna is light and easy to handle, and can be acquired in about ten minutes.
"Easy to set up and use. Has step by step instructions." Read more
"Easy to use great addition to my camping gear" Read more
"works great, set up easy....had DISH walk me through the final set up... I use it with my motorhome... I have Dish at home and only cost me an..." Read more
"Sets up easy" Read more
Customers like the picture quality of the antenna. They say it has great reception and picture, with local channels coming in perfectly in HD. Customers also mention that the clear dome makes it lots better to see when and where they need it.
"...did great with the order and delivery, Dish actually did great with the picture quality, but the ease of install software needs alot of fixing...." Read more
"...I'm getting mostly HD channels with clear picture with those settings...." Read more
"...(no immediate trees blocking the satellite) and picture quality excellent with 1080i definition...." Read more
"...I was up and running with all channels, including locals, coming in perfectly in HD -- no choppiness, no drops, no defaulting to SD...." Read more
Customers like the value of the antenna. They mention that it's a great alternative to expensive TV in their home with the affordable pay as you go option. They also appreciate that it is worth their time and money if they are looking for TV on the go.
"...a rv dealer take your money this is so easy to set up well worth your time and money if your looking for tv on the road very happy with this one" Read more
"...Next trip I will call the day ahead of leaving. Well worth the money!" Read more
"...Had DirecTV at home but Dish is way better for RVers and less expensive." Read more
"Price was a little steep, but it works well and easy to set up" Read more
Customers like the portability of the antenna. They say it's durable, lightweight, and easy to install. It's perfect for travels and RVs, and it can be moved and set up easily.
"The King Tailgater is a very good product and easily portable. Exactly as advertised...." Read more
"For DISH Outdoors this Is outstanding choice.Very light and easy to position and place." Read more
"Light and easy to handle. Acquisition accomplished in about ten minutes...." Read more
"...was a breeze to set up and has worked flawlessly This unit is easy to move around and can be mounted on the roof either permanently or using a quick..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the antenna. Some say it's easy to install and has great reception, while others say that it'd be hard to get signal in and it lost its signal after a few days.
"...Picture quality is good though. Have trouble getting all 3 satellites...usually only one...." Read more
"...Love the month to month service option.The reception works well (no immediate trees blocking the satellite) and picture quality..." Read more
"There was some confusion about acquiring a signal by Dish from either the Wally or the King Tailgater Pro 4900...." Read more
"Likes- ease of use with 1 Wally, very few issues and reliable reception...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the antenna. Some mention that it's a great piece of equipment, while others say that the first unit was defective and a complete waste of money.
"...The Playmaker was useless because the bundled Wally was defective. I returned the first one and the second one was defective also...." Read more
"...I also bought King's custom made padded carry bag. Very well made." Read more
"The Satellite dish itself is great. The Wally receiver received was defective...." Read more
"Fantastic unit. So easy to set up" Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the channel options of the antenna. They mention that it constantly loses satellites, can't get local home base channels, and has very limited reception. Some channels break up and the auxiliary output does not allow the second receiver to receive all channels. For DISH, it's worthless for using 2 receivers for 2 TV's, and the dual output doesn't work.
"...The secondary tv then goes 'blank' and says that it can not find the channel...." Read more
"...Never have not received the nationwide channels well." Read more
"...You can only watch channels on the Satellite that the main tuner is set on and when the main tuner switches satellites you usually loose the..." Read more
"...the Winegard locked onto the 3 satellites and I was up and running with all channels, including locals, coming in perfectly in HD -- no choppiness..." Read more
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Wally boot-up time from plugging power cord in--about 1 1/2 minutes
Dish aim and receive satellites--about 1 minute
Wally Acquire signal--about 3 minutes
Wally receive guide--about 2 minutes.
Note the only additional time over rebooting using a fixed pre-aimed dish 1002 is the 1 minute aiming time.
From the description, I thought anytime I selected a channel on a different satellite, the unit would need to do the whole reboot sequence. But the dish just slews to the next satellite in about 5 seconds. Nearly as fast as having the 3 head dish.
I did notice that the local channels that s/b in HD were only SD. I investigated this and found the unit was locked onto the stronger spot beam transponder that was the SD version. On my home fixed antenna the stronger SD transponder had a signal strength about 70, nearly 4 times what the HD transponder had with the mobile dish. With the mobile dish, the signal on the stronger transponder was only about half the weaker one on the fixed antenna and the weaker transponder was not to be found. So looks like some performance is lost with the smaller size dish. Note: all the HD channels I get on 129 & 119 were in HD. Only 110 had the problem with SD instead of HD. Since these channels were on spot beams, instead of continental wide beams, I suspect I'm on the edge of the spot beam.
But only a minute to aim and find the satellite. Compared to my setting up the tripod 3 head version; I don't think I could even get the tripod out of its compartment on the motorhome in a minute. Not alone plumb, look up & set in the elevation, skew and azimuth and connect my signal meter and coax to the motorhome.
But I still have the 3 head version for the times when the motorhome is parked with a tree blocking the signal.
I did determine what channels I receive are on each of the three satellites. Made a list of these for the occasional times when my wife wants to watch something on one satellite and I can see what channels the second receiver can get for my viewing on the same satellite.
The AUX outlet for a second Wally is a bit more complex and the instructions that come with the antenna only lead to the confusion. I wrote the following procedure after puxing with the thing for a day. Hope this helps others:
Procedure to Acquire Satellites on Wally#2 with King VQ4500 Tailgater Mobile antenna
First need to connect and achieve satellite lock on with Wally#1 (on MAIN output of the VQ4500) before doing anything on Wally#2 (on AUX output of the VQ4500). I'm using 129, since it has most all my channels (29) and I only loose 5 channels on 100 & another 5 on 119.
Once Wally#1 is locked onto satellite 129. i.e. Fox News 205, TCM 132.
boot up Wally#2. Note: Wally does not need to be physically unplugged—you can press & hold the POWER switch on the Wally until the green LED (next to the POWER switch) blinks OFF and turns back ON.
There are four “starting up screens, the last one says at the bottom right screen corner 9999.
Next the Acquiring Signal #535 comes up. This is the only point where you can take over the boot-up process. Press HOME> Settings> Diagnostics> Dish>Test Installation. Note pressing the number next to the label on the screen will jump directly to that label . Test Installation #58 determines if the switch is a DPP 1K.2 (triple head 1002), a mobile antenna such as the VQ4500, or if there is no switch at all and Wally#2 must use what it finds from the satellite aimed at by Wally#1.
If the previous switch configuration was DPP 1K.2, the Switch NONE must be saved. There are two Warning screens #836 & #963 that allow you to opt out of this process, since it changes all the existing channel info. But we do want to select SAVE on both screens to force the Wally#2 to use what it finds from Wally#1.
Wally#2 will now return to the Acquiring Signal #535 screen, followed by Guide Download #330. When Guide Download is finished, Press BACK until live TV appears. Pressing GUIDE will show the channels that Wally#2 can receive from the satellite Wally #1 is pointing to.
Once hooked back up to a 1002 fixed dish 3 head antenna this test switch procedure will need to be repeated in order to show all the channels on the three satellites.
When in doubt -- because something didn’t work right—repeat the power switch reset, Wait for the 4 Starting Up screens and when Acquiring Signal appears; force the Wally to do the Test Installation for switch selection. (Press HOME> Settings> Diagnostics> Dish>Test Installation.)
The issue with the Wally receiver is that downloading the receiver software would not work when it was hooked up to the King Tailgater. No progress could be made and the receiver would just sit in the "downloading software" screen with the green square boxes flashing in sequence as if it was progressing. I initially let it download all night long to no success. It was very frustrating. However, after searching support message boards and contacting a local satellite dealer I was able to formulate a successful path to getting the Wally receiver configured. Here is the outline of what I did:
1. Connect the Wally receiver to your home satellite installation on your MAIN receiver. Mine was Hopper 3 installation.
2. Startup the Wally receiver and it should download the first software installation with ease.
3. Once you go through almost all of the setup steps inside your home, it will come to the last software installation screen. My Wally couldn't finish this last download inside the home. I let it run all night to no success as it just sat there and flashed the green square boxes as if it were making progress.
4. Even though the Wally isn't fully configured yet, take it back outside to your RV and plug the King Tailgater directly into the Wally receiver (I ran the cable from King Tailgater through my open door directly into the back of the Wally). Don't use any intermediary cables, just the one directly attached to King Tailgater.
5. Start up the Wally receiver and it should successfully download the last stage of software over the King Tailgater satellite dish!
I spent the better part of 4 days figuring this out. I almost shipped it back and asked for a refund, but I decided to try this method as my last resort and it worked! I hope this post helps save someone a lot of frustration that I endured. Other than the trouble with the receiver setup this product is great.
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Being situated in a remote area I couldn't get any signal strength until i purchased a booster. I had written your company asking why it wouldn't sync any i would be told this address wasn't for email. Why then would you send me a unit that wasn't meant to be used in Canada?
I wrote King and they responded quickly and told me within seconds that unit wasn't meant for shipping to Canada.
Now is see that July 4th was the deadline for a return. Is there room for return and resend a system made for use in Canada?