Recent content by mikethedishguy

should be under the protection plan, I have been able to fix the arm by using salf taping metal screws and drilling them through the the spots where the welds were.

301 is done wont take activation, if you have 1.2 or 1.4ea will not work at all. should have arranged a dish mover tech will check out if the system is ok.

with the churn these days there are a lot of LNB's arround, if dish has 50+% returned then that will amount to a large amount of money but it is not worth removing them because a tech going out will cost 3 times as much as the part. So they want as many back as they can but if it involves work...

The 1.4 dish will allow snow to acumulate, the old d500 wont. I Know that there are several bibs for the dish which are designed to protect the dish from snow. Over the years I have seen 1 or 2 in use and they do work.

Best way to get it pole mounted is to buy the pole (arround $13 Home depot) and a bag of cement ( $6) Then try to dig a hole if you cant dont expect the tech to. Give the pole and cement to the tech and show him where you would like to place it if it works great if not take his suggestions. If...

I think the factor will be how long until Dish screws Sprint and the trial goies south Aka tvo, cable vision, retailers, and the other companys Dish has tried to have agremennts with.

Check signal from 119 tp 21 should be 75+(in my part of the states I look for 80+) if so could be the LNB, if not that high allignment is most likly the issue.

swap leads to rec, no change reciever, if it changes connect or LNB

Problem is the box(maybe but 322 is reliable), separator (not likly but easey to check), Conector is not good but good enough to transmit lower frequency. Run ck switch (6-1-1 ck switch, test) both should be 1 of 3 and result in 2 green matrix if not swap 2 inputs from seperator run ck switch...

The auto hopper is going to create a problem, it the advertiser cannot get there ads to be seen this removes the motovation for them to advertise on tv, and the money that goies with it. which in turn removes the motovation for the networks to nagotiate with dish for anything. Most people...

You can bet on that. Remember tevo, voom, retailers, just to mention a few, Remember TV is a not a utility the comercials you watch pay for your programs no comercials the cost of TV will go through the roof. Though I do not know what the other devices were considered I have not found the H/J...

I would suggest that this be moved to Installer zone, actually I havent seen a pay decress in three years but gas has gone up and up so I guess that is just the same.

None of the settings for the new dish's are on the menu, you will need to look them up. the 1000.4 can be tricky to install I recomend have some with experence coe out and point this dish. Add call dish back, and play CSR roulett and I would bet you could get it done for free. Also contact...

you will find many thread about grounding in this sight, yes this should be grounded and that grounding in this case appears simple.run a ground line from the dish to the electric box. As for my self, I will not move a working dish, it doesnt make sense, I will not remove bolts from a roof...

Most installers do not expect a tip I sure don't, but it is nice. If you make the choice to tip or not, think about this though your bill has gone up over the last year, the pay scales for the installers has remained stagnenet and in most cases they are required to do more work for the same...