Recent content by MLHendrick

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    Help a Newbie: 502 switch error, etc

    PapaLittle & Skibum - Thanks for help so far. Skibum, I do indeed have two incoming satellite cables for each receiver -- and of the type/weight/speed you specify. Interestingly, I also have hanging nearby--on the basement wall--two pieces of hardware that are supposedly from the first/botched...
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    Help a Newbie: 502 switch error, etc

    Set up looks like this (99 percent sure); the dish is on the side sloping roof and I can barely, at the angle, make out the writing on the disk. http://www.montanasatellite.com/images/dish_network/SuperDish_148.jpg And here's what the TV screen says about Dish500...
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    Help a Newbie: 502 switch error, etc

    BIGGEST PROBLEM: Getting stuck in two different troubleshooting screens... (1) The "502" error message, even after hard/soft booting ("okay" or "enter" or whatever is only option/response -- which keeps dumping us into this second screen: (2) "Installation Summary" and "test switch" screens...