Recent content by Sauk Valley Sat

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    Is Using a Community Dish Okay?

    Ask some of your neighbors! They might not be up to speed on all of your options but that is where you'll get the best read on reliability, service, etc.
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    DVR HR21-Is there a way to configure video output?

    You could try using component cables if the recorder has the inputs. That way you would be letting the recorder do the down converting rather than the sat receiver. Just a thought.
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    Dish-landlord-legal questions

    Your best option would be to point out the obvious in that the house is all set for the next tenant to get dishnetwork without all the trouble she went through the first time. Plus it sounds like she was happy with the original install, she might not be the next time.
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    If I have my own dish & receivers can I start up new service?

    Call dish with the reciever number, they will tell you if it is free and clear. You better check first, I believe all 722's are considered leased.
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    no music?

    Call dish and tell them you need a rehit. (It won't be that simple but that is what it will amount too) If the reboot didn't do it it is probably silent because the card has lost the authorization for some reason.
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    Another Cubs game not in HD

    I watched the White Sox last night on Directv and it wasn't in HD either but it was in HD on Comcast. Maybe they are having uplink issues?
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    old people and satellite dish

    Just pulled a Sansonic apart and guess what I found? No camera, but I think it has been prewired for a future flux capacitor upgrade.
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    The math behind the head end

    C-band headends have been getting replaced for years because of the lack of programing options. (Unless you want to specialize in religious or international programing). A directv or dishnetwork system would definitely be an option though. I am in the buisness and probably less than an hours...
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    old people and satellite dish

    It's not just old people. We had a service call one time to remove the tv antenna from a guys tower. Wanted to leave the tower but remove the antenna. Asked him why and his reply was "They are using it to track me" OOOOHHHHHKKKKAAAYY. It didn't change his mind (or what ever he was using in...
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    do sprint employees have 1 or 2 year contracts

    I don't know about Sprint but my son sold Verizon for a while, cheap plan, cheap phones, no commitment. They wanted them to have the latest and greatest.
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    does a VCR work on Tuner 2?

    Probably still have the vcr tuned to channel 3 rather than your tv-2 output channel. You could put it by the reciever and use the tv-2 composite outputs for a better pic if your just using it to save stuff to tape.
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    Birdog 3.0 and Dish 1000.2

    Mine will too with a fully charged battery, MOST of the time. There are other times when I hook it up fully charged and it will only last about 20 seconds. You must have a good battery, If you keep pointing these dishes this way it probably won't be good for very long.
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    Birdog 3.0 and Dish 1000.2

    The birdog doesn't put out enough power to operate the lnb so you need to have the system completely installed with at least one receiver providing power to the dish through port 1. Hook the meter to port 2, set the meter to 110 dishpro, make sure the mast is plumb, skew and elevation are...
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    Hooking up 2 UHF antennas with preamp

    Yes, they make what is called a dual power-passing splitter/combiner. You mentioned that it was only one station, have you ruled out the posibility that the station itself had problems?
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    Directv MLB EI Free Preview

    Looks like they meant up to the 12th, not thru the 12th. They all show not subscribed on mine this morning. OOPs, my bad. They all show nonsubscribed but they are still there.