Recent content by StevenMark

I can watch the DVR recordings with no problem. And, I use ROKU for Netflix, etc. Dish Anywhere isn't working because I have my Hopper in the new home without a DISH antenna connected. I was just curious if DISH supplied programming via broadband connection without the antenna. I suspected not...

I have moved into a new house and will be using the "moving with DISH" process to have an antenna installed and connected. But until then, is it possible to receive DISH programming with my Hopper3 via internet (ethernet connection) instead of a dish antenna?

When using conduit for cable runs from the dish antenna, what end connectors do you use on the conduit? I will be using 1-inch non-metallic flexible conduit with twin RG-6 with ground.

My thoughts are along the lines of several of you here: defeating the safety ground on the power cord is a bad idea. These things I know: My house is properly wired with 4-wire service with the neutral bonded to the ground at the service entrance and nowhere else. There are no swapped...

A few months ago I upgraded from a 625 box to Hopper. The installer plugged the hopper into a "cheater" plug before plugging it into the power. I asked why he eliminated the electrical ground and he said he does that with all his Hopper installs now. He's had several of them fail right after...

The saga continues. I have an update at the bottom of my responses: Renegade, Everything's kosher with the hot and neutral - tested them to be sure. I did some detective work and found some "interesting" things with my grounding. Both buildings are on the same power meter (OK). Power runs from...

I have two 625 dual tuner receivers and one LNBF quad. Receiver “A” is in building 1 and Receiver “B” in building 2. The dish with quad LNBF is attached to building 2. Two cables run to each receiver. Everything was working fine until recently. Here’s the problem: For the last couple of...

Mission Accomplished I put the 2nd dish on a tripod mount to sight it in. As good luck would have it, there's a clean view right down the middle between the 2 buildings. Couldn't have planned it any better. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than smart

Good point re: the bird at 129°. Its azimuth is 14° South of the focal point for 110/119. I'll use that in my planning - If I'm lucky all 3 birds will be visible . Tree growth won't be a problem. There are no trees within 200 yards in the direction the dish will be pointed. My window is wide...

I’m thinking about putting a Dish 500 on a pole between my house and an outbuilding. The view window is about 8-feet wide and I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to locate the pole so that the dish can see the birds (119° and 110°). Is it common to do this sort of thing – set up for a tight shot? Seems...

Problem Solved! Looks like the DPP Twin is exactly what I need! For some reason I was thinking "Twin" meant it could only handle 2 tuners.:coffee As I now understand it, each of the 2 output ports of the DPP twin can be connected to either a single tuner receiver or a dual tuner receiver with...

Sorry for being unclear. Correct: no underground cables for receivers in building A, just 2 above ground cables to a 625 dual receiver. It's fairly new quad shield stuff. Building B is the long underground run, also with 2 cables to another 625 dual receiver. I'm certain (famous last words)...

Roger that on future proofing - it's easy to add another cable or two when doing a pull. I already have 4 coaxes running to my dish: 2 of them in 150' of underground conduit to building "B" and 2 directly into building "A" where the dish is attached. Would HD require more cables than that?

I have a Dish Pro quad LNBF feeding two 625 dual receiver DVRs and the setup has served me well for about 7 years. There are 4 RG6 cables running from the quad LNBF to the 2 DVRs (2 to each). I need to upgrade the cables running to one of the DVRs – the stuff in place now is 20 years old...

Thanks guys. Since I already have the 2nd rod installed (and a 500 foot spool of #6 for another project I'm working on), I'll bond 2 rods rather than run a larger grounding conductor in a single rod system. I figure I'll route the jumper outside the building since that's probably a bit more...