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    Wireless joey loses connect

    My wireless joey loses connection when it has not been used for awhile. It is connected to a tv on the first floor, it is a 3 floor townhouse, the hopper is on the second floor. You have to go upstairs to push the WPS button. Go back downstairs to check. More than 50% of .the time it didn't...
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    How do I transfer existing settings and timers (NOT recordings) from old Hopper 3 to a brand new Hopper 3?

    I just purchased a new Hopper 3 for the camper. How do I transfer settings and timers to the one in the camper? It is not power up or activated as yet. Was planning to activate next week while on a camping trip. No power or antenna where it is now.
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    HOA says move dish

    My HOA sent a text to neighbor giving 10 days to remove the dish in the side flower plot, their rules state it not be visible from the street. While we were out of country for the month of January, they decided to remove the nice mature bushes that shielded the dish, as part of the driveway...
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    skew setting using an inclinometer.

    I have had to change the skew so often that the numbers are no longer readable(full-time RV and change every 2 weeks), so I ordered a magnetic inclinometer to make this adjustment. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what the meter should show. For my current location, DP shows 131.6 for...
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    access denied

    After I enter my login information using Chrome I get Access Denied - Sucuri Website Firewall Safari works fine.
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    wa 129 signal low

    We are traveling again and I have been see the 129 signal decrease over location. When we were in Cheyenne, WY its signal was in the 30 to 40 range. Next stop was Green River, UT and its signal was 25 to 30, then at Escalante State Park, Escalante, UT its signal dropped to below 20, now at Sand...
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    Solid Signal DIRECTV and DISH Satellite Signal Meter (SATLOOKLITE)

    Has anyone used this meter to align the Dish Western and Eastern arcs Hybrid dishes. I am thinking about purchasing one to use as we move for east to west 2 or 3 times a year.
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    SF-500A satellite settings needed

    I have the SF-500A digital Satellite finder and found the settings for the Western Arc satellites and their transponders. I have not been able to find the same settings for the Easter Arc 61.5 and 72 satellites. Need their transponder frequency, Symbol rate and polarization to input into this...
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    hopper w/sling data usage.

    I have been getting very high data usage on my hopper even when we are not using it. Have had a chat and phone call with support and have been told that the only time data is used is during Netflix and on-demand. We have not been using either in the last few weeks. I have been tracking data...
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    Which Sat meter to buy

    I have the new Hopper 3 and hybrid LNBS which are great when aligned, unfortunately for alignment we move around a lot. I have both the western arc and eastern arc Hybrid LNBS. We are currently in a location where the western arc sat 110, 119 and 129 are blocked by trees however the eastern arc...
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    Advance LNB voltages

    We are using the Hopper 3 and the advanced LNBs ( not sure of the proper acronym), I wanted to use the inline Satellite Signal meter with a battery supplying the power. Back a few years you could do this with 2 9VDC batteries, did not work. I have the dish all aligned and the sat signals at 50...
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    lost Prime Time Anytime

    After moving to the Buzzards Bay area for a few days, we lost Prime Time Anytime. We are on the western Arc and the 110, 119 and 129 sats signals are 50 or better. New guide fro Boston, MA area downloaded a few days ago but not indication of PT of any of the show listings. After about 30...
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    popup video ads in lower right corner.

    Every time I go to the dish network support forum, I get a video ad popup in the lower right corner of my screen. It is big enough to cover up part of the text.
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    Hopper3 from Western arc to Eastern arc?

    We have the hopper3 and western arc LNBs. We travel back and forth between the west and east coast, currently on east coast at the Naval Weapons Station Goose Creek, SC. While on the east coast we would like to us the eastern arc sats. I have the 1k.2 dish and ordered the eastern arc LNBs which...
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    completed by user

    I have not found any recent post on this subject and in the old posts no solutions going back to 2003. recently I have had scheduled recordings missing and when I check the daily recordings they are all listed either "Completed by user" or " completed by user R1895839541-42. Several times in...
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    Where do you get the azimuth, skew and elevation

    On my new HWS I checked the point screen but there is no place to enter a zip code and get the azimuth, slew and elevation. Where do I get this information, on the VIP722 it was on the point dish screen?
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    location of combiner module?

    We recently had a new hopper along with a new antenna installed in our RV. During the installation the dish was installed on my tripod and 2 lines run to the back of the coach (about 35 feet) where the connector is for the internal lines. At this point a combiner/lighting protector module was...
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    help new to PTAT recordings

    I have a couple of questions about the PTAT recordings. 1) PTAT tonight recorded Unforgettable and Dateline. On Unforgettable which is a 1 hour program there are 2 recordings One is 2HR and 4 minutes started 8:56pm and the other is 1 hr started at 8pm . Dateline is a 2 hr program and there are...
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    When do the PTAT recordings show up on DVR

    I just got my HWS today and am trying to learn it. I setup PTAT to record everything, I think it recorded Survivor and Law and order:svu. when I go to DVR then PTAT it list no recordings available. Does it have to finish recording all before listing any? When I first looked at the guide for...
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    Upgrading to the hopper

    I believe that we are eligible for a free upgrade to the Hopper. Definitely want to get the Hopper but not sure about the sling adapter, I do watch some programs on my iPad but never my computer. Is there an additional cost for the sling adapter? We will be back at Goose Creek, SC on monday...
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    can not get sat 129 to come in.

    For the past month traveling in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi I have not been able to get sat 129 to come in. I get good line of sight and sat 110 and 119 have signal strength above 60, but nothing on sat 129. The first time this happened I gave up and accepted the check...
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    Help me understand the 9000 series channels

    I read the post on what are the 9000 channels. Right now at this location 9292 is NBC, if I move locations will 9292 still be NBC at the new zip code?
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    NBC changes channels as we move around the country

    Now that we no longer have all american direct, we have to change our service address each new stop.:( The problem is that we record programs that are on NBC, CBS and FOX, and with each new area these appear on a different channel. I then have to go through the shows we record and change them to...
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    VIP722-DVR-HD with OTA Module and Hopper questions

    I currently have a VIP722-DVR-HD with a dual OTA module. When I ordered it I thought that if I could not get the Sats to lock in or the sat antenna was not connected I could use the OTA module to record shows from the OTA antenna mounted on my RV roof. However I have never gotten it to work...
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    Genie tuners

    Directv claims that you can record 5 shows simultaneous with the genie DVR. Dish claims it can record 6 shows but further research shows that the Hopper only has 3 tuners so if it is not prime time (or something like that) you can only record 3. How many tuners does the genie actually have and...