Recent content by Bobhend

811 Cc Thanks to this forum, I found out my 811 has 708 captioning ability !!! No mention of it in my Owner's Manual. Their menu is at 6-9-1, it is confusing as hell because of the way it toggles. You have to leave it saying TURN CAPTION OFF if you want it ON. I am sure this makes perfect...

Clock errors ! Mine is still at 280LADD-N. Don't trust the clock on an 811, we were late to church because of it. Also having a lot of the remote not responding. Yes I turn the 811 off at night, yes batteries are fresh duracells and addresses set correctly. It is software weirdness. I am very...

In addition to the black screen when going from OTA to satellite, sometimes the picture is OK but the sound produces a deafening screach. Changing the channel fixes the sound. I am considering buying an OTA receiver and ditching Dish, now that all we watch is HD, and E* does not have much HD...

Amps and attenuators I have run a Radio Shack attenuator in front of a CM 7777 amp. Only thing to watch out for, this attenuator's knob is labeled MIN and MAX but they mean the ATTENUATION [ idiots !] MIN results in full power signal passing thru to the amp, MAX is I think 20 db reduction in...

Use full screen GUIDE Black screen can be reduced by using the full screen guide option. [10/3 reduced, but I am still getting a crash a day]

Turn Off Pip Guide To Reduce Blackscreen Someone else suggested to use the full screen channel guide and not the 1/2 screen with picture. Whoever that was, many thanks ! I can't be sure the black screen problem is totally gone, but so far it is greatly improved. The speed with which it...