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    Error code 890-Wrong connection for SyFy, other channels

    I have bee4n dealing with error 890 for about 7 months. I have a 2 year old JVC(almost a grand) so its not going anywhere anytime soon. It used to be just ABC FAMILY, now its BRAVO, SCIFI AND USA. Of course if you unplug for 10 seconds blah blah blah...its fine. Used to be one a month-now its...
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    NOISY 625 DVR

    I have noticed this in the last few months. It is ALWAYS either humming, grinding etc....If I am watching tv/movie you can't hear it, but if the tv is off you can positively hear it. At first I thought it was the tv, my first BIG flat screen, no its the 625. This would be my 3rd in years..the...
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    Connect DVD player to 311 to new TV

    I finally bought a new HDMI tv for my exercise room(instead of the RF modulator box to dvd etc) the tv is a SAMSUNG LN26D450, and I bought a small sony dvd player with HDMI also. I have the Dish 311 box. Can someone give me general instructions....I mean very easy,on how to connect the dvd...
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    Connecting RF MOD to 311 Box for DVD player~HELP PLEASE!

    Ok so I still need to use my RF modualtor box? the person before u said the 301 has it built in. I want to make sure I have your instructions correct. thank you!
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    Connecting RF MOD to 311 Box for DVD player~HELP PLEASE!

    ok but h9ow do I hook up the dvd player via the 301 & tv?
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    Connecting RF MOD to 311 Box for DVD player~HELP PLEASE!

    Can someone explain to me in LAYMEN'S TERMS. How to connect my Radio Shack RF Modulator to the Dish 311 receiver? My other tv's have RCA jacks all over the place, but the smaller tv in the exercise room is a 27 year old CURTIS MAThIS 22 inch(believe it or not the picture is BRILLIANT~after 27...
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    HD flatscreen/Dish DVR 625 no HDML hook up

    So I will assume I am not just dumb, but my dvr 625 DOES NOT HAVE AN HDML....place to plug that cable into. My question is if I hook up a blue ray player via HDML, that hooks into the tv not the dvr? correct Also on speakers.....plu them into the tv???? not the dvr....it was never this...
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    Which Package Do You Have?

    I have the 59.99 package, dvr, single receiver & protection plan. 78.00 + change as of this month. I feel very SQUEEZED...I was going to give DISH up(after 11 years) because the extra 78$ a month would help me alot. I could just watch DVDs instead. I have at least 7 neighbors that have done...
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    Dish 625 DVR - No program guide

    Oh Boy this has been happening to me since Monday 6 days ago. makes me nutz. Downloading takes 5 minutes, yeah right??? It feels like forever when its midnight. I did everything you did, and the dish tech was just here and changed out some stuff(I am not technical so I haven't a clue) he left 48...
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    What package does EPIX1 and 2 come in?

    Ok, so it is a free preview...2 questions: why are these 3 channels NOT listed in the HD packages offered by dish(I have been on the site and I cannot find these 3 channels anywhere) also why would Retro even be HD, are the movies playing capable of being remade in HD, considering most of them...
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    What package does EPIX1 and 2 come in?

    But I do not have the HD package?
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    What package does EPIX1 and 2 come in?

    curious how much the INDIE,Retro will cost once the FREE preview is done, KNEW it was too good to be true that I was getting this for free. Love those 2 channels, willing to pay for those...and yes I have an HD tv, but nO I am not paying dish so I can get HD programming......I pay them enough of...
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    DVR/TV/REMOTE issue?

    I'm not a guy! nimrod
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    DVR/TV/REMOTE issue?

    ok, so I probably didn't explain correctly exactly what he said....I am a computer tech not a tv tech(LOL) but what he said did make sense..because when I got the dvr..with the remote, the remote had to be Paired" so to speak with the tv.....so if I have already pushed the remote button a 100...