Recent content by Daddy Dithers

Sure......during ordering process to get promo rates you often are told you have to process a rebate to get monthly discounts for 1st and 2nd year. If you don't do so prior to install rebates will still apply but may not kick in until your 3rd bill. You still get discounts for length of time...

If you have to process rebates prior to installation to get promo rates your best bet is to do so just prior to tech starting installation. If he shows up and his work order doesn't reflect exactly what you ordered then it is much easier to get w. order changed prior to processing rebates than...

I would not like to see less fishin'/huntin' but afraid that will be the case.

Also Iceberg, as I'm sure you know, your SWM goodies need to be Green Label. They of course will upgrade that if needed. Plenty of R22s out there playing the MRV game as long as your 23 is in the loop.....haven't heard of or seen a case that one of the DVRs has to be "true" HD for it to work...

IF the shop is only 100 ft or so away, burying the right cable (solid copper center conductor burial cable) would probably be your best bet. At that distance it should work just fine. No dish expense and alignment hassles, no dish configuration changes to make, etc. If burial cable not...

I personally don't care about it not working at home...when i had a home phone it seemed to work though. As an installer my issue is with receivers not calling back, effecting my connectivity numbers which effects my paycheck.

Canada?

Pretty sure there is a 30 day waiting period after asking for the PPlan before you can use it. (With the exception of signing up at time of install) Otherwise you would never have to keep it. You could sign up-get a service call in a few days, have anything fixed for no charge and cancel it.

2" outside diameter pipe available at muffler shops or quality auto parts stores in lengths to 10 ft.

What were the kids playing with, a bazooka? If it was mounted properly there is no way you could knock it off the house without doing considerable damage to it.

DO let us know what he found. He may well throw several things at it at once- which sometimes makes it difficult to tell what exactly fixed it. Usually not time to do single "fixes", bring receiver back up (reset necesary sometimes)-replace another part/check..replace another/check. If he pulls...

Alignment not what it should be as Hutch says, but those 0s on every other transponder on 103c indicate a cabeling or connector problem. Likely that those channels that you are seeing SFS on are on those transponders.

A less expensive fan could be used if it could be installed remotely-allowing air to be removed from the cabinet through a duct of sorts. Similar fans can be purchased for $10 or less from surplus equip. dealers. Heat is the enemy of all things electronic.

Those lower than optimum signal strengths are probably going to make rain fade occur sooner and last longer as well. As far as "all channels available amd picture quality tops"...that's the way it works...higher signal strengths are not going to improve pic quality. Enough signal above...

Going with Hutch on this one. The red Xs are saying the receiver didn't pass Installation Verification. Signal strengths may be high enough for the receiver to work fine under most conditions, but they aren't as high as they should/could be. Activate a new receiver in this neck of the woods...