Recent content by daveh505@comcast.net

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    VIP 211z on a dish DP plus 500

    yea a picture would have been helpful. it is all working just fine now. on both recievers
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    VIP 211z on a dish DP plus 500

    yea a picture would have been helpful. it is all working just fine now. on both recievers
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    VIP 211z on a dish DP plus 500

    You are quite right. Now. Will this dish work on my 211z????? Thanks for the answer boba.
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    VIP 211z on a dish DP plus 500

    Guys I have a VIP211k reciever hooked to a DP plus dish 500 satellite antenna I would like to add a new VIP211z to the same Dish antenna. (That 211z is hooked to a tailgator right now. The LNB has four places to hook coax to it. Viewing the lnb straight into the coax fittings from left to right...
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    Better modem? Benchmark?

    Recently my old RCA lldigitall broad band modem I bought from Amazon 100 yrs ago gave it up after comcast cable went down in my block and they tried to recover. Mysteriously that's when my internet problems started that was traced to my modem being faulty (as the CS put it)I'm not complaining a...
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    TV networks take note from Kevin Spacey…

    I'm just a 69 yr old late night streaming video t waiting on the next season. He makes extremely good sense. Of course he will never get reelected because of that lol.
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    possible tailgater problem

    Scott It came up and setup with no loops or glitches. Its got a real good picture and all the guides work. Ithink it's going to be a much better easier setup than the Carryout.
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    possible tailgater problem

    Scott I have the VIP 211K Does the K make any difference??? I dont have an outside OTA antenna hooked to it.
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    possible tailgater problem

    Man you hit the nail squarly on the head. the info you conveyed is exactly the kind and type I need to be cofident of not screwing up my home setup. I'm going to test the tailgater by unhooking my home dish system and splicing in the tailgater to the reciever. Will there be any problems going...
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    possible tailgater problem

    I have a vip211k hooked to a 1518 carryout auto satellite dish with RV programming. The carryout died the last time out and I'm tired of trying to get it to work so I ordered a Tailgater directly from King Controls. What kinds of problems will I have setting the taigater up to get the view the...
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    Tailgater Vrs Carry out

    You make a valid point. I just want winegard to make my purchase good because of the high initail cost. The GM1518 should have lasted a lot longer thanit did. (less than 18 months)
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    Tailgater Vrs Carry out

    I guess its going to take a DIRT member to answer my question or somone with electronic experience with both units.What advantages does the tailgater Vq2500 have over the carryout Winegard 1518 besides being powered by the input cable? Which is more robust at finding and locking on to the...
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    Tailgater Vrs Carry out

    Is the VQ 2500 By dish the Same as VQube 1000 by king controls?? I see the tailgater and the Vqube compared as the same in many discussions. Is the VQ 2500 By dish the Same as VQube 1000 by king controls?? What is the truth. Does anyone have the VQ 2500 (tailgater) By dish permanantly mounted...