Recent content by dean42mvg

thx very much !!

Hi, I just bought a DIRECTV H24 High Definition Reciever. what is the best dish / lnb combo for this reciver ? i already have this dish, but fear my old LNB isn't good. i dont mind buying new equipment, though. can you suggest a DISH & LNB ? HD is a must, only 1 TV in my house

still going strong .... bad ac adapter from wall to receiver ..

put the dish back in the original location. still going strong on TSN 400 was a bad AC adapter that powers the DSR205 reciever jeezus !! that was a TOUGH ONE !!

Update .... i broke out my old tripod & moved the dish a few feet and raised it a few feet. then, i had problems with the receiver's AC adapter and i replaced it using 12V 1000mA, instead of 12V 1.25A fired up the system, and have had TSN 400 for 30 minutes. will leave this setup til the...

can't edit post #1 here are the actual symptoms: power cycle DSR205 i can get TSN [400] perfectly for 3 minutes [see strong signal in pics] after 3 minutes, the light flashes red / green/ red / green / red no picture no signal [no horizontal channels] then i power cycle DSR205 again i can...

okay, i can unplug the DSR 205 for 5 minutes. then, turn it on & get TSN [400] for about 3 minutes, then red light / no signal any thoughts ?

no go. i had unstacked being sent already. i see via options 64 'authorization status' for ch 400 as US on channels I GET, it say S

wonderful, thx .... i'll re-position the dish [again ! ugh]] then call them back thx, will report back

how can i tell if i have the latest software downloaded to DSR 205 ? thanks

i went on seasonal break, but then couldn't get signal on channel 400 when i re-connected. i can get signal of 86 on channel 299 / 308 etc and a clear picture. called shaw, they said it was bad multiswitch, because i couldn't get horizontal channels. so i bought a new quad [old style] LNB...