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    Titanium C138 and C1PLL spectrum graphs and 5G

    Sorry N6BY, by phase 2 I meant the blue ( Passband 4.0 to 4.2 GHz). I'm not looking at anything under 4 GHz so we just used those instead of the red. update to my story, we found that by installing all 10 bolts between the LNB and the filter, and tightening them in the order/to the torque...
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    Titanium C138 and C1PLL spectrum graphs and 5G

    Struggling with this right now with my 5 Meter. I have the phase 2 filters in place but I'm still getting bad, intermittent interference.
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    HD DVR causing TV to turn off?

    encountering the same issue, brand new 42" vizio e3d420vx hooked up with HDMI. However I'm not on Direct, Motorola 6416 (cable)....
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    problem with Motorola DVR 6412 - NPLAY

    I posted this here because from what I remember Comcast uses the same model of DVR and so I figure maybe someone here has run into this. Ok, here's the scenario: Your Motorola DVR works fine in real time, but when you try to watch a recorded program it freezes up whenever you try to fast...
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    Question about Motorola DVR 6412

    Ok, here's the scenario: Your Motorola DVR works fine in real time, but when you try to watch a recorded program it freezes up whenever you try to fast forward. this happens most of the time, but not always. when it locks up you get an error message : "NPLAY" You have the cable company out...
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    Question about Hukk cm1000

    thanks stevenl. finally got hold of sunrise, turns out this meter is so old they can't update the firmware. sup[port people say that is most likely the cause of my erroneus readings. thanks everyone for your input, i appreciate it.
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    Question about Hukk cm1000

    The BER test is on one carrier I believe, the downstrreeam channel for the modems. The BER is ok tho, no errors at all in the downstream. The BkER (which is the meter pinging the cmts upstream) is what's off. I get E2 and 3 readings which would mean 1 error per 100 or 1000 packets, which is...
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    Question about Hukk cm1000

    the small k is for block, block error ratio. thanks for the numbers
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    Question about Hukk cm1000

    I hear Brighthouse issues it's techs this meter to troubleshoot cable modem problems. I just got mine and was told to basically figure it out by the headend operator at my job. Any help with some questions below would really be appreciated. 1, what is the most important number on a BkER...
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    Can get DTV but not Dish?

    Where i install the elevation for DTV 3rd generation lnb is 35. for a dish 500 it is 32, and for a dish 1000 it's between 28 - 29. so some trees could be a LOS problem for dish but not dtv. He might not have been BS-ing you.
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    Star choice/birdog question

    I installed my uncle's Starchoice in Windsor the other day. It was the first time i've ever messed around with starchoice, as it's not supposed to be available in the states. I use the birdog meter and in preparation for the install i downloaded everything on birdog.net that said Anik on it...
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    dual systems

    What's the deal with dual systems? I was in Royal Oak, MI the other day and they have a dual system there. is the 2nd line for the return or digital or what? someone told me once it's because they can't rebuild the system to serve above 600 MHZ because of the town charter or something so they...
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    question about 921

    is it possible to record something to the dvr hard drive from the built in OTA tuner? by setting a manual timer maybe? don't have a 921 and i'm curious.
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    Dumpster Diving

    I always pick up a few of them in spring from service calls...from techs who couldn't get a pole in somebody's yard that winter :)
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    Horror Story with local installer

    My employer pays me 24$ per pole mount and 8$ per wallfish extra, provided i bring a picture of the work and the front of the house. It keeps guys from ducking burying cables and attics.
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