Recent content by donbrew

AND, would you walk around a roof in rain? I remember asking a telephone installer to please get off the pole, and come back later, in a lightening storm through my 3rd story window, she said "I'm already here", it had been going on for hours, but then, SHE was an employee, not self-employed...

I forgot that the real reason I got my first VCR was for the tuner to use in PIP.

Some HD receivers do not come with HDMI cables in the box, one of mine did 3 did not. When the first one (H20-600) was installed the guy offered to sell me one, I had already ordered one from the internets, and am capable of doing that stuff myself. That one was PP replaced with an H20-100, it...

Kind of sounded like you have RG6 routed from every room to homerun central location. That would imply that the wiring is already done, installer works 10 minutes gets full price install (20 extra minutes for lunch),:D:D:angel::angel:

You will probably have to add a 10dB signal amp after the RF modulator. I have a similar setup in my house i.e. 1 SD DVR in the basement feeding the whole house to the old cableTV system via RF modulator Signal amps and signal combiners for the OTA antenna since I get 3 different markets from...

The splitter is a problem, you CANNOT split the signal from the dish to the receiver. I suspect you changed something since the summer, like putting something on the "branch", possibly the house was wired for cable (only) before? What sort of multiswitch? The old type 3Xx only work for SD...

You can put the multiswitch wherever you want to, as long as the RG6 from the LNB is not going anywhere else. The 3x4 multiswitches are cheap, if your cable runs are under 50 feet you can use the non-powered sort. Check ebay etc. D* may even give you one, especially if you have Protection...

Did you look for electrical connections on switches/timers. I keeping getting to the am/pm thing is there power to everything 24/7? Why SWM with only one recvr? Have you tried a service call? If it's new or you pay for PP, the only inconvienence would be sitting around the house for 4 hours...

D* has answered the question; receiver not activated message after about 8 hours.

Yes, I called and bitched about new customers getting a better deal than long time customers, then customer retention got involved. They did not say that it would be a refurb. That is about the same time they were shipping new hr23's. No other arm twisting, I'm sure I could have done more...

It has been off for at least one billing cycle, I do have a couple other activated recvrs that are not hooked up at this time.

I bought the hr21 (refurbished) from D* for $149, I think. They did ask for it back before I pointed out that ALL of my equipment is owned, then the CSR looked again and said "oh, never mind". I have found that they always assume leased until you tell them to look, I have returned at least one...

My old (owned) HR21-100 died of hard drive failure. D* replaced it under Protection Plan. So, since I own the thing, I put a new hard drive in it and hooked it up with the intention of if it worked I would just reactivate and use it. To my surprise it downloaded the new software and is...

But, they always say "thank you for being a customer since 1996". Then charge $100 more than a new customer for anything.;) It is so nice to know that you are appreciated! :angel::confused:

He said tailgating, do you expect a tailgater to give up just because of lightening? In the past I have found that grounding the coax did seem to get rid of transient static in my home based systems, but that is just anecdotal NO science attached. And how would you ground the system in a...