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    FTA: Fine Entertainment!

    Wow, a primate postmortem prostate probe.....
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    Bird Poop

    I little off topic, well at least it's about bird poop, Yes they are very selective where they poop. I have my '83 Mercedes and '96 Chevy both parked in the same driveway, guess which one they like to poop on? :( It's like , what was his name Triumph? the comic insult dog?
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    Anybody recognize this dish?

    unimash? was that with Alan Alda?
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    The dream FTA Receiver

    Some of the old Toshiba IRD's had something like this but on the STB's display not on the TV
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    DIY Power Supply Repair

    there has been a rash of bad caps over the past several years which has caused a lot of motherboard failures. Probably caused problems with a few STB's as well.
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    How much did you pay for your first C-Band dish?

    $999 +tax for 9ft Radio-shack & everything to get started. The re-branded Uniden receiver was re-capped which bought a couple more years but been through 5-6 receivers. The dish and original motor are still going.
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    Installed a New (OLD) Actuator

    Now thats a Jack!
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    Install VCII Plus Descrambler

    If any one is interested I have two VCII modules, one is a VCRS, the other is an older model. The last time I checked they both still had close to 3v on the batteries, but that was over a year ago. I tried posting them on eBay at that time but there was no interest shown. If there is any...
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    Help! Bailing out of window$ at last!

    I've been in tech support and technology professionally for nearly 20 years, but I have to say that at times we do tend to ridicule those who we serve. We have all heard the cup holder story, or the gas peddle one. Then there are the acronyms such as PEBCAK and ID-10T. I'm not saying it is...
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    Question for SatAV re Fortec Star Lifetime NA

    I agree with you, in fact that was one of the first things I tried.... It worked for a day or so....:(
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    Question for SatAV re Fortec Star Lifetime NA

    Richard, I was able for a while to give the sensor a slight push or wiggle it a bit and things would work, but only for an hour or so. Other than this problem I have really enjoyed this Fortec, more so than the CS6K I think. And I know that other than the remote issue it works fine, just...
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    Birdview's equal?

    PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WI is about half way between Tony and I, what ya say Ice you up to a dish run??? :) JK
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    Question for SatAV re Fortec Star Lifetime NA

    Brian, here are a couple of pics of the board in question. I'm sorry that they are not better quality. Thanks for everything. Doug Oh by the way, the Radio Shack 38kHz is not the correct frequency....:(
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    Question for SatAV re Fortec Star Lifetime NA

    Or perhaps the front panel circuit board?
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    HTPC build stalled - help?

    Lone Cloud, Does the CD/DVD drive light flash at all when you try to boot up? Or is the "verifying data" message coming from the system? Have you tried booting without a disk in the CD drive? If so what message do you get?
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