Recent content by FranO

Okay guys, I cancelled my Dish tech appointment and will be heading up Walmart tomorrow to get me a 2TB EHD. If I have any problems with hooking it up, I'll be back on this thread later tomorrow. THANKS for all your help! I came to the right place!

Okay, since the addition of an EHD will solve my DVR storage space issue with the loss of SD feeds, should I just cancel my Dish tech's appointment tomorrow since it won't be necessary to change to the western arc(?) and there really isn't anything else he can do to fix the loss of sat 77. Do...

My model no. is ViP722k

I get my Dish locals from York, Harrisburg and Lancaster. I use my attached module to get Baltimore & DC off my roof antenna.

In addition, I do have a module attached to my receiver which allows me to get some local channels off my standard roof antenna.

Man, you guys are awesome! My zip code is 17361(so. Pa), I'm thinking about adding an external hard drive now. Is that hard to do?

Thanks, you are dead on. I show DPP 1K.4. So I guess not getting satellite 77 is the cause. There is a Dish service rep coming by my house tomorrow to check my system out. Is this something that he will be able to remedy, or will this probably end up just being a hopper sales pitch visit?

I have an older Dish receiver (pre-hopper). I've always been able to choose between SD and HD for many channels (ie TCM). (I have much more SD space available on my DVR for recording than I do HD.) Recently my guide is not showing the SD option line for TCM and certain other stations. Do you...

Sorry, I haven't been logged in for a while. Yes, indeed, I still have this dish mounted on my patio roof. Are you still interested?

Hi, PmasterP- Sorry, I have no spares... At this time, I'm just trying to get some help with taking this bad boy down from its perch. Once I get it down, you're certainly welcome to buy/take the whole enchilada to use for parts if you wish.... But I do want to let the whole package...

This dish is easily accessible, and wouldn't take two people too long to bring it down from its perch. I have attached a picture.

I've got a fully-operational 8' Paraclipse Hydroform (semi-perforated) BUD mounted on my back patio roof which I have decided to have removed. I also have two FTA receivers, plus an old analog GI receiver and sat positioner which also can go. I live in south central Pa. (York Co.). Anybody...

Thanks fellas. Do you know any sat guys in the south/central Pa. area who could help me if needed?

Thanks for the quick reply. Two more questions: Is the changeout from my old 2400 to a G-box or V-box relatively simple to perform? Once done, should my Fortec Star receiver then be able to automatically direct the positioning of my dish from sat to sat?

I upgraded my old BUD system with a new Fortec Star digital receiver. I presently use my old G.I. 2400 (analog receiver)/G.I. 2000 PS (positioner) to direct my antenna position. My new receiver already has the different satellites programed into its memory, with arc locations. Can this new...