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    DirecTiVo ... Messages and Setup ... System Test ... Sat In Signal ::: Post Yours!

    Day :: Sat1 :: Sat2 Fri 96% 97% Sat 93% 92% Sun 82% 75% Mon 68% 83% No changes, just reading off the TiVo screen...
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    Newbie DirecTV question - Sat1 vs Sat2 on TiVo - reception %

    Tuesday nite: Sat1 96% ::: Sat2 77% Wednesday AM : Sat1 76% ::: Sat2 97% Thursday AM: Sat1 57% ::: Sat2 69% Cables were also replaced about a year ago with the TiVo upgrade and new LNB ... installed by D*. I'll try replacing the cables in a week or two and see what happens then...
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    DirecTiVo ... Messages and Setup ... System Test ... Sat In Signal ::: Post Yours!

    Tue PM: Sat1 96% ::: Sat2 77% Wed AM: Sat1 76% ::: Sat2 97% Thu AM: Sat1 57% ::: Sat2 69% This is typical here, sometimes one is stonger, sometimes the other, sometimes both about the same. What's typical for you? What's normal, on the average?
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    Newbie DirecTV question - Sat1 vs Sat2 on TiVo - reception %

    The new LNB was installed nine months ago when the TiVo was delivered by DirecTV Last nite: Sat1 96% Sat2 77% This morning: Sat1 76% Sat2 97% Is this normal? No changes in the cables or connections... just ran the TiVo tests.
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    Buying eBay Recievers w/ Card

    Interesting stuff, answers some of my own questions... thanks!
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    Newbie DirecTV question - Sat1 vs Sat2 on TiVo - reception %

    No switch, simply coax cable.
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    Newbie DirecTV question - Sat1 vs Sat2 on TiVo - reception %

    Strange results? Here's today's odd, unexpected results of switching the two cables at the back of the TiVo... What does it mean? TIME || Sat 1 % || Sat 2 % || notes ----- ------- ------- ---------- 8 am 62 97 baseline === Switched the cables === 8:05...
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    Avatar?

    Tried to upload a JPG as my avatar (it is 100 pix wide and 63 pix high) Edit Avatar ... Upload an Avatar From Your Computer: Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 125 by 125 pixels or 898.4 KB (whichever is smaller). Browse... Open... Save changes... AOK... Your Current...
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    Welcome Back!

    Most users ever online was 1223, Yesterday at 10:57 AM. Currently: 457 users online... You guys must have very fast servers... I often use another vBulletin Forum site with half that many users and it is twice as slow as this one... Satelliteguys is often 10x faster! Performance seems...
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    Welcome Back!

    I noticed this when I went back to edit a post: blank lines got removed.... but not every time! Sometimes it is OK.
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    DirecTiVo ... Messages and Setup ... System Test ... Sat In Signal ::: Post Yours!

    DirecTiVo ... Messages and Setup ... System Test ... Sat In Signal Post yours... Monday 11 pm :: Sat1 = 79% and Sat2 = 96% Monday 7 pm :: Sat1 = 77% and Sat2 = 95% Sunday 2 pm :: 1 = 56% ::: 2 = 95% (high-thin clouds) Sunday 1 pm :: 1 = 57% ::: 2 = 96% Last week ...
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    New to DirecTV...

    So, is it like Betamax vs. VHS? or Windows vs. Macintosh?
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    questions on D* DVR

    DirecTivo bugs? I have been a heavy user for almost a year and have not found one yet.
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    DVR Newbie question

    You will get hooked on the TiVo search capabilities... want to see all the movies by a particular director? Stuff like that. After you have a TiVo for a few months, you won't be able to live without one. :D The two tuners means you can grab two shows while watching a third that you...
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    to tivo/dvr or not to tivo/dvr

    I've read that there are only a few hundred thousand TiVos made so far... is that correct?
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