Recent content by jdanielurx

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    FCC Chairman on monday night football

    Did anyone catch the chairman of the FCC at half time on Monday Night Football when He was asked the question " We have been transmitting MNF in high def for a couple of years but only a small portion of our viewers are able to receive an HD signal, What is being done" Did he actually say it...
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    Satellite Installer Job - scam or not?

    I don't Know about the car insurance, I did take a contract about 4 years ago for inspection of the shop fabricated steel on the Seattle Seahawk Stadium. for the contract I was required to have 1 million in property damage and liability insurance and it cost me about 950.00 a year. they took...
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    Dropped Voom for Dish Network

    Actually , my first 811 has been replaced twice, they sent me a refurb that looked like they pulled it out of a dumpster. I complained and they sent me a new one.
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    Dropped Voom for Dish Network

    Ya I'm on my third HDTV. and third 811, The last one, a phillips 60pp9202 the wife won in a superbowl contest this year, Can't just not use a free TV.
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    Dropped Voom for Dish Network

    I dropped voom a couple months ago, my main reason was because our local digitals only transmit some of the time, and the digital feed for CBS is only being transmitted @ 1/2 the normal broadcast power. also Voom did not program my locals correctly. I do plan on getting Voom again when our...
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    New OTA Problem from update

    I did talk to the head engineer at our CBS affiliate, he has had a few calls from dish net 811 owners not gettingg the digital feed. I am 6 miles from source and I get 0% 6000 series picks it up fine..
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    New OTA Problem from update

    I did the ultimate sin, I called tech support and they had me try a hard reset. now I have lost two digital channels (49%) that were 90% before the reset. I called the local stations to make sure nothing was going on, and everything is fine with them. maybe I am wrong but reading the posts on...
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    New OTA Problem from update

    Before update i could get pbs digital to lock, since update no luck. if i try to enter it with the add DTV i get a 90% signal and it says locked but wont give me a channel number so it wont enter. I was able to get a channel number once but did not save ,and i cant get it to do i again. also...
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    Are you still having problems with your VOOM box (OTA Problems)?

    sean i removed the displexer and presto signal stregth tripled with my settop antenna. upon closer look i think there is a mapping problem with some of the stations below is what i believe to be correct mapping. i am know receiving nbc. no cbs or fox and i believe abc is mapped wrong web link...
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    Are you still having problems with your VOOM box (OTA Problems)?

    i am guessing the satellite input becomes active when you remove the displexer ?
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    Are you still having problems with your VOOM box (OTA Problems)?

    thanks sean the mapping is correct. i will wait to see if the installer comes out tommorrow and can get it fixed before i email you. again how will the hookup go on the back of the receiver if i run a seperate cable for the antenna. i know there is a uhf antenna input on the receiver
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    Are you still having problems with your VOOM box (OTA Problems)?

    VOOM ota and thanks to satelliteguys my VOOM was installed friday morning, the installer wanted to know were i got all my information. the answer was satelliteguys. i am more of a reader then a poster but i want to say thanks to sean for his voom treads, your work has not gone unnoticed by me...