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    625 adding to current 301 and 501 system

    so a DP Quad, which he may have, i'll ask him today, will feed a DPP44 where the signal gets stacked just like it came out of a DPPtwin LNB ?? i like that thought, and certainly never was aware of it . . he's got money, just has a wife that thinks his TV needs are excessive, so the less he...
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    625 adding to current 301 and 501 system

    i have a current customer with a 301 and a 501 who wants to add a 625. he has a quad LNB, so he has enough ports, the hangup is that the 625's prospective location is bottom floor interior wall of a two story with VERY limited capacity to add the second line without major sheetrock work. his...
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    "No Dial Tone Detected" HELP!!!

    put a phone on that individual jack, and make sure the installer didn't inadvertantly disconnect it while hooking up another room's phone . . i've seen it too often to discount the possibility . .
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    Help with my new Directivo

    flats have been found to have caused fires, however, usually only when used through an active window, but do beware . . throughput can be compromised as well, as the center conductor on the flat itself is about 30 gauge wire . .
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    HD DVR Upgrade

    i'm always tickled when i get into a customer's home and suggest that we try a different input to improve signal to a guy, and see him run for the wife to try and get an interpretation . . there's definitely some sharp women out there, and some with serious toy skills
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    R15 Release Date?

    i truly resent the arrogant notion that someone else knows more about what i need than i do, and is willing to tie up my hardware to please me. what a crock, i order PPV just over once a year, and the idea that over 60 gig of my hard drive is going to be tied up with their imaginations of what i...
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    R10 problem

    a dvr is a computer, and no matter how good the software, periodically they need to be refreshed. i don't have to worry about it where i live, power goes out all by itself a couple times a month, but if you have a stable power grid you might want to turn it off (unplug it for over two minutes)...
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    Hos "bad" is it to operate the R10 without phone line connection

    primary loss with no land line is the length of time you can see shows, the TIVO content thing, so they will only have three or four day horizon of shows, rather than the 18 to 25 you get when TIVO can connect every other night or so . .
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    can someone please answer a few questions about the D* DVR?

    lots of aftermarket UHF choices, none innate to DTV . . very popular with the Dish crew though . . CSR consumed illegal comestibles, most likely . .
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    Some Newbie Questions

    use the down button on the remote, it lets you cycle through tuners without changing channels
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    Some Newbie Questions

    actually, if you hit the right button, you get info on a customizable banner, though you can't change channels within the banner
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    Some Newbie Questions

    there's two tuners, so if you've been surfing on one you have no buffer to speak of on that one, but the one you haven't been looking at will always have 30 rolling minutes of buffer that you can go back on. if you have been watching a show, though, for example, for 22 minutes and then decide to...
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    Some Newbie Questions

    correct, it will record it, but it doesn't have the go-to feature . .
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    Problems with Dual Tuner PIP

    625 seems a bunch more durable . . .