Recent content by kenalpine

New appreciation of Dish Up where we live at 6,000 feet above sea level no one even offers plasmas except for special high-altitude plasmas that are really pricey. And, when you go on down the road a few miles and get to Telluride at 8,500 to 9,500 feet, plasmas do a Rice Crispies imitation -...

I pulled my 148 single dish when an installer working next door said it was no longer needed (verified with Dish tech support). Tech support said they did not want the dish or the mount but that I should "save the LNB." I replied asking if there was a local installer where I could drop it off...

OK, I know.. I should have noted that I know the BBCA HD program editing is not the purview of E* but is the responsibility of BBCA, but I just wanted to point out what we are missing, whatever the source of the programming.

BBCA HD - Yes, but... Although it's great to finally have BBCA HD, a problem remains. For example, Top Gear (my favorite) is a one-hour program (+/- 3 or 4 minutes, a bit casual). But by the time BBCA runs it about twenty minutes have hit the floor of the digital cutting room to make room for...

EHD Sleep Mode Another thought - if the Seagate EHD sleep mode is triggered by 15 minutes of inactivity I wonder if they define inactivity as the loss of the USB signal. If so, and the 722 USB ports are always powered up, the sleep mode would never trigger. I think I'll just power down the drive.

Exactly my point. Disabling the sleep function using the Windows program will be negated by the E* Linux formatting according to Seagate

External HDD Stuff Posted this elsewhere, but should have put it in this sticky.:( Added a 1TB Seagate "Expansion" drive (89.00 at Office Depot) to a 722 last Saturday; turned into a seven hour process! The 722 detected the drive right away and I called to get activation. CSR took my data and...

External HDD Stuff 1. I believe the current max size is 1TB. E* web site says 750GB, but PDF sheet (and CSR's) say 1TB. Not 1.5TB. 2. Once you have paid your fee, all receivers on the account are covered. I added 1TB to a 722 and the CSR said I could also add a drive to my 211 which would...

What about programs stored on VIP622? If the stay is lifted, it appears that programs stored on the HDD in the DVR will either be wiped out or at least no longer accessible. Am I correct? Is it also correct to assume that transferring them to an external drive would accomplish nothing since...

Magic Reappearing Speed HD Got it! Called tech support and the tech had me do a Check Switch (6 1 1) which apparently wipes the memory at the same time, forcing a re-download of the channel listings. At the completion of the reacquisition and reload, Speed HD was there. While we waited we...

Magic Vanishing Speed HD After seeing the posts I checked my All HD list on Thursday and saw SpeedHD but it was flagged RED as if I was not entitled to it. Since I get Speed SD I figured that my HD pack should get Speed HD so I called support a few minutes ago (Friday evening). I was told that...

Many years ago the bill from our local gas company was five times more than normal. They suggested we pay it and it would be corrected on the next bill. Talking to neighbors, we found that everybody's bill was grossly inflated. Those with autopay had the exaggerated amount pulled...

Thanks for the reply re: ch 21. When I auto scan with several TV's with OTA antennas many signals pop up but not 21. Using the TVFool.com coordinates in Google Earth I see that the location is on the western slope far side of a 9,000 foot mesa so I take TVFool's definition of LOS with a grain...

VIP722 Modulator Quirk Nope. Nearest OTA is 28 which would pooch 25 more than 21 were it true. Also no OTA antennas feed the RG-6 net. BTW, a set of old rabbit ears nailed under the eaves gives clean digital signals from 65+ miles away on my Sony XBR! Digital is cool!

I have a 722 whose modulator output feeds an RG-6 network throughout the house. Initial setup was rcvr 1 on channel 21 and rcvr 2 on channel 25. All looked fine except the ch 21 signal on a 7" LCD TV in the kitchen was snowy. I assumed it was due to using about 25 feet of microphone cable as...