Recent content by mister_dk

Too bad they don't make the transparent dishes in 10 and 12 foot sizes.:D

I never thought of looking at the caps when I had it open before. After having motherboard replacements on about 90 Dells for that problem, you would think that I would look for such things. I will pop it open again and take a look as soon as I have a little time. Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for the update and the reply on the LNBF's. I would also like to say that so far the 741U has been great. Works much better that the old 621 that I took out.:D

The splitter seems to work fine. I haven't had much time recently to do much playing, I mean testing :D, over the last few days. Thanks so much for the help.

I would also try Craigslist. I have seen several receivers advertised in my area lately. some have had a pretty high price on them. I inquired about 2 of them shortly after finding the adds but they were gone already. The adds were only two days old for one and 4 days old for the other when I...

My receiver may be the oddball (Xrica-X5) in the group. I recently tried to download a new channel list to the receiver from the laptop. I used the supplied Null Modem cable to do so. What I didn't realize at the time was that the channel list also contained an updated operating system...

Kinda makes you wonder if Dish isn't getting a little kick-back on receivers.:rolleyes:

I have had just the opposite. Ku works great and C is almost non-existent. Of course I have not done any fine tuning yet. It is pretty much as it was when I pulled the old 621 out and slid the 741 in.

A few days ago I was searching for an app to download a new channel list to my receiver. One of the hits I got in the search was for one of the pay FTA (in name only) websites. They were advertising a hack for the N3 (for a fee) for almost any hackable box on the market. If N3 is so great and...

Checked it all over and could not find anything that was loose or unattached. Maybe I will have to wait until the wife gets so that she likes having some of these channels. ThenI can use that as an excuse,:D I mean reason, to get a new dish/motor form Sadoun. Thanks for the help.

This is the only thing that I did not try. When I get home tonight, I will give it a try.

I get good signal if I bypass the V-box. If I connect to V-Box, no signal.

When I originally setup my hardware, I had a BUD with a BSC621 that was running through a V-Box. I had just a couple of satellites that I was able to get any type of signal at all. Both only C band. All of a sudden and for no apparent reason, I lost all signal. The dish would move between the...

I just took delivery of a DMX741U today. I was a little disappointed when I opened the box and found that it did not contain any documentation. Luckily, I have been trying to keep up on all the discussions about it that have been going on for the past few days. The other thing that was missing...

Thanks Anole for taking the time to explain this to me. The explanation is very direct and understandable. It's great to know that there are people out there that are so quick and willing to help educate others. Thanks again.