Recent content by mojofilter

Just curious: is RDS still on TP26 on the 91? I'm in SJ, CA and was using BEV until they messed with RDS (gotta get my Habs). I struggled with Starchoice and have now resigned myself to Center Ice on DirectTV (sigh). BTW, if anyone wants a used but still in good condition BEV receiver with...

Hariom, I'm in SJ as well, and was receiving BEV just fine -- until they started switching transponders around. Then I'd drop some channels, while gaining others. I didn't mind much until they messed with RDS, which was the sole reason for getting BEV in the first place. I'm in the midst of...

Ok, thanks everyone. I guess I'll try to get SC to ship out another dish to my "home away from home"

Thanks for the info everyone. Jumbo, I'm a little ignorant of the finer points of satellite technology, so please bear with my next question: can my single BEV dish pick up at least one of the SC satellites? I'm assuming that your recommendation to use two standard dishes or an elliptical is so...

I guess I'm one of the many SC converts since BEV started messing with their transponders. It's little frustrating to be back at square one, esp so close to the start of the hockey season. :( SC doesn't seem to have a installation manual I can download, so I'm operating kind of in the dark...

I've got BEV and am seriously considering getting Starchoice, given the recent drop in coverage for my location (San Jose, CA). I still get many channels, and maybe even more than I ever used to, but somehow BEV managed to drop my most viewed ones. With even more satellite switches planned, I'm...

Man, that's bad news for me. I only needed 26, for RDS. And, for all it's advantages, it doesn't look like Starchoice offers RDS. True, or am I reading their packages wrong?

I poked around a bit, and it appears that both the Nimiq3 and Nimiq4iR are at 91 degrees, but are older satellites on their last legs with not much of a footprint. Apparently a Nimiq4 and 5 will be launched in 2008 and 2009, maybe to replace the 3 and 4iR? So clayface1000's warning should be...

I'm in San Jose, CA and am experiencing virtually the same. I got back a whole bunch of channels/transponders that used to not be there, but lost the most important one: RDS. RDS doesn't appear to be available on Nimiq2, so I guess short of going to SC I'll have to try the bigger dish. Julesism...

I'm in Northern CA, and have similar problems. We're now getting many channels we didn't before, but have lost a few too. All I really need is RDS and Treehouse, but those are the few that are affected. Julesism, you suggest getting a bigger dish. How big is big enough, given my location...

Ok, that's a little embarassing. I found that the cable going to the floor mounted jack was slightly loose. I have no idea how that happened, or why near the beginning of the game. In any case, it works now and many thanks!!

I live in San Jose, and right at the beginning of the HNIC this past Saturday I completely lost signals to all transponders on Nimiq91. I tried jiggling the dish to see if I could at least get a partial signal but no luck. I saw the posting on the homepage about the Echostar ruling. Could...

Thanks all for the help. Pointed to the 82 this weekend; new software downloaded almost immediately. Pointed back to the 91, called up, and had programming again within a half hour.

I've been an Expressvu customer in San Jose, CA for a few years now, and am being required to upgrade my smartcard. Problem is, I can't seem to download the required software -- mine is stuck on version E4. Expressvu customer support has given me some hints, including fixing on...