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The only thing I have noticed is when I changed channels in the basement, it said complete signal loss for 30 seconds or so and then the channel comes back. I went upstairs to the master bedroom and found the same thing. Then the picture came back. We do have some thunderstorms rolling...

Cool. This is what the makes the internet great. Sent you a pm.

What kind of info does she need?

They all work! I can reprogram the remotes on my own. This is awesome. Now I just need to add my external hard drive and pay the man $40 to activate it. Should I mention that I did this when I call up or does it not matter?

OK, done. They are swapped and hooked up. The triplexer thing on the 222 is still connected to its back. Inputs are all connected.

If he can get me up and running, there's $5 in it for him via paypal. :)

I am able to watch CNN. The format was off and the picture was too big for the screen but I fixed it with the format button.

OK done... now what. I'm getting excited. Maybe we can get all DVRish tonight in the family room.

OK here you go:

I'm on it... back in a couple minutes

Sorry, bear with me while I'm trying to figure out how to use the thing. When I touch both the black and red styluses to either side, the light lights up +DC. However, I suspect I'm doing something wrong because according to you it should only be one side that is hot. I must be using this...

OK I know this sounds real shady, but I just checked and I have one of these: Amazon.com: Ideal 61-076 Vol-Con Tester: Home Improvement I won it in a storage auction so I don't know if it works! Is this what you mean by a voltmeter? Why do I feel like I'm going to get shocked doing this...

That's what I'm not sure of, since both ends come and go from the same place and the area is finished with drywall now. Is there a way I can test which side goes to the receiver without breaking anything?

OK, I moved the wires out of the box. Basically, they come from out of the ceiling in my basement, and go back up from where they came. that's pretty much all I know. I do know when he installed the system, he had to do some wiring in my wall outlets too because this was a new construction...

I have a solo 211k box in my basement, and a dual 222k in my family room that also feeds my master bedroom tv. I would like to have a DVR in our family room, and I know I can make my 211k into a DVR by adding an external drive so that is what I would like to do. However, Dish said they would...