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    Is There Something Wrong With This Receiver

    I just purchased a 301 DISH receiver yesterday. I took the receiver and plugged it into the wall and the green power light came on. I pressed the On-Off switch and the green light remained on. The light will not go off. I then put batteries in the remote and tried to turn off the receiver...
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    Do I need a DISH receiver to view programs?

    Please forgive me if this is a dumb question but I am really a newbie at all this. I would like to subscribe to DISH programing but I would also like to experiment with "Free-to-air" channels and see what is out there. So do I need to have two complete satellite systems or can I go with only...
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    Newbie confused about channels

    Hi, I am new to all this so please excuse me if this question sounds dumb. I just found out about "Free to Air" channels only a few days ago so I know very little. I was reading a message that someone asked about what they could watch on these channels. The reply was that there are a...