Recent content by rblenkhorn

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    How to Hook up a 3rd Receiver

    cant use splliter but can use diplexer, must be used in pairs, they allow a otherwise one way street to turn into a two way street..
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    no phone line fee

    Tech Portal : Tech Depot : Home Network only for 622 , 722 Eliminates the Programming Access Fee
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    How to hook up 2 receiver 1 dish

    rustysung. some things are better left to professionals, and people that know what they are doing, since you clearly say you have no idea what you are doing.. stop trying to do it.. there is NO WAY you can use a reciever without activating it. and as far as buying one off ebay good luck because...
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    Upon further investigation it is a NEW Refurb so I guess it is not the latest, and the reason I went about it this way is upon calling dish network and trying to open a new account they told me I needed to give a $200 deposit.. so I tried to find a reciever to activate.. that way they didnt want...
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    I am not sure what happened, but the tech came this morning at 759 looked at my reciever, I told him what you guys all told me about the smart card, he said yup good enough went out to his truck got a 301 reciever, brought it in .. has a yellow card in it, called and got it activated.. and told...
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    So I suppose I am stuck with getting a new box .. the lady on the phone did say she would make sure he was to bring a box cause she was under the impression mine was dead..
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    i ended up getting an appointment for tomorrow between 8-12 do you suppose the guy that comes will have a smart card and be able to swap it out .. how much do you suppose this is all going to cost ? any ideas?
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    That is who I was speaking with was tech support.. It was a big speal. when the first thing I said was.. I have been told my Smart Card is no longer any good. I was told I needed a new one.. he says 'dont jump to conclusions' lets diagnose this, asking me if I was sure it was connected properly...
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    Just got off the phone again x6 today with Dish Network, described to them how I have been trying to diagnose this problem and how I was informed of the Blue Rom 10 smart card possibly not being any good any more, I was told by my rep. Not to jump to conclusions and lets diagnose this.. had to...
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    What makes the card outdated, and why is it that Dish Network would not notice this?
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    DP301 SOFTWARE P346 R0050489349-69 S0020089845-61 (BLUE CARD) DEVICE: DPP-TWIN DNASP 010 REVA23 LOCATION 258DAA1C HARDWARE DAHD-N BOOT 16AB called dishnetwork to activate, they told me I was all set gave me an account number and said to wait 30mins and than hung up it has been over 4...
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    dp301 reciever will not work

    I am trying to get a dp301 reciever to work.. It is connected to a Dish 500 sat. with a DP lnbf it has 3 feeds, labeled 1 2 and IN I have connected to 1 .. run a check switch it comes up showing both sats 119 and 110 but I am unable to receive any programming other than the channels that are...