Recent content by slanich

My Dish Network hardware collection is for sale because we’re moving to Central Pennsylvania and switching to DirecTV. None of the receivers has a balance. Everything is in excellent cosmetic condition and was working when I unplugged it in March, 2006. Buyer pays for shipping. The...

Annandale, VA -- FIOS TV Available Now I have had FIOS Internet and telephone for 10 months. I called (again) today to check on availability of FIOS TV, and to my shock a very pleasant CSR (Miss Watkins) told me it was now available at my address in Fairfax County (Annandale), VA. My install...

garth, I built a line-of-sight tool using a camera tripod, a 3' bubble level, a compass, a protractor, and a straw. Tape the straw to the protractor at the degree mark that corresponds to the satellite elevation at your location. Tape the protractor/straw combo to the bubble level, and then...

I have a Denon AVR-2802, and I've never been able to operate it with a Dish remote (I've tried using remotes from both a Dish 508 and 811). I just bought a new remote, a Harmony SST-659, I've read that it will control just about anything once I set it up via their web site. I've never figured...

Yes, that is now fixed, the Guide shows video, it even shows what looks like a miniature widescreen with black bars top and bottom when displaying an HDTV channel. Steve Lanich

You cannot split the signal between the satellite dish and the 811. So you have to distribute the signal after it leaves the 811. The 811 does not have an RF output for some reason, so the output from the receiver will have to be modulated and converted to an RF signal that can be sent via...

That would make two too many wires for input into the DP34, wouldn't it?

I now have a Dish 500 with DishPro Quad LNBF, this outputs to 4 receivers. I have ordered a second dish for 61.5 from Dishnetwork, and I want to be sure the installer does this upgrade correctly. What switch and LNBF configuration should he use to add 61.5? Should I keep the Quad, or should...

Good question, I also want to know about a DVI cable and the 811. I suggested to Claude Greiner that maybe the Satellite Guys store should carry DVI cables, and he said he would look into it. I wanted to be ready for my 811, so I bought a DVI-D cable from Pacific Custom Cable...

Does the 811 include a DVI-D cable? If not, I want to be sure I buy the correct cable. The 811 spec sheet shows the back panel, and the DVI connector is labled "DVI-HDTV/DISH DVI". Elsewhere on the spec sheet, it also refers to "DVI-D." Is there a difference between "DVI-HDTV" and...

Scott Greczkowski wrote: "It's actually galvanized tube, not pipe" What's a good source for this type of pole, Home Depot or similar? Also, my DISH 500 is pole mounted now, but it's like 5 feet off the ground. I would like to minimize the visual impact of the SuperDISH by mounting it...