Recent content by Spazmo

New 625 seemingly faulty? Big Edit : I am mistaken on the reciever number, it is actually a 625 Before I go through talking with dish tech support and getting someone to come out to look at the box they installed YESTERDAY...I'd like to ask a few questions. First, last night right after they...

Wow, so many replies! Yes, the house was prewired, and I looked at the back of the box again (in daylight) and saw that there were more than a few wires coming from the box. The splitter idea could work well I think, since it's not very far to the third TV from the two other ones. Thanks...

I see. I figured it might be just swapping two cables or something. And yes I know it would mirror what's on TV2, which would have been fine. Thanks for your responses. P.S. - what's up with sylvania TV's not working with the remote :( I wonder if there's a universal one out there that I...

I figured that's how the remote worked, but how does the TV get signal from the box, if it's not connected to it? (Unless it is, but I thought I only saw two wires coming from the box, one to the dish and one to the TV) Here's how my house is laid out, even though I didn't draw in the hallways...

Hi, I know nothing about how these boxes work, but I'd like to get the basics down on how they work mechanically. Basically what I see is a little antenna on the back of the receiver, I'm certain it's for the second remote. However, I don't see how the TV talks to the receiver, there's a coax...