Recent content by staywalt

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    Free HBO and Showtime: Anyone try yet?

    I was told since I previously had participated in a free preview I was not eligible for this on customer chat.
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    Is anyone else losing signal on 61.5?

    I lost it twice today in the early afternoon in NJ.
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    Dish to Launch DISH Earth Channel

    In the words of the great George Carlin This is as exciting as watching flies screw!
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    HD OTA through SD box.

    It all depends what you want to do. If you are receivein the HD OTA from a stand alone antenna on your house Most HD tv's have a separate off air input and tuner. My lcd tv has this. It is completely separate from the Dish receiver. I select source on my TV remote and go from HDMI inpu to off...
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    722 DVR recording question OTA

    i have a 722 DVr dual tuner hooked to 2 tv's plus an ota antenna to the antenna input. My digital ota stations show up in my chaanel list and on all HD list. Is it possible to record an event off the ota station while watching different stations on satellite tv 1 & 2 ? I can select OTA off my...
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    Controlling which satellite is used

    I do not have eastern arc. I am in NJ picking up 110,119 &61 satellites with 2 dishes. If I go to all channels on my system, if you push the info button on the remote 2 times it will tell you what satellite the channel is being received on. Since I have duplicate channels at different channel...
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    OTA from TV1 to TV2

    OTA to tv 2 If your TV2 has a separate input for ota antenna yo can just run a coax cable from antenna to TV2. My Samsung has this. i can use source on Tv remote to toggle from dish HD input to ota hd input. this will only work for ota signals you receive.
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    Vip 722 crashes network

    I hooked my vip 722 up via ethernet cable through verizon dsl combo modem and router. Two days later the DSL was inoperable. Verizon said the router modem was bad. Never got the new router to function. Was finally able to make the old router function by restoring the saved modem router...
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    Extending the Remote Antenna - Anybody Seen This?

    I had this problem with my remote. I ran another rg6 cable from the receiver through the wall into my garage and through the ceiling into the return air duct in the hall outside the room the second tv was in. Then attached the antenna ti the end of the wire. Still do stupd stuff like point the...
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    DTV Pal Program guide

    I have a DTV Pal hooked to an over the air antenna in my attic. Every morning it downloads a program guide. Just curious, where does this come from.
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    Duplicate channels

    I have recently upgraded to HD silver onto the top 200 programming. I am in NJ using satellites 110,119 & 61.5. I receive Some channels boyh in HD and Sd on 2 and sometimes 3 channels. Since a lot of satellite changes occur as seen on uplink reports, which channels should I be using...
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    FOX NEWS HD - Where are you?

    Can't tell tv news channels from comedy central lately.
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    All HD package clarification

    I to have checked into this and was told the same Feb date. I presently have dish advantage to 200. I pick up my NY hd from an ota antenna. My only option is to go with the dilver add on package. I am still trying to find a printed list of what the silver add on package contains as far as the...
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    HD upgrade needs another dish ?

    I am running a DPP twin in central NJ. i am told that I will need a second dish pointing to 65.1 to receive HD programming. Is there anything in the works as far as changes for my area that will allow Hd to be received with my present dish or one dish in the future ? I presently receive all NY...
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    Broadband "Phone Home" - Dish says no problems (???)

    Mine has worked with Vonage flawlessly as long as Vonage was working