Recent content by teoteodore

Thanks all ... I'm now aware of what's to be done.

I'm in Central NJ (not sure if guys there have a NYC attitude or not --- and being a lifelong NYCer, I know of what I speak) Is it your experience that the installers who are sent out from DishTV will follow my suggestions and hook into my 'hub' and do any testing of continuity to the two...

http://www.satelliteguys.us/c-band-satellite-discussion/193726-can-you-guys-identify-stuff.html I'm new to satellite, as you can easily tell if you follow the link to my other forum postings. I've concluded that, for the moment, the huge C-Band satellite system I inherited with my new home...

Thanks, Anole! So, is the safest way to handle this to buy the service from DishTV and find my own installer to install their equipment? I will go over to another forum and ask that, too.

I was kidding about the wisteria, but let me ask you this: I will at a minimum need to pull all the critical wiring from the satellite, rotator, etc. back to the attic to get it out of the way of remodeling I plan to do in the MBR and LR. The C-band is not the eye-sore you'd imagine, and so...

Bottom Line about this Stuff ... You bring up an excellent point and the reason for my being here in the first place. My wife and I spend no more than 2-3 hours watching TV per day, mostly to kill time between more important things --- we almost never plan to watch anything. I am more a...

Ruth and Bernie weren't the most cooperative of people --- and they couldn't make it to the closing for some reason.

shhhhhhh... X-10 stuff After I researched the X10 console and plugs I found, I realized that the old wall switches in the MBR and DR were X10, too. That is so kewl! I wonder why not the LR --- oh well. It really is an interesting technology. If you notice the light switch, it consists of...

and finally ... some details of vintage 'stuff' And for all you guys who get off on primitive technology --- albeit quality stuff.

Update ... Distribution Panel Here are the details of the distribution panel:

Update on 'Stuff' I managed to do some more exploring and get some better pictures. I also found a 2nd satellite dish, a small Uniden one from a TV provider. That makes two satellite dishes and 2 antennae. To help explain the pictures, here's what I discovered: The C-band dish has a...

OP here ... While we're on the subject of X-10: when I looked at the X-10 website I noticed that their new light switches look like my old ones. Some of mine have a pushbutton maybe 1/2" x 1", and then a small maybe 1/8" x 1/2" toggle below it which seems to lock something. I wonder if some...

OP here! I think I already love you guys! I'll be moving into this house December 1st after finally selling the house I'm in now after a year of trying, so I may be a few days in between responses to posts about the exact model numbers, detail photos, etc. But keep filling in the blanks for...

I inherited this satellite system when I bought this house. I bet you guys can just look at it and immediately know everything about it. I come from Time-Warner and would very much like to go to satellite --- but all I know about this stuff is that the big thing on the roof is the dish and the...