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the website was to the promo where they were giving away 50 integrated lcd/recievers. an a list customer is what used to be referred to as a best customer. 5 hearts plus more usually very good payment history, spends over $100 a month for the last 18 months plus. priority support queue, higher...

model number is usually a mfr code. so there are some numbers skipped

ota tuners will be enabled in a software release. the supposed reason behind it is, is its being released in 5-lnb areas first, so why do you need the tuners. yeah. that makes sense

with the rest of the country being "fall" which, knowing them means "eventually" and btw. it is a very nice little bugger. well, at least compared to its older brother. still wouldnt pay 400 for it.

hr-20 uses the same software as r15, internal, non tivo software.

run it thru guided setup completely. at the signal meter page, let it load up completely all 32 on 101, then hit continue. go all the way to the testing page. 101 may fail, tuner should be ok, choose more info, then "i'll fix later" and that will finish your setup. it may or may not aquire the...

thats correct. the ird hooked directly to the lnb should see all of them.

a failed tuner wouldnt have n/a though. it would show 00 on everything.

try this. 1. take a picture of every single thing hanging over a railing (like someone else mentioned) if they enforce the rule for you, they have to do it for everyone. 2. Ask them if they'll tolorate it if you paint it the same color as the building or balcony. they may go for that. my old...

well, look at which side of the table i'm on. i get to deal with the ones that dont work. i never see the ones that do.

b-band converter is required if you have the 5lnb dish.l if you dont have it, just keep the converter till you need it (or, the installer will put one on during a 5lnb install) 5lnb=hd locals off the new birds.

hi. this is a temporary name. (if you read my post in the dtv forum you know why) I'll re-register on sept 1st after i lose my job. :)

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14 days you start getting a possible lockout message. 31 days and it should auto-kill the dvr functions. if they didnt get the auto kill, then they're lucky their access card didnt get the update. its a pita to fix that on our end too.

leased customers have to pay the fee 99% of the time. Its prorated according to contract (i think its 12.00 a month for every month left) plus return the leased equipment or pay another fee as well. owned customers can request to return the equipment and assuming its all multi-sat equipment...