Recent content by Wylie.fan

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    Snowy Screen With New 381 Receiver

    Uh-oh...I'm afraid my "quick reply" to chainblu is public, as opposed to just a private REPLY--how embarrassing...I apologize for that... FIXED!! Thank you all for your inputs! After all your REPLYs, I KNEW my different cabling configurations were not the problem--I needed to tell the TV to...
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    Snowy Screen With New 381 Receiver

    Bingo chainblu! I was wondering when someone would ask me that question! I wasn't going to address the topic, however, unless someone brought it up. Actually, the Dish Techs wanted to set the receiver up, but I wouldn't allow them to come inside. As the result of a divorce (ex got the...
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    Snowy Screen With New 381 Receiver

    Thanks guys! Man, you guys "know your stuff"! Pepper, I agree...first the picture, then the signal strength. The first step in the receiver manual tells me to connect the RCA cables from the receiver "out" ports to the TV, just to verify that I can get a good picture. That's when I get...
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    Snowy Screen With New 381 Receiver

    I had two 311 receivers (Sats 110 and 119) feeding two TVs. On a very windy day following a heavy snow, my 311 receiver using Sat 119 lost signal. A switch check told me that the check " had detected fewer satellites". Dish reps came out and replaced the "Y-something" on the dish and asked me...