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    Trouble shooting Channel 301 TV Land

    well on the one hand i do feel better that its not just me. and on the other hand how do we get this issue resolved??
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    Trouble shooting Channel 301 TV Land

    Over the last several days between 11am and 2pm CDT i have been noticing a periodic pixelation to black out of the picture and/or sound on TV LAND Channel 301 and only Channel 301. I've looked over the cable run and signal stregnth and all seems fine. Directv cust. care wasnt much help and...
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    Satellite interference with Ham Radio?

    Ham's are also not allowed (its illegal) to have their equipment cause interference with the ability to receive television signals and will be glad to help you figure out any problems that might arise.
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    Electrical shock from Receiver box???

    is it an actuall electric type shock or a bad static type shock??
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    When will I be a new customer again?

    i dont know anymore but when i was working for C.C. there was a 5yr "cooling off" period for D*. E* was sorry once a cust. allways a cust.
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    local channels volume levels

    is it just me or are the volume levels for local channels are really low??? Is there anything that can be done besides cranking up the volume on the stereo receiver?? My setup: RCA Recvr to HK AVR 230 via Optical audio. reglar viewing channels normal levels at 35 or so when i go to...
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    Grounding from an apartment balcony?

    where do i find these??? I've been searching the internet and cant seem to find what you describe.
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    Complex MPEG-4 Upgrade Question

    Where is the DMA list? and Where is Madison, WI in that list?
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    DirecTV picture not as good as expected...

    to have the best picture you need to use the best cable type.... here they are in order from worst to best. 1. coax - rg6 2. composite video - single cable yellow connector 3. s-video - kinda looks like a mouse conecter from your computer 4. componet video - 3 cables red-blue-green...
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    Chicago Help SW Burbs

    should be quite simple... try and copy the tilt and elevation settings from the old dish. then with new dish all you should have to do is slowly sweep left-right (east west) till you get it.
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    intermitant signal blips

    On most of the channels I have noticed quick intermittant signal fades or blips. They dont happen very often but occasionaly enough to be noticed and a tad bit annoying. It dosent seem to be weather or location related as my signal stats are in my sig. Does anyone else have these or know what i...
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    New satellites...closer to 101?

    I'm basically trying to shoot between the tree and the chiminey like thing I guess i cant show images. maybe a link to an image http://webpages.charter.net/zionzr2/dish.JPG
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    3 lnb dish question

    Which lnb is which on the triple as you are looking in the direction its pointing?
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    MPEG4 Upgrade Discussion

    Well i guess i'll have to wait a wee bit longer to go HD or HD with TIVO if everything is going to change... Not that I can afford it anyway!! hopefully there will be some awesome deals for exsisting users even if we are just basic users.
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    The 119, she is an elusive prey

    I seem to be getting 119 just fine....well the signal meter says so! its the other 2 that arent as good. Still plenty fine though