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    Local Channel Access in an RV

    A number of RV folks tell me that they call and change their "service" address which might be an RV park where they are temporarily located. They maintain their "billing" address which is different. One guy even said he did it over the weekends that he took his receiver and tailgated at a...
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    Local Channel Access in an RV

    We have DirecTV with 3 receivers in our home. We leave for months at a time to perform volunteer work in our RV. While away, We take a receiver and use a tripod mounted dish that we keep in the RV. Since we travel outside of the spot beam for our local channels we, of course, lose them...
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    Receiver Activation/Deactivation

    I recently upgraded to HD and an HR21-700. I already owned (not leased) an R10 DVR and a Hughes HBH-SA. I only need the Hughes on an infrequent basis for a guest room when a relative to come to visit. I was told when I signed up for HD that since I owned the Hughes receiver and it was in their...
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    Noob asks about LOS and trees

    Keep in mind that you will need more than just a hole through the trees at a certain elevation. The Slimline dish will need to see 5 sats from 99 to 119 degrees. This means that you will need the hole to be almost 20 degrees wide (depending on the skew). I had the same issue for my install...
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    How Long to Install Direct

    I would expect 2 to 4 hours for an install depending on the complexity of the dish mounting. I had the same installation performed a few weeks ago and it took about 2 hours. It may help you to read some of the installation experiences noted in this forum. For one, there is no "standard"...
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    Media Share Video Format

    I setup my HR21-700 for Media Share using Windows Media Player 11 and some setup instructions I found on this forum and else where. Everything seems to work well except video. I can display pictures and play music and do both at the same time. When I try video it shows X's next to my video files...
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    Sat 103 (a) Transponders

    I had a Slimline (5 LNB) Dish installed about two weeks ago as an upgrade to HD. I decided to write down all of my transponder signal strengths for future reference if I had a problem. Although I have not noticed any problems, I ran the same check today and noticed that 1 - 6 transponders on Sat...
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    HR21 Dual Tuner Buffer

    I was just hooked up today for HD with the HR21. I have read the manual but have not found anything about switching from one tuner to the other while maintaining information in the buffers. My old R10 (which I still have) has the ability (via the "Info" button) of checking to see what channel...
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    Quick HR21 Question

    Got my receiver today. One set of composite. One HDMI. One set of component cables. One phone cord. Thanks for everyone's reply. I just wanted to make sure that I got HDMI and component cables.
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    Quick HR21 Question

    Can anyone tell me what cables come with the HR21 Receiver?
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    Dish/Receiver Maximum Distance

    Thanks for the comments. This will be very helpful when the installer shows up. The reason for needing about 125 feet of cable is as follows. I pre-scouted a couple of locations based on pointing information and my tree situation. The only options I could find was placing the dish close to...
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    Dish/Receiver Maximum Distance

    I guess I was looking for the maximum distance that an installer would run under the free 5 LNB dish install provided by DirecTV. I assume they will be using RG6. I have found information indicating that the distance is anywhere from 100 to 175 feet without a significant signal loss to require...
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    Dish/Receiver Maximum Distance

    I feel sure that has been asked before but was not able to find on a search. I have upgraded to HD and the install is planned for early next week. I understand that I can expect the Slimline 5 LNB Dish an HR21 Receiver. My question is what is the maximum distance allowed from the Dish to the...