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    recording with 211 and external hard drive?

    got a 211 with external hard drive.should i be able to watch a channel and record on another.it only lets me watch what's recording.do i need a splitter on the back or is that the way it's made
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    recording with 211?

    thinking about adding adding external hard drive to record with 211 vip. any recommendations?
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    dish won't let me add vip 612 to new account

    going to get set up with dish as a new account .i was going with 1 hopper ,1 joey and then my own VIP 612. my local retailer said a red flag came up and said i couldn't add the 612. could i add it on my own after a few days after the initial set up
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    do i need a amplifier?

    charter cable with dvr works good but if i use a splitter and run 1 cable to the dvr and 1 to the back of my tv. the signal gets weak and the tv is pixely. i would like to do this and just switch imputs. sometimes i like to record 2 shows and still be able to watch 1. if i watch the tv on the...
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    cancel dish and sending in equipment

    i cancelled dish and got the prepaid boxes to send my equipment back to dish but it doesn't say anything about sending back the remote. am i required to send it back?if not i can give it to my son
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    did i fry my LNB?

    i disconnected my rg6 cable from my dish,trying to figure out where all my cables were coming from.i forgot to unplug the receiver before i re connected it,now i get no signal. does that mean i fried the lnb?i tried another receiver going to another input on the super dish and still no signal
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    Genie to my garage?

    thinking about switching to direct tv. genie with 4 tv's in my house.can i move one of the mini genie to my garage for the summer like i do with dish. is a rg6 cable all i need? about 75' distance
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    can a hughes hdvr2 receiver still be activated

    i have a new in box hughes digital satellite recorder hdvr2. can it still be activated?
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    direct tv or dish

    who's got the better deal?looking for a middle of the road package with fox sports, outdoor and sportsman channels .no showime-hbo.4 tv's a couple of dvr's
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    2-hoppers?

    will dish give 2 hoppers on a new account? will they give 1 hopper and a 612 or 722 on a new account. will a smart card from a 311 work in a 722?
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    exchanging vip 211 for dvr?

    i've had a vip 211k and a vip 612 dvr for about 4 years and they belong to dishnetwork.i would like to replace the 211k with a single tuner dvr like the 612 or something similar.will dish do a exchange or do i have to buy one ?
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    what happened to 394 and 396 HD channels?

    is it just me or did they do away with 394 and 396 hd channels
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    repairing a 311 receiver?

    i have a 311 receiver that doesn't turn on anymore. i have another 311 that does power up but it has $100 balance due to dish so i can't use it.just wondering if anyone has had one of these apart and tried to fix it.i thought maybe i could use parts from one to fix the other
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    which remote for VIP612 ?

    my vip 612 has a remote 153639.i can't find one like that. which one would replace it?
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    50 ft hdmi and rca cables?

    i was thinking about running a 50' hdmi or hd rca cables from one room to another. i have a 612 pvr and i would like to watch it in my bedroom. ihave the little cones to change the channels but i was wondering how good the 50' cables work?
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    some channels hd and some not?

    a friend of mine has the 211 receiver super dish,110,119,129.he says he doesn't get all the hd channels. like when you go to channel 200 it automatically goes to the hd 200.he gets a black screen.he then has to click down one to the regular 200 to get cnn.he has other channels like this but i...
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    what sd dvr receiver will still work

    i'm wondering what dvr sd meg 3 receiver will work .single output
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    samsung tv input input quit working

    i have a 2 year old 52" samsung lcd tv and as of yesterday i get no charter cable tv when input is set to tv.my dishnetwork and fta box work on the other inputs,i took the cable off the back of the tv and tried it on another tv and it was fine.using my remote i go to source then tv and...
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    what sat has FSN Detroit

    a friend of mine is taking his direct tv hd receiver to deer camp.he has a old direct tv dish with a single lnb.i know all the new ones are slimline 3 lnb dishes. all he cares about is getting the detroit redwing games on FSN Detroit so i would think i could single out the bird that carries...
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    what receiver do i need?

    what sd,non pvr,single tuner receiver will get me locals at 49934 ?
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    lost channel 116?

    a friend of mine lost channel 116 a couple of weeks ago and it never came back.it says no signal.would this mean his dish moved?he doesn't seem to think he lost other channels
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    hooking up pyle pro amplifier?

    i have a 23" samsung tv.i'm trying to hook up a pyle pro amplifier and then speakers.the tv doesn't have any av out or hdmi out. it does have the digital optical out so i'm trying to connect it to the pyle pro which has a red and a white av cables.is there any kind of adapter which connects a...
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    channel won't change after inactivity?

    i have a vip 612 .i leave it on all the time ,i have the inactive setting set to disable but it still shuts it down after several hours.it says press select to view tv,sometimes it works when i do that other times i get the last channel i was on the night before but the remote will not respond...
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    dish locals sd -cable hd?

    i have charter cable and dish.my dish locals are sd but i can get my cable locals in hd if i just run the cable to the tv without going through the digital box.i scan and hd chanels come up as 3-1,6-1,10-1.it won't work if i go through the digital box,i imagine because the regular box is sd.i...
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    losing Marquette, MI locals last 2 days

    starting yesterday i've been loosing locals from Marquette Mi on 311 receivers.they just dissapear from the guide .i pulled the card yesterday and put it back in.they came back .same thing happened today but pulling the card didn't help.i get nbc but not cbs,abc or fox. i called the local...