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    Ok Guys - help me out...

    Currently have a 625 DVR and 500 Plus Dish & LNB (500 Plus with the 3 connectors - and only use one of them) LNBF is dead - confirmed dead.. tried the neighbors receiver and a new switch - nada, nothing... So - I have to get a replacement LNBF... anybody have an extra one for cheap they can...
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    (Landline) Speakerphone patch into home audio... options

    I think the thread subject pretty much sums it up... I'm looking for a way to patch phone audio through the sound system (which I know is fairly easy to do) But - I'm also looking for a method to mic multiple rooms as well (basically like a large conference room) I know our typical office...
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    Patriot gov surplus dish

    Hi all, I've been off for quite a while due to my wife's health issues. We're headed back to Houston this week for another surgery (this makes 3). We're hopeful this will be the last one for a while - it's in God's hands... Anyway - I stumbled across this today and thought I'd post it for...
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    We have any Java developers here?

    I will admit up front, I'm new to Java - but it's not so much different than C#... I'm trying to call a webservice - easy enough right? For this particular service, I first call a security routine with my login credentials. It returns a session cookie in the HTTP header which I have to...
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    Yet another 10' mesh on it's way

    Couple of weeks ago my brother told me a guy he works with has a mesh BUD and was going to get rid of it. Of course my bro thought of me :D Went and looked at it Saturday after I got through with my roofing job. Was hoping to be able to disassemble and move it, but the mount is set about 7 or 8...
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    web browser tv dot com

    Ok... what's with this thing... legal or no? Looks fishy to me...
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    Anybody else having issues with their albums?

    If you look at my album in my public profile, you'll see I have one album with 3 pics. Well, when I go into my control panel, it shows me that album, but no thumbnail and also, I can't open it to edit it... BUT, here's the really weird thing... it shows me a 'Recently Updated' album that is...
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    Dare to dream...

    14 FOOT Diameter Aluminun Satellite Reciever Dish - eBay (item 200360086208 end time Jul-15-09 21:00:45 PDT)
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    Issues with ATI Radeon Drivers on Fedora 10

    Is anyone else using this combination? I'm having a devil of a time just finding the correct packages. The Fedora forums say they are in RPMFusion but I've dug and dug and cannot find the things. (The PC in question has no internet connection so I have to sneakernet the packages) Against...
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    Best card for Linux use

    Title explains it all... opinions, experience, anything new I should wait for? Also, has anyone ran two cards parallel? Read ACRadio's review of the Technotrend s2-3200, but I'm guessing that was with Windows? Just ordered a Biostar TA790GX motherboard with AMD Phenom X4 9500 + 4GB RAM, so...
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    Metabox?

    First I've heard of this one... of course I'm probably in the dark, eh? hxxp://metaboxusa.net/overview.html
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    7.1 Speaker Connection

    I'm probably breaking about 30 different policies doing this, I'm hopeful Ice & the other mods will graciously forgive me... Because I'm trying to think 'out of the box' I think I'll get better results from the readers of this forum... and I know a lot of folks here are like me and seldom...
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    7.1 Speaker Wallplate Connection

    Here's the deal - we are installing a 7.1 system into a class/conference room. Speakers will be wall-mounted & fixed. The equipment will be housed in a locking, roll-around cabinet that will be rolled in & out of the room as needed. I need ideas on a SINGLE plug for the speaker connections. I...
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    Comment on the new Christmas theme

    Don't get me wrong, it's great and all that, but where is the 12' solid BUD that's supposed to be in the yard? I'm not feeling the joy... ;)
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    Cable Box DVR with FTA?

    I've acquired a secondhand HD cable box with DVR. It's a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300HD. It has an internal 160GB IDE drive as well as USB & eSATA connections for an external drive. From what I've read, these ports may or may not be enabled... for that matter the box may be junk as well...
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    Sonic Voom Headphones

    I got mine off eBay 2 weeks ago. $15 total... One question tho... the headphone plugs on the front have the extra connections (other than the 1/8" plug) which I assume are the remaining "3.1" channels. Has anyone ran across an adapter for those plugs to convert to 6 RCA plugs? This would allow...
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    87W or 89W C-band?

    4024V... is that from 87 or 89? I can't tell as it seems it peaks between the two... and I don't see it listed, so if this needs to be deleted - I won't argue...
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    129W Ku & 131W C

    Ok, this is driving me nuts. When I peak WhiteSprings on 129 Ku then blindscan for C-band, I'm finding that I'm nearly at peak on 131. I don't see how I can be this far out of whack when everything else seems to be pretty darn good... :confused:
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    FX?

    Is FX available FTA or 4D anywhere? I can't find it anywhere, so my gut's telling me "No"
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    Dishes to the left - Dishes to the right...

    Just nabbed my 3rd BUD (well, the wife and my 17 year old son nabbed it for me.) Haven't even laid eyes on it yet, just a phone call. Someone had dropped it off at the local thrift store. My wife was in the store and saw the receiver on the shelf. When she asked about it the lady told her...
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    137W - Odd question...

    Just a stupid question... Why would Alaska MUX be so far East?
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    91W, 3720H ?

    Here's hoping someone sees this quickly... Should I be able to receive anything with a CoolSat 5000 at this point? I've got a 97% Q reading, but scanning gives me nothing... I see what Lyngsat shows, but I'm not getting a thing... help?
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    It's a BUD, but what is it for?

    Here's a dandy that I've never seen before. One of my co-workers who knows I've been working on my dishes for a while asked me about this thing in their neighborhood close to where we work... Anyway, it's obviously some sort of transmitter/receiver but it's pointing nearly straight up (and no...
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    Help on setup - 10ft dish using BSC621

    I have several things going on here so bear with me. My setup: Coolsat 6000 with a BSC621. Using an analog HTS receiver as a mover. The actuator is a 24" HTS. I get between 5 & 6 counts per degree of movement. There is a bit of slack - especially on my southern sats (where the dish is balancing...
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    Missing bracket on mount...

    I'm missing an upper bracket on the mount of my 8ft dish. Currently I have an eyebolt stuck in the place of this. (see 1st pic) I'm guessing that this is just a simple angle bracket, but I'm not certain. Anyone have a mount like this they could share a pic of so I can be sure what it should...