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    New D12-700 seems to not recognize the round 18" legacy dish/lnb

    Hey Guys I got the D12 working and activated without hooking it up to the Slimeline 5 swm dish. I retuned the 18' round dish and put on a new lnb. The signal strength was only a few percentage point higher. But this time it downloaded the guide and works even though it stated it didn't see the...
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    New D12-700 seems to not recognize the round 18" legacy dish/lnb

    Hey Guys I will give it a shot later tonight after work and let you guys know what the scoop is. Thanks again for all the advice/input because I have only ever used the older receiver(rca435) up to this point.
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    New D12-700 seems to not recognize the round 18" legacy dish/lnb

    Hey Guys Yes Texasbrit you are correct it is a new "installer" D12 with a old 18" round dish setup & a HR44 with a slimline SWM5 dish because I just moved back from overseas. So your probably right in that my account is setup for a slimline swm 5 dish. So, I have a few follow up questions. Can I...
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    New D12-700 seems to not recognize the round 18" legacy dish/lnb

    Hey Hutch Thanks for the reply. I would says 80% of the transponders are at 91-94% signal strength on the signal meter with the lowest at 81 on 3 different transponders. But when I hook up my old rca435 receiver it brings in the channel video's & audio signals but when I go to hook up the new...
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    New D12-700 seems to not recognize the round 18" legacy dish/lnb

    HI Guys I just installed a new d12-700 receiver but it has all red x's once it get to the configure part of the setup. I set the receiver configuration to 18" round dish & multiswitch but everytime I go back to reset or reconfigure receiver it reverts back to Slimline 5 dish setup. Has anyone...
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    How difficult is it to tune in a Slim line SWM 5 dish with HR44?

    Hey Guys I ve been reading some of the forms/threads and it seems that if you want to do a self install & tune in a slim line SWM5 dish with a HR44 without the use of a birddog or other more expensive satellite signal meter that it is fairly difficult. I setup and installed my SD D12 receiver...
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    Choosing HR 24 vs HR44 receiver

    So, another question is if I don't have the HR44 hooked up to Slimline SWM5 dish does this mean I can't record 5 different programs at once or not?. I thought the SWM5 dish was the setup needed to get other satellites that have/broadcast the HD channels on them? Am I understanding this correctly...
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    Choosing HR 24 vs HR44 receiver

    Hey Guys Thanks for your replies. I have another question. I am keeping my D12 SD do I buya new slimline SWM5 dish if you just want to use the HR44 just for SD reception. We are just moving into our new house and the games/tv room will not be finished for 4-5 months & will not have my HD...
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    Choosing HR 24 vs HR44 receiver

    Hey Guys I am upgrading from SD to HD tv now and want to upgrade my dtv receiver as well. I was wondering if I could get some advice/feedback on how well the HR24 & HR44 direct tv receivers perform. I ve read some of the forums and description from DTV website. But I just would like to know...
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    HR34 vs. HR44

    How much faster is the 44 vs 34? is only faster in guide operations?